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Liberty, love, harmony and beauty. Love science, philosophy and spirituality. Have hope and faith in universal intelligence. Cornell graduate, hospitality career, large family with many daughters and grandchildren. Liberté.
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Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

176. While progressing along the path of spiritual awakening, one encounters more and more treasures from the inner world, and one gradually realizes the importance of offering

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December 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 20, 2025

AN UNSUCCESSFUL PERSON OFTEN KEEPS SUCCESS AWAY BY THE IMPRESSION OF HIS FORMER FAILURES.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

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December 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

175. With the aid of such weapons as self-discipline and humility, our imperfections may sooner or later be vanquished for the love of the ideal before us. But unless one is attuned to an

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December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 19, 2025

THE PLAIN TRUTH IS TOO SIMPLE FOR THE SEEKER AFTER COMPLEXITY, WHO IS LOOKING FOR THINGS HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

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December 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

174. Divine grace may be thought of as descending like a dove from above, embracing with its radiance those souls awakened to its charm. Divine grace manifests itself overwhelmingly, although most

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December 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 18, 2025

THE TREES OF THE FOREST SILENTLY AWAIT GOD'S BLESSING.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

The Hebrews have an article of faith which reads: "I believe with

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December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

173. Life as we know it is that of our own experiences within the framework of our comprehension, which could be pictured as a bubble on the surface of the sea. This bubble is insignificant in comparison

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December 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 17, 2025

MAN'S GREATEST PRIVILEGE IS TO BECOME A SUITABLE INSTRUMENT OF GOD.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

Nothing is more beautiful than the vision of

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December 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

172. As water is found in the depths of the earth, so is love hidden in the depths of the heart. In one person it is found at a deeper level than in another, just as water is discovered at different depths

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December 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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THE SEA OF LIFE IS IN CONSTANT MOTION, NO ONE CAN STOP ITS EVER-MOVING WAVES. THE MASTER WALKS OVER THE WAVES, THE WISE MAN SWIMS IN THE WATER, BUT THE IGNORANT MAN IS DROWNED IN HIS EFFORT TO CROSS.

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December 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

171. It is the law of manifestation that life encloses itself within an akasha, and this explains why life can manifest itself as separate identities while at the same time paradoxically remaining an

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December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 15, 2025

BEHIND US ALL IS ONE SPIRIT AND ONE LIFE; HOW THEN CAN WE BE HAPPY IF OUR NEIGHBOR IS NOT ALSO HAPPY? – Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

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December 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

170. No one is a mystic who claims to be one, because a mystic has removed all barriers between himself and others, avoiding distinctions and differences, while contemplating all things from the

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December 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 14, 2025

HE WHO KEEPS NO SECRETS HAS NO DEPTH IN HIS HEART.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
The tongue brings all life to the surface and keeps life on the surface.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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December 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

169. Mysticism is neither faith nor belief nor dogma nor principle. Mysticism is a divine impulse shining from within, and can only be understood by discovering that the more one is conscious of its secret

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December 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
4/that one picture does not inspire and another does inspire the witness. Beauty in form, be it in nature or from the hands of man, is always compelling and uplifting.

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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Love produces harmony and harmony
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December 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 13, 2025

LOVE DEVELOPS INTO HARMONY, AND OF HARMONY IS BORN BEAUTY.--Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):
If there were an opposite condition to Love, it would not be hate
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December 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

168. One’s greatness or smallness depends upon the motive and not always upon conditions and environment, although these can also be creative of a motive. A person with a noble motive is visibly

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December 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 12

DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH FEAR; AND FEAR NOT WHATEVER YOU DO. --Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

Fear is the time for inaction, for sedation, for meditation. This is

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December 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

167. That which is convincing in a thought is the will-power behind it, and the most powerful of all convictions is that of a feeling heart. Knowing this, one realizes that all thoughts which the mind projects

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December 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 11, 2025

WHEN THE ARTIST LOSES HIMSELF IN HIS ART, THEN THE ART COMES TO LIFE.- -Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

By this means God created the world, and

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December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

166. Will-power is the hidden presence of the Divine within, although this power might have the appearance of belonging to the self. That is why the more one realizes its real source, the more powerful does

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December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
8/Ghazali has said in his Alchemy of Happiness that the spiritual path is like shooting an arrow into the dark. ... Whoever sets out on this path is therefore in constant warfare. He has to encounter opposition from his relatives, from his friends an acquaintances; he gets into trouble with 9/
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bowl of Saki for December 10, 2025

AS THE ROSE BLOOMS AMIDST THORNS, SO GREAT SOULS SHINE OUT THROUGH ALL OPPOSITION. --Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

There are two attitudes to take in the
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December 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM