The charm of life is your good fortune
It is life which charms, which is attractive.
What we are always seeking for is life.
As a poet has said, ‘The heart of man, if once expanded, becomes larger than all the heavens’. The deep thinkers of all ages have therefore held that the only principle of awakening to life is the principle of emptying the self. In other words, making oneself a clearer and more complete accommodation in order to accommodate all experiences more clearly and more fully. The tragedy of life, all its sorrows and pains, belong mostly to the surface of the world. If one were fully awake to life, if one could respond to life, if one could perceive life, one would not need to look for wonders, one would not need to communicate with spirits; for every atom in this world is a wonder when one sees with open eyes.
Good Fortune
Runs in my veins
Every heartbeat a blessing
What wonder
This journey of love and tears
In rapture and lust
I have thrown my arms
Around so much life
Relished and savored the bitter and sweet
Now, my embraces
Are much more delicate
My astonishment – soft and exquisite
Dear One
If you travel further
Than the tip of your nose
You have gone too far
To kiss what is
Truly Precious
What the world is seeking, what human souls yearn for, is that life, whether it comes through music, color, lines, or words. What everyone desires is life. It is life which is the real source of healing. What is really needed is the life which comes from the expanded consciousness, from the realization of the divine Light which is the secret of all true art, and which is the soul of all mysticism.
Quotes are from Volume II of The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan.
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