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 AlchemyAttitude of a DiscipleChildren SchoolConfidenceDiscipleshipFinding a GuideFive NecessitiesIdeals and AimsInitiationInner SchoolKinds of DisciplesResistance of PupilsScience of BreathSufi TrainingSymbol of the Sufi OrderTen Sufi ThoughtsThe fire I have lightedThe MurshidTwo DutiesWay of WorkingYoga and Sufism |
THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERSPSYCHOLOGY 2Science and PsychologyQ. What is the best way in education to develop that feeling in children? For instance I will give you an example. A nurse was telling the children that: "You must keep your toy; you must not take away the toy of another child", when they were quarrelling over one another's toys. The nurse taught them: "No, each of you have your own. The other one has not the right to touch the toys of the other." It was just, but it was not love. Then another one came who knew about it and who said to each child: "No, all the toys belong to all of you. And the best thing is to give one's toys to the other, that you play with each other's toys. Do you not like to see your brother or sister playing with your toy? You ought to be delighted to see that your brother or sister is playing with it." Well, that is the feeling that must be developed. This crude way in which sometimes people want to work up high ideals by troubling and fighting, that is not the way. The best way is the way of love, of harmony, of sympathy. And for that feeling must be developed instead of thought. The present generation has made a great advancement in thought. But that is not enough. Now what is needed is that battery which stands behind thought, and that is feeling. |