The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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One might ask, "Then why should we not try to get to the bottom of all outside things; shall we not by this way reach the same know]edge?" That is not possible. The easiest way and the possible way is to attain to the knowledge of the self. It is the after-effect of this attainment that will give one keen sight into outside things, into the spirit of outward things. The question is about oneself, the knowledge of self, what that knowledge is. Do we know ourselves? None of us, for one moment, will think that we do not know ourselves. That is the difficulty. Everyone says, "I know myself better than I know anybody else. What is there to be learned in myself? Is it the anatomy of the body?" Yes, the first thing is to understand the construction of the body; that is the first lesson.


 
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