The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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The aim of the mystic is to keep near to the idea of unity, and to find out where we unite.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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In fact the aim of the Mystic is to keep always near to the idea of Unity, and this is possible by concentrating always on "Toward the One," which practice when carried on the breath is called Darood. This is the very gate to love and unity. By continuing in this state one finally feels the thoughts harmonizing with the self in an indescribable manner. Then the intuitions take one into life more, and trust in these intuitions takes one even further. Every time the breath appears out of harmony, there is weakness, and when it flows harmoniously, there is strength. This is the sign of life itself.
And where is this union? It is in the heart stream. It is the love-life which is beyond the mental sphere. The more the heart-life, the more the love-life, the more the acquisition of unity.