Via Azim Looker, who commented: Do watch this...I may say it brought tears to my eyes. This man may not look like a saint (whatever we imagine saints to be like...) but by understanding one simple thing he is certainly acting like one. Start to give. So many of our activities, even spiritual retreats, are largely spiritual narcissism...we are still the centre of our activity, still acting in the circle of ourselves. As Sheikh Safer Dal Halveti-Cerrahi of blessed memory said...Now is not the time for khalvet (retreat), but Jelvet...seeing God directly in the world around us. A Jelveti saying of the Aziz Mahmud Huday Effendi tekke in Istanbul was Serving people is serving God. May we all stop seeing double, and understand the Truth, and bear witness to It by our actions. And as a little aside, let us remember Mr Gurdjieffs admonition...Everything new comes from outside...trapped in the circle of ourselves, with a mind and emotions that are just tape-loops of past experiences, we need to find real freshness and newness, like water in the desert. Start to give.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:56:49 +0000
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