Bowl of Saki for March 20
IT IS WISE TO SEE ALL THINGS, AND YET TO TURN OUR EYES FROM ALL THAT SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED.
-- Hazrat Inayat KhanCommentary by -- Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
It is the soul which sees, the heart which understands. Mind of itself is nothing, but mind properly trained and controlled gains the whole world without losing one's soul. In this condition one sees because God sees through one; one does not have to see for the sake of sight or for the sake of self, but for the sake of God one has to see.
Now if we reflect upon what we have seen, if we give much thought to what we have seen, this is sight for the sake of self; it is not sight for the sake of God and our saying so does not make it so. That sight which is Insight (Kashf) sees the attributes and essence together and has no need to analyze persons or situations. It sees the complete unity with all its parts, and yet does not attribute moral valuation to any condition or thing. This is having Right Views, where the fruits of sensation are left to God.
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