Bowl of Saki for February 17

CONCENTRATION AND CONTEMPLATION ARE GREAT THINGS; BUT NO CONTEMPLATION IS GREATER THAN THE LIFE WE HAVE ABOUT US EVERY DAY. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by -- Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:

It is very easy to build dreams of ideals. It is very easy to imagine happiness in Heaven but that brings no strength, it never brings that great satisfaction when one feels one has accomplished something. This satisfaction is greatest in the physical sphere where there is so much to overcome, yet this is the greatest battle it is possible to wage and its victory is the finest victory, the victory over great obstacles.

It is easy to imagine Nirvana far away from turmoil; it is marvelous to imagine and attain Nirvana in the midst of trouble. Therefore if the sage once finds the Universal Peace in the midst of strife, it will be natural for him to find it anywhere and everywhere. The descent of Jesus into Hell is nothing but the willingness of the awakened soul to face all and fear nothing for the sake of God.

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