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CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER
15
“There is nothing that I consider too good for me, or
too high to attain to; on the contrary, all possible attainments seem within
my reach since I have attained to the vision of my Lord.” Gayan
of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Annotation by Cherag Hamid Touchon
“We must be able to still ourselves, to tune our spirit to the universal
consciousness in order to know the purpose of our life. And once we know
this purpose the best thing is to pursue it in spite of all difficulties.
Nothing should discourage us, nothing should keep us back once we know
that this is the purpose of our life. Then we must go after it even at
the sacrifice of everything, for when the sacrifice is great the gain in
the end gives a greater power, a greater inspiration. Rise or fall, success
or failure does not matter as long as you know the purpose of your life.
If ninety-nine times you fail, the hundredth time you will succeed.
Thus the ultimate purpose for which the soul is seeking every
moment of our life, is our spiritual purpose. And you may ask how to attain
to that purpose. The answer is that what you are seeking for is within
yourself. Instead of looking outside, you must look within. The way to
proceed to accomplish this is for some moments to suspend all your senses
such as sight, hearing, smell, touch, in order to put a screen before the
outside life; and by concentration and by developing that meditative quality
you will sooner or later get in touch with the inner self which is more
communicative, which speaks more loudly than all the noises of this world;
and this gives joy, creates peace, and produces in you a self-sufficient
spirit, a spirit of independence, of true liberty. The moment you get in
touch with your self you are in communion with God. It is in this way,
if God-communication is sought rightly, that spirituality is attained.”
The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan - The Alchemy of Happiness
– The Purpose of Life (2)
A Fikr Practice (silent breath meditation)
However many breathes seem appropriate
On the out breath
"DISCLOSE TO US THY DIVINE LIGHT"
On the in breath:
"WHICH IS HIDDEN IN OUR SOULS"
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