July 5, 1882
Birthdate of Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
in Vadodara (previously called Baroda), India
(known as Viladat Day, or Youm Viladat in Urdu)
Whatever their faith, the wise have always been able to meet each other beyond those boundaries of external forms and conventions which are natural and necessary to human life, but which nonetheless separate humanity.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
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There are two aspects of intelligence: intellect, and wisdom. Intellect is the knowledge of names and forms, their character and nature, gathered from the external world. …
Wisdom is contrary to the above-named knowledge. It is the knowledge which is illumined by the Light within; it comes with the maturity of the soul, and opens up the sight to the similarity of all things and beings, as well as the Unity in names and forms. The wise penetrate the spirit of all things; they see the human in the male and female, and the racial origin which unites nations. They see the human in all people and the Divine Immanence in all things in the universe, until the vision of the whole being becomes to them the vision of the One Alone, the most beautiful and beloved God.
Wisdom is the ultimate power. In wisdom is rooted religion, which connotes law and inspiration. But the point of view of the wise differs from that of the simple followers of a religious faith. Whatever their faith, the wise have always been able to meet each other beyond those boundaries of external forms and conventions, which are natural and necessary to human life, but which none the less separate humanity. … Sufism takes away the barriers which divide different faiths, by bringing into full light the underlying wisdom in which they are all united.
When people oppose or hinder the expression of a great ideal, and are unwilling to believe that they will meet their fellow beings as soon as they have penetrated deeply enough into every soul, they are preventing themselves from realizing the Unlimited. All beliefs are simply degrees of clearness of vision. All are part of One Ocean of Truth. The more this is realized the easier is it to see the true relationship between all beliefs, and the wider does the vision of the One Great Ocean become. Limitations and boundaries are inevitable in human life; forms and conventions are natural and necessary; but they none the less separate humanity. It is the wise who can meet one another beyond these boundaries.
Commentary by Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad)
Samuel L. Lewis
The truth of this, which is deeper than the historical or philosophical view, is that once the heart is open it can contact every other heart. There are not two sets of intuitions which conflict with each other. When the heart conveys an impression, it cannot be contrary to the impression carried to another heart. And when one has arrived at the state of heart-culture, all the hearts in the world are open to it.
This is the natural condition in Djabrut [ the Angelic Plane, the realm of Heart above the Mind-Mesh, independent of the outer senses. — Muiz ], but those who, because of their spiritual development upon earth, have recovered the faculties of angel and jinn can contact one another beyond space, beyond language, beyond mundane communication. This is natural for those traveling on the path to God.
They can even go further. Able to penetrate human hearts, they do not act or speak contrary to the beliefs of those around them except, perhaps, to carry them a step forward in their belief toward realization.