to the index CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER 23 “Man's personality reflects his thoughts and deeds.” Gayan of Hazrat Inayat Khan Annotation by Cherag Hamid Touchon If I were to speak before the world today about occult power, psychic power, spirit-communication, breathing practices, people would be glad to listen, but if I say simple things like this, it means nothing to them. Yet suppose one did not develop personality, what about spirituality? A person must be a person first, and spiritual afterwards. If he is not a person, then what is the use of being spiritual? It is going back instead of going forward. Man is born to fulfill the purpose of his life; he is made to be a man, to prove he is a human being; a man who can be relied upon, a man whose word carries authority, who uses thought and consideration, whom one can trust with one's secret; a man who will not humiliate himself under any conditions, who will lose his life rather than humble himself, who will not deceive or cheat anybody, who will never go back on his word; a man who will carry through what he has once undertaken. All these qualities make a man a human being. Today our condition is such that we cannot believe in one another's word. We have to have a stamp on a contract. Why are we in such a condition? Because we are not evolving towards the ideal the ancient people had. That is why we cannot trust each other individually; that is why nations cannot trust one another. The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan - The Alchemy of Happiness - The Development of Personality A Fikr Practice (silent breath meditation) However many breathes seem appropriate On the out breath
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