The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
The soul is either raised or cast down by the power of its own thought, speech, and action.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Thought, speech, and action are all movements. All depend upon the breath, upon the rising and falling of the life currents which affect the personality through the breath. When there is no thought there is no movement in the ordinary sense, and as the soul is non-spatial it cannot then be raised up or cast down. It is only when acts, words, and thoughts harmonize—either with the upward or downward movements of the breath (Urouj and Nasoul)—that the soul is raised up or cast down. But when the breath is balanced in the Kemal state the effect is totally different.