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CONFRATERNITY MEDITATION FOR OCTOBER 25

“The closer one approaches reality, the nearer one comes to unity.”
Gayan of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Annotation by Cherag Hamid Touchon

The divine reality is singular. It is unified. There is only one of it. Everything is contained within it and to approach it means to become aligned with it, to become aware of it, to harmonize with it. Until we consciously strive toward this accord with the Divine Reality we rely almost completely on what we have experienced as a physical being, viewing the world through our egos and our belief structures. Like this the world looks like many different and opposing things because we think of ourselves as one among many. But when we see behind this façade of multiplicity there is only the thing from which every thing else emanates: the Divine Reality, the Countenance of God.

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To Allah belong the East and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the presence of Allah. For Allah is all-Pervading, all-Knowing. The Islamic Tradition – The Quran Trans.YUSUFALI

A Fikr Practice (silent breath meditation)

However many breathes seem appropriate

On the out breath 
"RAISE US ABOVE THE DISTINCTIONS AND DIFFERENCES WHICH DIVIDE US "

On the in breath: 
"SEND US THE PEACE OF THY DIVINE SPIRIT "
 

Birthday - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was born in Malaga, Spain. He was an experimental painter and died the richest artist who had ever lived, his estate valued at over one billion dollars. Extremely prolific, it is said that he produced six works of art a day from the time of his birth to the time of his death (at 93 years old). He created in excess of 10,000 paintings alone.