The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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Concentration and contemplation are great things; but no contemplation is greater than the life we have about us every day.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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It is very easy to build dreams of ideals. It is very easy to imagine happiness in Heaven, but that brings no strength; it never brings that great satisfaction you feel when you have accomplished something. This satisfaction is greatest in the physical sphere where there is so much to overcome. This is the greatest battle it is possible to wage and its victory is the finest victory, the victory over great obstacles.
It is easy to imagine Nirvanafar away from turmoil; it is marvelous to imagine and attain Nirvanain the midst of trouble. Therefore if the sage once finds the Universal Peace in the midst of strife, it will be natural to find it anywhere and everywhere. The descent of Jesus into Hell is nothing but the willingness of the awakened soul to face all and fear nothing for the sake of God.