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Bowl of Saqi for January 23
SUCCESS COMES WHEN REASON,
THE STORE OF EXPERIENCE,
SURRENDERS TO WILL.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
This is a natural process. The first movement of will is a
downward current from Allah, through the heavens, to earth.
This downward current pulls other things with it. It
attracts other vibrations and collects them on the physical
plane. If the will is not hampered on its return journey to
God, it can descend again and bring more. This rise and fall
of will is the Power and Love of God expressed through the
Cosmic breath. It operates automatically through Fikar and
Darood and in that way they are the greatest aids to
concentration.
Concentration collects the mental atoms, but only keeps them
in place when feeling controls thought. If this is persisted
in, it will sooner or later force an accommodation in the
physical sphere. This is success. So you see success is a
positive action of will, while failure and evil are both
due to weakness. Even from the selfish point of view
selflessness proves to be the highest and best form of
selfishness.
breath, Fikar, Darood....
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
http://www.rosanna.com/saki/janjun/jan/january23.htm
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