Bowl of Saki for January 23

SUCCESS COMES WHEN REASON, THE STORE OF EXPERIENCE, SURRENDERS TO WILL. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by -- Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:

This is a natural process. The first movement of will is a downward current from Allah, through the heavens, to earth. This downward current pulls other things with it. It attracts other vibrations and collects them on the physical plane. If the will is not hampered on its return journey to God, it can descend again and bring more. This rise and fall of will is the Power and Love of God expressed through the Cosmic breath. It operates automatically through Fikar and Darood and in that way they are the greatest aids to concentration.

Concentration collects the mental atoms, but only keeps them in place when feeling controls thought. If this is persisted in, it will sooner or later force an accommodation in the physical sphere. This is success. So you see success is a positive action of will, while failure and evil are both due to weakness. Even from the selfish point of view selflessness proves to be the highest and best form of selfishness.

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