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by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Poet and Mystic.
Bowl of Saki for May 5
THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN DEEP THOUGHT TO THE WORLD ARE THOSE WHO HAVE CONTROLLED THE ACTIVITY OF THEIR MINDS.
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Just as continual attention to the body draws our interest from the life in general to ourselves in particular, so continual attention to the mind attracts us towards our thoughts and away from the world. But then this condition is subtler and we do not see that we live in a world of our own creation by this. We send out vibrations and we give them a value which is not a real value but one coined by these very vibrations.
Nothing has any value except by a universal standard of measurement. The wise therefore seek this universal standard and find that it is only discovered when their own thoughts are laid aside and measured in comparison with the thoughts of others and with the vibrations of the Universe in general.
To do this, it is found necessary to control all activity of mind, then to determine what actions are valuable and important, and then to make each function of the mind purposive and profitable. This means to employ mind and not permit the mind to employ the self falsely.
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