The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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Seek God in all souls, good or bad, wise or foolish, attractive and unattractive; in the depths of each there is God.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Since God is the only being, God is the essence and life of all souls. To confuse the soul with the nufs of personality is to draw confusion to one's own mind. If there were not some good in the personality, the mind and body could not function. Evil is weakness, and goodness is strength—even the strength that holds body together as a unit or mind together as a unit. The cause of suicide is weakness, and murderers are often suicides who objectify their own weakness. Unable to dominate themselves they desire to dominate others.
The way to overcome this weakness in others is to practice the spiritual breaths in their presence and so build up the atmosphere. The more positive one is in the presence of such people, the more respect is gained and so everybody can be helped. It is not necessary to judge: the stone is a stone, the tree is a tree, the bird is a bird, but the life in all is God.