Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life.
Interpretation
This quote highlights how differing beliefs can lead to division among people, preventing them from seeing the unity of all existence.
Hazrat Inayat Khan's quote reflects on the profound impact that belief and disbelief have on humanity. He suggests that these opposing forces create divisions among people, leading to various sects and ideologies that hinder our ability to perceive the interconnectedness and unity of all life. By emphasizing 'Oneness', he calls for a deeper understanding and acceptance of each other, transcending superficial differences.
In practice
In a speech advocating for peace and unity during a community gathering.
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the usual religious sectarianism. If ever it could be called a religion, it would only be as a religion of love, harmony, and beauty.
I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
What science cannot declare, art can suggest; what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud; but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. _x000D_ Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.
Atmosphere is a silent music. It has its effect upon the listener, exciting or peaceful, whatever it may be.
What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.
If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her and did not leave her until the night closed in catastrophe for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities.
We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good, was purchased by the sufferings of Christ.
Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution.
The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.
The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.
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