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CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER
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“If you wish people to obey you, you must learn to obey yourself;
if you wish people to believe you, you must learn to believe yourself;
if you wish people to respect you, you must learn to respect yourself;
if you wish people to trust you, you must learn to trust yourself.” Gayan
of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Annotation by Cherag Hamid Cecil Orion Touchon
Before we act in the world we must first act upon ourselves. This is
a process of becoming authentic. To be authentic means to be real, original,
first hand. This means that we are not acting from belief, hearsay, theory
or conjecture but from our own direct experience. When one speaks from
experience others respond to it because one’s words are made living by
the power gained through one’s own efforts.
“The Holy Prophet was once requested by an aged woman to speak to her
son, who spent all his daily wage on dates, leaving her penniless. The
Prophet promised to do so after five weeks' interval.
On the appointed day the boy was brought before the Prophet, who spoke
to him very kindly, saying, 'You are such a sensible lad that you ought
to remember that your mother has endured much suffering for your sake,
sacrificing all her wages in order to bring you up; and now she is so old
and you are in a position to support her, and you are squandering your
money on dates. Is this just or right? I hope by the grace and mercy of
Allah you will give up this habit.' The boy listened very attentively and
profited by what he heard. But the disciples of the Prophet wondered, and
asked why the reproof was delayed for thirty-five days. The Holy Prophet
explained, saying, 'I myself am fond of dates, and I felt that I had no
right to advise the lad to abstain from them until I had myself refrained
from eating them for five weeks.'” The Sufi Message of
Hazrat Inayat Khan - Healing and the Mind World – Healing – Various Methods
of Healing – Mental Healing
A Fikr Practice (silent breath meditation)
However many breathes seem appropriate
On the out breath:
"DRAW US CLOSER TO THEE EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIFE "
On the in breath
"UNTIL IN US BE REFLECTED THY GRACE, THY GLORY, THY WISDOM, THY
JOY AND THY PEACE |