to the index CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER 18 “With trust in God, with good will, self-confidence, and a hopeful attitude towards life, man will always win his battle, however difficult.” Gayan of Hazrat Inayat Khan Annotation by Cherag Hamid Touchon We are all born in this world to accomplish a certain purpose,
and as long as a man does not know this purpose he remains ignorant of
life; he cannot call himself a living being. A machine has no choice, it
cannot find its life's purpose, but an individual is responsible to a great
extent. Very often out of weakness a man gives in to something which otherwise
he would have refused to accept. This weakness comes through lack of patience
and endurance, lack of self-confidence, and lack of trust. A person who
does not trust in Providence, who cannot have patience, who cannot endure,
will take what comes at the moment; he will not wait till tomorrow. Perhaps
the purpose of his life would have opened up before him if he had had more
power of endurance, more self-confidence, more trust in Providence. But
when he possesses none of these things he is just like a machine. He is
not pleased with what comes in life, he is grudging every day, he is confused;
and yet he goes on like a horse which is not willing to go on, but is yoked
to the cart and has to go on. The first knowledge we must gain is the knowledge
of the purpose of our life. 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
On the in breath:
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