The Bowl of Saki Commentary
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We start our lives as teachers, and it is very hard for us to learn to become pupils. There are many whose only difficulty in life is that they are teachers already. What we have to learn is pupilship. There is but one teacher, God.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Teacher is the positive pole, and gives; pupil is the negative pole, and takes. Many want to take and also want to teach at the same time; this is impossible and leads to much misery. One is not teacher who seeks followers; one is a seeker of followers. One is only a teacher who teaches others something, who gives others something. It is not necessary to teach, it is not necessary to give. This condition is associated with Nasoul, or the rising energy.
Nasoul has its purpose and Urouj, the descending energy, has its purpose. There must be balance and order in the Universe. No doubt Urouj leads to selfishness, but Urouj also leads to growth; merely to give away for the sake of giving is of no great advantage. This assumes that self has capacity for endless evolution. Such self has not the capacity.
It is God Who is, and our evolution is God's evolution; God's opportunity is our opportunity. Therefore Urouj and Nasoul balance, and when we are willing to learn, God is there to teach us.