The most important attributes that have contributed to the wide acceptance of the Sufis is their love for the humanity, purity of mind and perfection in their conduct. By R.K Gupta Look into the heart of a Sufi, If you want to see the Reality. You would find there nothing, But the true reflection of…
By Hazrat Inayat Khan Man’s selfishness shows itself in wanting to get the better of his fellow man. If we developed humanity we should do differently. We should be satisfied with a slice of bread if there were another in need, but as it is, it happens that even when we are fed ourselves, we…
Happiness is not dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have”¦ a smiling face with smiling eyes. A beautiful, expensively-dressed lady felt that her whole life was empty, it had no meaning. So, she went to visit a counselor to seek out happiness. The counselor called over the old…
“I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life – that is to say, over 35 – there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life. It is safe to say that every one of them fell…
“Isn’t it interesting to consider that perhaps your troubles, which you think is a deep seated physical malady, may be traced instead to an absence of spiritual vitality in your life? I do not say that such is the case because I am not a physician, nor do I make any pretense of being one.…
All living creatures and nature need our compassion. This message needs to be part of our school curriculum. By Amin Valliani In a tiny drop of water are found all the secrets of the ocean. A small bit of rice gives us the taste of the whole cauldron, and a few grains indicate the quality…
It is the true believer who knows how to convert resentment into forgiveness, jealousy into equanimity. By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In one of nature’s greatest laboratories “ the sun “ atomic reaction converts into light. The humble cow “ a living laboratory “ converts grass into milk. The very trees are nature’s laboratories, taking in…
Accusing others of doing wrong is only a cheap way of asserting yourself over others. There appears to be only a minor difference in these two phrases: “You are wrong!” and “I am wrong!”, but in reality the difference between the two is immense. There are millions of people in the world who will readily…
By Hazrath Inayath Khan What is necessary just now is to create peace in ourselves that we, ourselves, become examples of love, harmony and peace. That is the only way of saving the world and ourselves. It is more important to find out the truth about one’s self, than to find out the truth of…
The search for God and the sense of “the need of Him” may also arise from the indefinable work of looking inward that is required of each of us. By Tariq Ramadan There is no “Islamic theology.” It is meaningless, and in actual fact wrong, to compare the often peripheral discussions that took place among…
