7. Sufism, Part 2
Beloved Sisters and Brothers,
Hazrat Inayat Khan teaches us that the Sufi's aim is to realize one's own nature and further, to know and live the purpose of one's life.
May we be divinely guided towards greater self-realization, the secret to success in life.
With Prayers for an enlightened world,
Nuria and KarimaGita
Social Gatheka, No. 7, Sufism – Part 2
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
In a few words Sufism means to know one's true being, to know the purpose of one's life and to know how to accomplish that purpose. Many say, out of disappointment, "I shall perhaps never be successful in my life", not knowing the fact that man is born to do what he longs to do and success is natural, failure is unnatural. If man is himself, the whole world is his own, if he is not himself, then even his self does [not] know what he is, where he is, why he is here on the earth; then he is less useful to himself and to others than a rock.
It is in self-realization that the mystery of the whole life is centered. It is the remedy of all maladies. It is a secret of success in all walks of life; it is a religion and more than a religion. And at this time when the world is upset this message conveys to the world the divine message. What is wrong with humanity today is that it is not itself and all the misery of the world is caused by this. Therefore nothing can answer the purpose of humanity save this process of sages and of the wise of all ages, which leads souls to self-realization.
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