The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
We cover our spirit under our body, our light under a bushel; we never allow the spirit to become conscious of itself.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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That is to say, so long as the spirit is considered "our spirit," so long as body is considered "our body," so long as light is considered as our possession, our attribute, this continual thought of self prevents the Divine Spirit-the spirit, not our spirit-from becoming conscious of itself. We are afraid that if we let go this thought of self, we have completed our destiny; yes, we have completed "our" destiny, but that completion is the very thing which makes it possible for the Divine Spirit to manifest through us. This is the beginning of life, not the end of it.