The world is evolving from imperfection towards perfection; it needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness is required from each one of us.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
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In order to awaken love and sympathy in our hearts, sacrifices must be made. We must forget our own troubles in order to sympathize with the troubles of others. To relieve the hunger of others we must forget our own hunger. Everybody is working for selfish ends, not caring about others, and this alone has brought about the misery in the world today. When the world is evolving from imperfection towards perfection, it needs all love and sympathy.
Souls on earth are born imperfect and show imperfection, and from this they develop naturally, coming to perfection. If all were perfect, there would have been no purpose in their creation. And manifestation has taken place so that every being here may rise from imperfection towards perfection. That is the object and joy of life and for that this world was created. And if we expected every person to be perfect and conditions to be perfect, then there would be no joy in living and no purpose in coming here. … When in this world of imperfection we seek for all that is good and beautiful, there are many chances of disappointment. But at the same time if we keep on looking for it, not looking at the dust but looking for the gold, we shall find it. And once we begin to find it we shall find more and more. There comes a time in life when we can see some good in the worst person in the world. And when we have reached that point, though the good were covered with a thousand covers, we would put our hand on what is good, because we look for good and attract what is good.
Commentary by Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad)
Samuel L. Lewis
Those on the path of God need never expect kindness, cheerfulness, and friendship from others, nor need they hope for moral stability nor understanding on the part of those they meet. It is sufficient that mureeds understand that all love and goodness come from God, are signs of the presence of God, and that they praise God for every sign of God’s Presence.
At the same time, all that is given to the mureed is for humanity not for their individual selves. The marvelous spiritual magnetism which pours in and through the talib, the disciple on the spiritual path, reaches the whole of humanity for it enters the atmosphere of earth through the human breath and passes all around the globe. This breath is sustained by all the thoughts and feelings of tenderness and love. A single harsh thought of a master-mind can bring tribulation to multitudes.