The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things, yet keeping fineness of character and nobility of manner together with an ever-living heart full of love.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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There are two ways to reach and hold this stage. One is through Darood—to hold tight to the Divine Thought on the breath. Keep unbroken concentration no matter what the occurrence or cause for complaint. Stay focused, and concentrate all the thought upon Allah so that nothing another says, does, or thinks can affect the mind. Then the mind is protected and the karmic reaction strikes the other.
At the same time, the heart should be kept pure for even the thought of another as other, even the idea of dualism with favorable opinions is not conducive to the spiritual welfare of any party concerned. Heart full of love is heart that does not conceive differences, which holds another as the self, which feels all people as the offspring of the one Divine Creator.