The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
The universe is like a dome; it vibrates to that which you say in it, and answers the same back to you; so also is the law of action; we reap what we sow.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Human beings were placed in an enclosure where we were given full command over everything within. This is in the story of Adam. But to regain Eden we have to work out our destiny. For this purpose we were given the faculty of knowledge of name and form. Having this faculty we are responsible for our use or misuse of it.
But within certain limits there is the law of the equality of action and reaction. This means that if we suffer without doing evil, in time this will lead to compensation; while if we seem to escape punishment, we are only preparing a greater blow for ourselves. The effect of Karma is escaped by speaking, thinking, and acting in the name of God. Through the spiritual practices, we rise to wisdom above knowledge and suffering.