Bowl of Saki for February 4
THE FIRE OF DEVOTION PURIFIES THE HEART OF THE DEVOTEE, AND LEADS UNTO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by -- Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
Vibrations,
which reach the heart, are of finer nature than those that touch the mind
sphere. They cannot be conveyed on the breath ordinarily, but through Fikar,
Zikar and Darood, as well as through certain practices of refining the
breath, the Divine Thought enables the Cosmic Energy to pierce the mind-mesh
and return toward the source.
This
is the first resurrection, this is the beginning of the process of initiation.
It has been explained, when man, in adoration or supplication, turns toward God,
the feeling is of the nature of fire in that it rises. But also it gives
strength and courage and faculty to the devotee.
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