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The Message Papers
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Peculiarities of the Six Great Religions
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The Message
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The Message Papers
Peculiarities of the Six Great Religions
The Message
And now, in conclusion, coming to the task and to the services we are destined to render to the world. "What is the work of the Sufi Message, its characteristic, its peculiarity?" Its peculiarity is truth. It is to bring to the world, to give to the world, to spread to the world that truth which is the essence of all religions. First the truth must be searched after, next the truth must be realized, third the truth must be lived. And it is by doing this that the Sufi will attain to that purpose which has brought him to the Sufi Movement, and that we all will attain to that purpose for which we are meant and which we are intended to accomplish.
And now the question is, what are we to do in order to do our best? We must search for truth not only in books, but in life; we must realize truth not only intellectually, but by our personal experience, through meditation; and we must live truth by not taking truth as something separate, but by realizing that it is our own being. It is by these three things we shall be able to become Sufis.
And now in spreading the Cause, what we must do is to understand the psychology of human nature, to understand the need of the time, and to understand the best way of going forward. We must not waste time and we must not dispute with the authorities of other religions. We must give our whole thought to this purpose, which is given to us from God. Contemplate upon it, and meditate on it, and ask all blessing: that will help us to carry our work into the world. God Bless You.
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