The Bowl of Saki Commentary

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One forms one's future by one's actions; one's every good or bad action spreads its vibrations and becomes known throughout the universe.

— Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):

The physical and mental creation may be considered as one personality. Humankind forms the Grand Human Being, sometimes known as Adam. This includes all the Life beneath the mind-mesh. The world above the mind-mesh, called by the Sufis Djabrut, is identical with Eden. Adam expelled from Eden is the picture of all of humanity functioning in the worlds of limitation. Whatever any personality does affects this whole kingdom of humanity as well as oneself.

Of course each one's actions affect oneself most of all. One's every word, speech, and thought strike the dome of Malakut and fall back again to their natural place. This return of energy not only touches the individual but touches the whole of humanity. It is like when a person spreads germs or disease, everyone might be liable. This shows the inclusive nature of Karma. In the same way kindness spreads abroad and the tales of good deeds often bear fruit in faraway places.