{"id":2991,"date":"2018-11-14T00:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T08:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becomingclear.org\/blog\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:19:15","slug":"bowl-of-saki-for-november-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomingclear.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/14\/bowl-of-saki-for-november-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowl of Saki for November 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words are but the shells of thoughts and feelings.<\/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

In spite of whatever wisdom we may have; we can make a mistake if we have no control over our words. And we can easily find examples of this truth; those who talk much have less power than those who talk little. For a talkative person may not be able to express an idea in a thousand words which those who are masters of silence express in one word. … What gives power over words? What gives the power that can be attained by silence? The answer is: it is Will Power which gives the control over words; it is silence which gives one the power of silence. It is restlessness when a person speaks too much. The more words are used to express an idea, the less powerful they become. It is a great pity that we so often think of saving pennies and never think of sparing words. It is like saving pebbles and throwing away pearls. An Indian poet says, “Pearl-shell, what gives you your precious contents? Silence; for years my lips were closed.”<\/p>\n

( from the Sufi Message Series, Volume <\/a> )<\/p>\n

The mystic sees another significance of the mouth than for it to be a receptacle of food and drink. Through the mouth words of wisdom are expressed, sacred words repeated. Therefore the mouth is likened to a shell from which pearl-like words become manifest. As by the opening of the mouth words are expressed so by the closing of the mouth the word is drawn within, which becomes a living word compared with all other words, which are lost after once they are spoken.<\/p>\n

( from Sangitha, Series II: Shaghal 9 [ unpublished ] )<\/p>\n

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

For words are conventions which guise thoughts and feelings. Of themselves words are nothing but social arrangements of letters or symbols. It is the thought-force in the word which makes it a living thing. This holds true for things other than words but it is most evident in words which, without that inner essence, are utterly dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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