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2/ penetrate the depths of the heart
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

112. Words are the echo of thoughts, and thoughts are the echo of emotions, which finally find expression when the words are spoken. Conversely, words, which become images in the mind, can also

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12/My intuition, has thou ever deceived me? No, never. It is my reason which so often deludes me, for it comes from without; thou art rooted within my heart.

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11/ The principles of mysticism rise from the heart of man. They are learned by ntuition and proved by reason. This is not only faith, though it is born of faith: it is faith with proof.

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10/Reason and intuition are two competitors, and yet both have their place, their mportance, and their value. The best thing would be first to try and catch the ntuition and distinguish and know and recognize it as intuition; and then to reason it out.

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9/between intuition and reason and sometimes they mix them up, for very often the second thought, being the last, is more clear to one than the first. Therefore, the intuition is forgotten and reason remembered. Then a person calls it intuition and it is not so.
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8/is hard to distinguish, because there are two feelings at the same time. If one makes a habit of catching the first intuition and saving it from being destroyed by reason, then intuition is stronger and one can benefit by it. There are many ntuitive people, but they cannot always distinguish 9/
7/absorbed in worldly things, then it is quite natural that we should not respond to those riches which are within us

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As soon as intuition springs up, reason, its competitor, rises also and says, No, it is not so.' Then there is conflict in the mind and it
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6/goodness becomes our property. If we respond to evil, then evil becomes our property. If we respond to love, then love becomes our possession. If we respond to hatred, hatred becomes our life. And if we respond to the things of the earth so much that our whole life becomes 7/
5/the worldly life; and intuition, which is his birthright and his own property, has been lost from view. This does not mean that it is gone from him, only that it has become buried in his own heart.

We are vehicles or instruments that respond. If we respond to goodness,
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4/shield -- to the mystic is a shield first.

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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

One might ask why man has lost that intuitive faculty. It is because he has become so absorbed in material gain that he has become, as it were, intoxicated by
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3/we can argue against reason, we can argue with reason, we can argue in a most unrational manner. All these mean little; but after one has the knowledge one can express it in a most reasonable manner. In other words, reason -- which to the average person is a sword and not a 4/
2/The fundamentality of the heart is proved, proved by the direct experiences of the inner life. Once this is attained, the value of reason becomes evident. Although reason is of little value after the goal is achieved, there is nothing without value. We can argue for reason, 3/
Bowl of Saki for October 18, 2025

THE PRINCIPLES OF MYSTICISM RISE FROM THE HEART OF THE HUMAN; THEY ARE LEARNT BY INTUITION AND PROVED BY REASON.-- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

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My favorite « Antifa » antifasciste person, sister of my dear friend Hidayat Inayat Khan: Noor killed by the Nazis as she cried LIBERTY

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2/poetic terms, “the bowl of poison of Mahadeva.”
Inner Teachings by Hidayat Inayat Khan:

111. Paradoxically, the Kemal condition produces failure in material activities but is the source of spiritual attunement where the annihilation of the self prevails. This is called in Hindu

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12/create peace in ourselves that we, ourselves, become examples of love, harmony and peace. That is the only way of saving the world and ourselves.

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