The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Once a Murshid went to the city and on his return he said: "Oh, I am filled with joy, I am filled with joy. There was such exaltation in the presence of the Beloved." Then his mureed thought: "There was a beloved and an exaltation. How wonderful! I too must go and see if I cannot find one." He went through the city and came back saying: "Horrible! How terrible the world is! All seem to be at one another's throats. That was the picture I saw. I felt nothing but depression, as if my whole being was torn to pieces." "Yes", the Murshid said, "you are right." "But explain to me", the mureed said, "why you were so exalted after going out, and why I should be so torn to pieces. I cannot bear it. It is horrible!" The Murshid said: "You did not walk in the rhythm that I walked in through the city." This walking means not only the slow rhythm of the walk, but that rhythm with which the mind is moving, that rhythm with which the observation is gained. It is that which makes the difference between one person and another. It is that which brings about the difference between the reasoning of one person and another.


 
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