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Bowl of Saqi for January 21
THE WISE ONE SHOULD KEEP THE
BALANCE BETWEEN LOVE AND POWER;
ONE SHOULD KEEP THE LOVE IN HIS NATURE
EVER INCREASING AND EXPANDING, AND
AT THE SAME TIME STRENGTHEN THE WILL
SO THAT THE HEART MAY NOT EASILY BE BROKEN.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Power is what God gives naturally to man, and love is what
man should give naturally to God. Power enters with every
breath. This can easily be demonstrated without any
knowledge of metaphysics, for the person who does not
breathe will surely lose the connection between the physical
body and the subtle bodies and pass from form. It is the use
of breath, which can be the most valuable thing in life.
If the body tries to collect power and express power without
love, it will be like a balloon bag being filled with gas.
It has only a certain capacity and to exert it beyond that
capacity will cause damage or destruction. Likewise the love
for God, which is unbalanced, which makes one mad with love
or fervent with devotion, does not give God the op****tunity
to use the pious person as his instrument. He wants to
express His power through the pure vehicle and the person
has not made the vehicle ready. This shows weakness of will
even in the midst of love, which is intoxicating.
Will is strengthened by keeping the balance between power
and love, which are both aspects of will. Urouj and nasoul,
inhalation and exhalation, the upward and downward currents
must be kept in balance and rhythm in order to secure
maximum efficiency. If there is too much power, even the
physical heart will be strained; if there is too much love,
it will experience pleasure and pain, ecstasy and suffering.
But if the love is ever expanding, ever growing and made
sober by the desire to do God's will, then the person will
also be a receptacle of power expressed or concealed. Even
the gentlest saint may be a most majestic person through the
attunement of will and breath to God.
breath, urouj, nasoul
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
http://www.rosanna.com/saki/janjun/jan/january21.htm
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