The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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When this condition is brought about by a mystic of his own will in meditation, then he becomes the controller of his life, and death becomes his servant. By dying every day in meditation and again experiencing this momentary life the mystic becomes familiar with that state which every man fears and calls death. The greatest punishment that man can inflict on man is death - which to a mystic becomes his everyday playground. Thus he gets beyond the interest of this life and the fear of death. The difference between the mystic and another person is as that between the swimmer who would quite fearlessly swim and dive into the water and the non-swimmer who would die with fear even before sinking. That which is a comfort to the one becomes death to the other; so death, most alarming to the average person, is peace to the mystic. In all religions, directly or indirectly, this secret of mysticism is suggested,. Of course the truth cannot be revealed plainly before everybody; that is why the study of breath is kept secret and is termed mysticism.


 
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