akasha - Sanskrit आकाश ākāśa: free or open space, openness; sky, atmosphere. Esoterically referred to as 'accommodation' or 'capacity' (a place for something to exist), and the word 'scope' is often used to describe the vast opportunity provided by the akasha.

2/undivided totality. Therefore the mystic sees the divine in all aspects of life and is inclined to consider the reason behind the reason in all things.

9/imperfect, the progress is imperfect also. ... The work of the spiritual man is to forget his false self and so to realize the true self which is God, and this true self not only in him, but in his neighbor also.

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8/pain, the person feels sick. Therefore you can never be happy unless you see your brother and your neighbor happy also. But very few people think this way; very few see it from the true point of view. ... For man must have a perfect ideal to which he directs his activities. When the ideal is 9/

7/can I ever be happy?'

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The Prophets and Masters have warned mankind against the intoxication of self-interest and egoism. The world, the nation, the family can be pictured as one single body and when one part of the body has pain although the other part has no
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6/ignorant, and blind to the law that life depends on the happiness of those with whom we live. The whole of life is one. In all these different names and manifestations life is one. The true thought is, 'If my wife is not happy, if my children, my neighbors, my servants are not happy, how 7/

5/to, 'If my family is benefited, if we become wealthy and have desirable things, that is sufficient for the present!' And then it narrows down again, 'For my father, or mother, or wife or children,' until it ends in, 'Nothing matters as long as I am happy myself.' Man has now become cold, 6/

4/from one, for they are for all of God's children and not for a favored few.

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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Selfishness may begin with the thought, 'As long as my country is benefited, that benefits me;' and then it will narrow down
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3/the nature of heart, which cannot and does not discriminate.

Can the unhappiness of another dull one's spirit? No, sympathy is not to let the shadow of another fall upon one's being, it is to let one's light bring life to another. Spiritual gifts must be shared or they will be taken away
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2/Happiness is the condition of the heart. Heart touches every other heart. What is wished in the heart is wished for all persons or is not wished. That is the test of wish in the head or in the heart. Bodhisattva does not cease wishing; rather Bodhisattva are for all humanity. This shows 3/

2/point of view of others, as well as with mystical insight.

10/is greater than the power of the giant who lifts a mountain. All that one holds is preserved, all that one lets go is dispersed.

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9/the more one feels inclined to keep it secret. And the more one keeps secret what one knows the more life unfolds its secrets to one. ... it must be remembered that the power of the body is nothing in comparison with the power of the mind. And the power of the one who keeps a secret 10/

8/it." ... the more you are able to keep your secret in your heart, the greater you become. You have more weight, your personality becomes more reliable, more dependable. As it is said in Vadan that it is best to say something without saying.

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The more one knows the secret of the world
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7/development of the plan. The wise speak with their mind many times before they speak about it to anybody.

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I say, "Without the control over your lips you will not be able to develop inspiration." As a poet has said, "When the shell closes its lips, then the pearl develops in it."
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