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Bowl of Saqi for January 25
HE WHO THINKS AGAINST HIS OWN DESIRE,
HE IS HIS OWN ENEMY.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Once a thought or wish is released, its effect is influenced
most by the original thinker, who is always attuned to it.
If such a one says or thinks something against it, it
immediately reaches the mental plane on the breath and
destroys all the concentration that has been set up there.
No accommodation being made on the mental plane, there can
be no success on the physical plane.
This is a wonderful law which makes man the master of his
own destiny, and gives him what is erroneously called
freedom of will, but which is strictly speaking, continuous
op****tunity to do good, no matter how many the shortcomings
or how often the repetition of serious mistakes. That is to
say, the Mercy and Forgiveness of God are characterized by
the Wisdom, which enables man to "see", not by any blind
relief from mistakes. But neither is man punished other than
in his failure to succeed until he understands and practices
the Law -- mental, moral or spiritual.
breath
http://www.rosanna.com/sufiwritings/glossary/glossary.htm
http://www.rosanna.com/saki/janjun/jan/january25.htm
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