Humanity’s greatest privilege is to become a suitable instrument of God.
Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
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On coming to earth, humanity, which is the instrument of God, loses connection with that divine power whose instrument we are, thus keeping not only ourselves but even God from helping the Divine Will to be done. When we, who are born to be the instruments of God, do not perform our mission properly we naturally feel dissatisfied. It does not mean that we do not accomplish what we desire, but it is the reason why we are unhappy. … Spiritual knowledge does not lie in learning something, but in discovering something; in breaking the fetters of the false consciousness and in allowing the soul to unfold itself with light and power. What does the word ‘spiritual’ really mean? Spiritual means spirit-conscious. When people are conscious of the body, they cannot be spiritual. It is like rulers who do not know their rulership. … If we do not realize the realm of God within ourselves nor realize our spirit to be a ruler, we do not accomplish the purpose of life.
Humanity’s greatest privilege is to become a suitable instrument of God, and until we know this, we have not realized our true purpose in life. The whole tragedy in life is our ignorance of this fact. From the moment we realize this, we live the real life, the life of harmony between God and humanity. When Jesus Christ said, ‘Seek ye first the realm of God,’ this teaching was an answer to the cry of humanity: some crying, ‘I have no wealth,’ others crying, ‘I have no rest,’ others crying, ‘My situation in life is difficult,’ My friends are troubling me,’ or, ‘I want a position, wealth.’ The answer to them all is, ‘Seek ye first the realm of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.’
Commentary by Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad)
Samuel L. Lewis
Nothing is more beautiful than the vision of God. But nothing is more noble than to let God see visions out of one’s eyes, so that God may look upon the world and serve the world and give the world all the succor it needs. This is self-sacrifice, which is sacrifice only of limitation and selfishness and brings one infinite capacity.