The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan1
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Topic ArchetypesAstrologyAttainmentChakrasCharacterChristCompassionDervishDesire and renunciationDestiny and Free WillDimensionsDiscipleshipDreamsDuties and debtsEgoElementsGodGuidanceHealersHealingHealthHeartImmortalityInitiationLight and LoveLoversMagnetismMasteryMaterial lifeMeditationMessageMindPhysical BodyPlanesPoetsPowerPrayersPurposeReconstruction of WorldRelationshipsReligionsSaintsSchoolScientistsSexualitySleepSpeakingStagesStoriesSufismTeaching StyleVoiceWomenWorldWounds of the Heart | Sub-Topic Attainment of TruthEntitlementFair TradeFive DesiresFour Paths to the GoalPay for every gainSacrificeSeveral WishesSmall sacrifices |
Vol. 1, The Purpose of Life1. What Is My Purpose?Five DesiresThere are five aspects which give one the tendency towards the accomplishment of the inner purpose:
These five things work consciously or unconsciously in the profound depth of every soul. Working within one, they prompt one either to do right or to do wrong, and yet these five aspects belong to the one purpose in the accomplishment of which the purpose of the whole creation is fulfilled.
It is not in one or the other of these five desires that there is the accomplishment of the purpose; it is in the fulfillment of [all] these five desires that one's purpose is accomplished, the purpose for which every soul was born on earth. |