The Bowl of Saki Commentary
Commentary for:
Unsuccessful ones often keep success away by the impression of their former failures.
Commentary from Hazrat Murshid SAM (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, Samuel L. Lewis):
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Failure is due to wrong direction of breath. Concentration improves breath, especially spiritual concentration. Every thought affects the breath very appreciably. So by your impressions you can move your breath and so alter condition of mind and body. Thinking about failures is sure to increase failure, and thinking of success will surely bring success in some direction. Therefore you are the cause of your own miseries.