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CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER
16
The fountain stream of love rises in the love for an
individual, but spreads and falls in universal love. Gayan
of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Annotation by Cherag Hamid Touchon
Q: What is the process of drowning impressions in the ocean of
the consciousness of eternal now?
A: The one who does not know the love of an individual does not
know universal love. But if one stands there, one stands there without
going forward. The love of an individual in love's path is a doll's
play, which is learned for the time to come. So the love of an individual
is the first step. But when one progresses then one advances towards
the love of a cause, a community, a nation; or even the whole universe.
Man, as a human being, is capable of loving one; but his soul, as the light
of God, is capable of loving not only the world, but even if there were
a thousand worlds. For the heart of man is larger than the whole
universe. The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan Gatha 2 Everyday
Life Purity of Mind (2)
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
or rude.
Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps
no
record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice
but
rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses
faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
The New Testament - I Corinthians 13:4-7
A Fikr Practice (silent breath meditation)
However many breathes seem appropriate
On the in breath
"OPEN OUR HEARTS TOWARD THY BEAUTY"
On the out breath:
"THAT WE MAY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND LIFE BETTER"
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