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Inayat Khan; CHALAS (Illuminated words) or Pearls of Wisdom

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« on: Jan 23, 2024 02:55 pm »

Reason is the master of the unbeliever and the servant of the believer.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_chalas.htm
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 23, 2024 06:05 pm »

Reason is the master of the unbeliever and the servant of the believer.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_chalas.htm

I think there is a lot of truth in that statement. But I also think that most people do not even reason but function from habit.

Eric; I hope you do not mind; I have changed the title of this thread. If I’ve taken too much liberty in doing so, let me know and change it to your title or I will. I did so because there is so much wealth of wisdom here, that I had a challenge finding the quote you provided above.

Perhaps we can continue to contemplate and absorb some of his short adages of wisdom here together, with others.

Thanks Eric
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 24, 2024 02:25 am »

Both observations(HIK and yours) imply a lack of will power.

Here's more on what he has to say about reason and will power-
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
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A learned person without will power is like a head without a body.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_boulas.htm


Common sense is necessary in the path of attainment, but not to such an extent that the reason should dominate and lead the will. The will, in action, must lead the reason, whereas if the reason is allowed to lead the will, the will many times becomes paralyzed. But when in cooperation the will leads the reason, then the path of attainment becomes illuminated.

   ~~~ "Githa I, Sadhana 5", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)


Reason is learned from the ever changing world, but wisdom comes from the essence of life.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_boulas.htm


Reason is the master of the unbeliever and the servant of the believer.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_chalas.htm


In order to see this question more clearly one must picture oneself as two beings, one the king and the other the servant. When one of them expresses a wish, it is the king who wishes. And the part that says, 'I cannot,' is the servant. If the servant has his way, then the king is in the place of the servant. And the more the servant has his way, the more the servant rules and the king obeys. In this way naturally conflict arises and that reflects upon the outer life. One's whole life becomes unlucky. One may be pious or good or religious, it makes no difference. If man does not realize the kingdom of God within himself nor realize his spirit to be a king, he does not accomplish the purpose of life.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_28.htm


Will is not [merely] 'a power', but it is all the power there is. How did God create the world? By will. Therefore, what we call 'will power' in us is in reality 'God power,' a power that increases by our recognizing its potentiality and proves to be the greatest phenomenon in life. If there is any secret behind the mystery of the world of phenomena that can be learned, it is will power. It is by will power that all we do, physically or mentally, is accomplished. Our hands, with all their perfect mechanisms, cannot hold a glass of water if there is no will power to support them. If will power fails, a person seemingly healthy will not be able to stand.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/II/II_38.htm


It is man's lack of faith that generally causes failures. In faith is the secret of fulfillment or non-fulfillment of every thought. There is no doubt about the fulfillment of a desire if man's faith works with it. But when one's own reason and doubt come and destroy the hope, one generally meets with failure. ... there are numberless people who are thinking and reasoning all their lives, asking themselves, 'Shall I do this? How can I do that? How can I overcome these obstacles? And all the time they are thinking of the hindrances, or waiting for suitable circumstances to arise, and they never do. Their whole life may be spent in the pursuit of something which reason prevents them from attaining.

   from  https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_11.htm


An important rule of psychology is that every motive that takes its root in the mind must be watered and reared until its full development. And if one neglects this duty, one does not only harm the motive, but by this the will power becomes less, and the working of the mind becomes disorderly. Even if the motive be small and unimportant, yet a steady pursuit after its attainment trains the mind, strengthens the will, and keeps the inner mechanism in order.

For instance, when a person tries to unravel a knot, and then he thinks, 'No use giving time to it,' he loses an opportunity of strengthening the will and attaining the object desired. However small a thing may appear to be, when once handled, one must accomplish it, not for the thing itself, but for what benefit it gives.

   ~~~ "Githa I, Sadhana 10", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)
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