{"id":2791,"date":"2018-08-30T00:15:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T07:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becomingclear.org\/blog\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2021-08-29T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:45:00","slug":"bowl-of-saki-for-august-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomingclear.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/30\/bowl-of-saki-for-august-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowl of Saki for August 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

The giver is greater than the gift.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan<\/em><\/p>\n

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Related Material by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Compiled by Wahiduddin Richard Shelquist – wahiduddin.net<\/a><\/h5>\n

Besides having one’s wish granted, the joy of giving another happiness, that itself is greater than a wish granted, if one has risen to that plane of human evolution when one can enjoy pleasure with the pleasure of another, when one can feel satisfaction in the satisfaction of another, when one can be happy in bringing happiness to another. No one will give another happiness and will not have the same come to them a thousandfold. There comes a stage of evolution in life when we feel more satisfied by seeing another person satisfied with food than by our having eaten it ourselves, when we feel comfortable in seeing another person comfortable, when we feel richly adorned by seeing another person clothed nicely; for this stage is a stepping-stone to the realization of God.<\/p>\n

( from the Sufi Message Series, Volume XIII – The Gathas, Series III: Chapter I – Etekad, Rasm u Ravaj (Superstitions, Customs and Beliefs), Paper 1 – Toasts<\/a> )<\/p>\n

Human beings living in their shells are mostly unaware of the privilege of life and so are unthankful to the Giver of it. In order to see the grace of God we must open our eyes and raise our head from our little worlds. Then we will see — above and below, to the right and the left, before and behind — the grace of God reaching us from everywhere in abundance.<\/p>\n

( from the Sufi Message Series, Volume XIV – The Smiling Forehead:Part II – The Deeper Side of Life, Chapter VI – Everyone Has Their Own Little World<\/a> )<\/p>\n

Those who are loved by everybody in the world, and yet if they have not loved anybody, they have done nothing. Those who have possessed the wealth of the whole world, but if they have given nothing, they have not earned. Those honored by everyone in the world, but if they have not respected, they have not lived.<\/p>\n

What does it mean? It only means that what we gain is nothing, it is what we give that counts<\/u><\/i>. It is nothing — what has been done to us — if only we did all we wished to do, that is what counts. Either learning or wisdom, position or power or wealth, all these things gained are very small compared with what one can give to the others.<\/p>\n

( from The Supplementary Papers: Chapter 24 \u2013 Brotherhood I, Section 4 \u2013 The Work for the Cause of Brotherhood [ unpublished ]<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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Commentary by Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad) Samuel L. Lewis<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For giving itself increases the greatness of heart and mind. Whatever one attaches value to, the value is in the attachment not in the thing, and this is a false value<\/b>. There is nothing in the universe so valuable as that which can be given away yet retained in the giving such as the heart-qualities, which spring from love. All else is valuable only because humanity considers it so<\/u><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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