By loving, forgiving, and serving, it is possible for your whole life to become one single vision of the sublime beauty of God.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
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If one would realize that the world of God, the splendor and magnificence, are to be seen in the wise and the foolish, in the good and the bad, then one would think tolerantly and reverently of all humankind … But people have ignored the divine spirit that manifests in humanity, and always prefer an idol, a painting, a picture, to the living God who is constantly before them. For the sage, the seer, the saint, and the yogi who begin to see the Master, and see that Being living, there is no place where It cannot be seen. Then everywhere the beloved Master is ready to answer the cry of the soul coming from friend, parent or teacher. And if we go a little further forward, we will find that the Teacher speaks aloud, not only through living beings, but through nature. If the eyes and ears are open, the leaves of the trees become as pages of the Bible. If the heart is alive, the whole life becomes one single vision of that Sublime Beauty, speaking to us at every moment.
All occult powers belong to the Divine Life, but we should live a natural life and realize the nature of God. The only studies which are worth accomplishing are those which lead to the realization of God, and of Unity, first with God and then with the self, and so with all. It is not necessary for us to be told that we have progressed; we ourselves will know when our hearts go forward; and by loving, forgiving, and serving, our whole life becomes one single vision of the sublime beauty of God.
Commentary by Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad)
Samuel L. Lewis
This is because within these processes there is no nufs, no shadow. The absence of these processes causes shadow or is caused by shadow; their presence causes the shadows of life to vanish, all common pain and suffering to go. The supreme vision cannot be forced, but neither can it be kept away when one has laid aside all accumulation of selfhood. It becomes the most natural thing in life because it is Life Itself.