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The Bowl of Saki is a daily non-sectarian, inspirational
message from Hazrat Inayat
Khan, an awe-inspiring spiritual leader from India who brought
a timeless message of Love, Harmony and Beauty to the Western
world in the early 1900's.
These messages are not about any new religion, they are simply
reminders of the same glorious ideals that have been given to
us by the great prophets and teachers of all ages.
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inspirational message, and will appear something like this:
Bowl of Saki for May 11
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God-communication is the best communication that true spiritualism can teach us.
Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
The most profound inspiration comes always from the divine mind, and to God alone the credit is due. Even if an inspiration comes through the mind of a person living on earth or through a soul who has passed on to the other side, it still has come from God, for all knowledge and wisdom belong to God.
It is a fault on the part of mankind to attribute inspiration to some limited being who is nothing but a shadow covering God. When a person believes that an old Egyptian comes from the other side to inspire him or that an American Indian comes to lead him on his way, he builds a wall between himself and God. Instead of receiving directly from the source that is perfect and all sufficient, he is picturing his limited idea, making it a screen between himself and God.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/II/II_43.htm
Is not God enough for our souls, and is He not sufficient to inspire us and to illuminate our wills and guide our souls? Is he any less of a friend here or in the spirit life? He is the great well-wisher. In Him mercy is complete. He is the Soul of all souls. When we devote ourselves to the thought of Him, all illumination and revelation are ours. God-communication is the best communication that true spiritualism can teach us.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_21.htm
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.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_4.htm
~~~ God-communication is the best communication that true spiritualism can teach us.
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Why include the photo of Inayat Khan??
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depth of a written phrase, or to clarify the meaning of words
that are unclear, is to lovingly and heartfully connect with
the source of the words. The daily photos of Inayat Khan that
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are included with the Bowl of Saki in order to further
illuminate and enrich the Bowl of Saki message by putting
the words of the quotation into context.
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