Hazarat Inayat Khan

Fire

 

 

“When we pay attention to nature’s music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan

“One is never so strong as when one is broken.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan, Thinking Like The Universe: The Sufi Path Of Awakening

“The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan

“I first believed without any hesitation in the existence of the soul, and then I wondered about the secret of its nature. I persevered and strove in search of the soul, and found at last that I myself was the cover over my own soul. I realized that that in me which believed and that in me that wondered, that which was found at last, was no other than my soul. I thanked the darkness that brought me to the light, and I valued this veil that prepared for me the vision in which I saw myself reflected, the vision produced in the mirror of my soul. Since then, I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all. And what bewilderment it was when I realized that I alone was, if there were anyone, that I am whatever and whoever exists, and that I shall be whoever there will be in the future.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan

Swamy Vivekananda

Green Leaves

   If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms. 

 

 Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

   

Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love. If you every felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

 

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.  6.    There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself…. Burst your own cocoon and come out aw the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth.

 

It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. First, believe in this world, that there is meaning behind everything. Everything in the world is good, is holy and beautiful. If you see something evil, think that you do not understand it in the right light. Throw the burden on yourselves!

Hold to the idea, “I am not the mind, I see that I am thinking, I am watching my mind act,” and each day the identification of yourself with thoughts and feelings will grow less, until at last you can entirely separate yourself from the mind and actually know it to be apart from yourself.

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love’s sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers and let them go their own way.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.

Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God? It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature 

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love. 

If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it. Life and death are only different expressions of the same thing looked at from different standpoints; they are the falling and the rising of the same wave, and the two form one whole.

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship or psychic control or philosophy – by one or more or all of these and be free.

The Great Poet Bharathi

 

 

• கவிதை எழுதுபவன் கவியன்று. கவிதையே வாழ்க்கையாக உடையோன், வாழ்க்கையே கவிதையாகச் செய்தோன், அவனே கவி
  • He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry — it is he who is a poet.

• யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி போல்
  இனிதாவது எங்கும் காணோம்po
  • Among all the languages we know, we do not see anywhere, any as sweet as Tamil.

• ஜாதி மதங்களைப் பாரோம் –
  உயர் ஜன்மம்இத் தேசத்தில் எய்தின ராயின்
  வேதிய ராயினும் ஒன்றே –
  அன்றி வேறு குலத்தின ராயினும் ஒன்றே
  • We shall not look at caste or religion, All human beings in this land — whether they be those who preach the vedas or who belong to other castes — are one.

• Fools! Do you argue, that things ancient ought, on that account, to be true and noble! Fallacies and Falsehoods there were from time immemorial, and dare you argue that because these are ancient these should prevail?
  In ancient times, do you think that there was not the ignorant, and the shallow minded? And why after all should you embrace so fondly a carcass of dead thoughts. Live in the present and shape the future, do not be casting lingering looks to the distant past for the past has passed away, never again to return.

POSITIVE NOTES FROM GREAT MINDS

“When a defining moment comes along, you define.” -Kevin Costner

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in everydifficulty.” ~ Winston Churchill

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach. ~ George Sheehan

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” –Zig Ziglar

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy. ~ Wayne Dyer

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” –Cyril Connolly

Never mistake motion for action. ~ Ernest Hemingway

 

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. ~ Joseph Campbell

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ” –Oscar Wilde 

“It doesn’t matter if you fall down or not, it matters if you get back up.”  –Vince Lombardi 

” Live out of your imagination, not your history.” –Stephen Covey 

“Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.” –Wayne Dyer 

“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”  –Mother Teresa

“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” –Dalai Lama 

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” –Auguste Rodin

“All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.” –Anthony Robbins

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” –Albert Einstein

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.” –Eckhart Tolle

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?” –Buddha

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”  –Dalai Lama

 

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” –Abraham Lincoln

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” –Dalai Lama 

 

“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” –Galileo Galilei

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”  Winston Churchill

“The best way out is always through.”  Helen Keller

 “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” Kahlil Gibran

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” –Claude M. Bristol

“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” –Victor Hugo

“Courage is grace under pressure.” –Ernest Hemingway

“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.” Soren Kierkegaard

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless.” –Mother Theresa 

Acharya Rajneesh

 

• you don’t need anything except yourself and your totality
• the greater the opposition of the ida and the pingula
  the greater the attraction and pull towards the centre sushumna
• going beyond the mind…is not dropping the mind
  it is going beyond the mind…into a state of no mind
• love yourself…accept yourself…be yourself
  these qualities will create for the first time
  an individual whose inner flame is undividable
  a great pool of energy will gather and surround you
  with this an inner trust will arise from within you
• satori is the atomic explosion of any one chakra
  the chakra experiencing an immense overflowing
  reaching beyond the boundaries of the bodymind form
  one with the open sky
• people keep planning their lives
  searching security and comfort
  this silence is the only security i know
  those who can understand will understand
• Therapies can work on your body.
  They can work on your mind.
  They can work on your emotions.
  you are not the body
  you are not the mind
  you are not the emotions
  so what is therapy doing
  Meditativeness, Meditation are not the body mind emotion

 

• just accept yourself exactly how you are
  and the struggle will disappear
  and your energy will become a vast reservoir of love
  settled and relaxed
  then you can listen deeply
  and trust your inner being

திருக்குறள் : Thirukural and its Meaning

Thiruvalluvar

அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி
பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு.

As all letters have the letter A for their first, so the world has the eternal God for its first.

1. The alphabet “lives” on the basis of the first letter A; likewise, all the world –  movable and immovable — is sustained by the faith in God.

 

2. The Lord is of the form of pure wisdom; without adoring His Lotus feet, what is the good of learning many a lore?  Such study will be fruitless indeed.

 

3. The most High is seated in the lotus of the heart of devotees and rules the world; those who adore His Lotus feet will get everlasting wealth.
4. the Lord is free from “Likes” and “dislikes”; He is the friend of all; He is compassionate; sorrow will surely never approach those who take refuge in His feet.

 

5. The Lord’s glory is unfathomable; if this is cognised and He is adored, good and evil – the two consequences of “delusion” – will vanish.
6. The person who subdues the five senses, keeping them away from the external world and ever walks the path ordained by the Lord will be blissful ever.

 

7. The Lord is without a peer (non—paraller); He never decays; he who takes refuge in Him will get beyond all sorrow and enjoy lasting happiness here.
8. The Lord is beheld as an ocean of virtue and compassion personified; without holding o to the boat of His feet, it is scarcely possible to reach the other shore of the sea of sorrow.

 

9. The Lord has eight glorious attributes; the head of a person who bows not to His feet is useless, like the eye without sight.
10. Only those persons who hold on to the boat of the Lord’s feet as sure aid will easily cross the sea of births and re-births; it will be impossible for others to do so.

Western and Biblical Quotes

Expression Red

“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”

-J. C. Watts

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”

-Abraham Lincoln

“By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”

-Proverbs 24:3-4

“My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. ”

-Proverbs 3:21-23

“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. “

-Proverbs 17:28

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

-Proverbs 15:1

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!”

-Proverbs 16:16

“A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.”

-Proverbs 19:11

“A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.”

-Proverbs 19:11

“Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.”

-Proverbs 20:15

“In the struggle against evil, there is no shame in defeat — only in not fighting.”

-Steven Hart

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

-Proverbs 15:1

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”

-Satchel Paige

“When the passions become masters, they are vices.”

-Blaise Pascal

“He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.”

-Proverbs 19:8

“He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.”

-Proverbs 19:8

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

-Thomas a Kempis

“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

-Matthew 6:24

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

-Matthew 6:27

“Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.”

-German Proverb

“Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.”

-Proverbs 8:10-11

“Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.”

-Proverbs 9:8-9

“Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.”

-Proverbs 9:8-9

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

-Proverbs 9:10

“A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.”

-Proverbs 14:15

“Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.”

-Proverbs 17:1

“A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.”

-Proverbs 18:2

“Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend deserts him.”

-Proverbs 19:4

“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.”

-Proverbs 29:11

“Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.”

-Ecclesiastes 1:4-7

“A man’s own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.”

-Proverbs 19:3

“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.”

-Proverbs 21:30

“For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.”

-Ecclesiastes 1:18

“And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

-Ecclesiastes 4:4

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

-Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

MOULANA RUMI

Free Bird

 

“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” 
― Rumi

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

-Rumi

“Be like melting snow — wash yourself of yourself.”
― Rumi

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”

-Rumi

“Silence is the language of God,
all else is poor translation.”

-Rumi

“Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.”
― Rumi

“Remember. The way you make love is the way God will be with you.”
― Rumi

“All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.”
― Rumi

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”
― Rumi

“Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged”
― Rumi

“Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.”
― Rumi

“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.”
― Rumi

“The lion is most handsome when looking for food.”
― Rumi

“If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.”
― Rumi

“The universe and the light of the stars come through me.”
― Rumi

“You are the Truth from foot to brow. Now, what else would you like to know?”
― Rumi

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education.

peace

Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others.

Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God.

Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.

So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change; then, man will share in the sorrows and joys of his fellow-beings; thereafter he contacts the very source of the Bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world.

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education.

Wherever Sathya [Truth], Dharma [Righteousness], Santhi [Peace] and Prema [Love] are emphasised, in whatever religion or language, there we have Sanathana Dharma [the Eternal Gospel].

Whoever tries to understand the Human Values of Truth, Righteous conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence properly, who practises these values and propagates them with zeal and sincerity can alone be described as a truly educated person.

— Sri Sathya Sai Baba, 24 March 1958

Why God created Man?

Adam and Eve

God Almighty was All alone in the state of “AMA” when there was total silence and no movement. There was only one mantra audible that was the sound “OHM” according to HINDUISM and the sound “HOO” according to ISLAM. That is the reason why we call Allah SWT as “YA HOO”.

He wanted to know His inner self so He started to take out one by one from His self (started to create). The first thing He took out was “NOOR-E-MUHAMMADHIA” THE MOST POWERFUL LIGHT OF WISDOM, from that only He started creating everything including HUMAN BEINGS.

To summarize it “THE CREATIONS AND THE CREATOR ARE ONE AND THE SAME” but if you worship the created it becomes “Shirk” according to Islam, meaning equating something or someone to GOD.Shirk is the highest SIN in Islam and God does not excuse or pardon for this and the act of Shirk will prevent one from  qualifying  for salvation for ever. In Hinduism(according Advaitham) Kartha, Kriya, Shrishti (created), Karma  are all one and the same. The Paramathma and the Jeevathma are the same. It is only a temporary change in the created and the creator. The WHOLE remains always the same. The truth is that God is only taking different forms as different creations and experiencing it. The thought or sight of I, He, She,It, We, You, They Them etc. are all illusion (MAYA). The truth is “ONE SOUL AND MANY BODIES”.

This is very hard to explain but can only be experienced like many abstract feelings as “hunger, love, desire, thirst, pleasure etc.,

If you keep trying to understand it through the search of this knowledge about God you may understand it , If God willing.

According to Christianity “The Holy Bible tells us it was to reveal His glory and to be known in all His attributes.”

Same is the case with ” The Holy Quran and all other Holy Scriptures of all the Religions on earth.”

“The essense of Bhagwat Gita is Oneness or Adhvaitham or Monism.”

Please trust that “All religions and their Holy Scriptures are only sent by God Almighty”. Only proof is that they can stand the test of time only if they are the words of God irrespective of what Holy Book it may be.” “If there is no truth then that particular message has been distorted by man for his own benefit.”

Thank you. Bye. May God bless you in the search for knowledge about God and that is the ultimate (knowledge) truth.

With Love and Regards,

Syed Peer Muhammadh Ibrahim Khaleel HQ