10. The Journey to the Goal, Part 4
Beloved Sisters and Brothers,
We live in a world of people with many different natures, and Hazrat Inayat Khan warns us that this can present a path of thorns on our journey to the goal. He encourages us to refine our character, developing forgiveness, patience and tolerance. May his prayer guide us on our path.
“Teach us Thy Loving forgiveness;
Raise us above the distinctions and
differences which divide men.
Send us the Peace of Thy Divine Spirit
And unite us all in Thy Perfect Being.”
With Loving Regards and Prayers for an enlightened world,
Nuria, KarimaGita, Kabriya
Social Gatheka no. 10, Part 4, The Journey to the Goal
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
When a man's attitude is a loving attitude, a tendency to serve, to forgive, to tolerate, a reverence for all (good and bad, young and old) then he begins his journey.
To explain what path this is: there is no better symbol for it than the path of the cross. No one without courage, without strength of will, and without patience, can go this path. When a person has to live among people of all natures, he must make his own character soft as a rose; make it finer, so that no one can be hurt by the thorns.
Two thorns cannot harm each other. The thorns can hurt the rose, but the rose cannot tear the thorns. The journey begins with a path of thorns, and he must go barefoot. It is not easy to be tolerant, always to be patient, to refrain from judging others and to love one's enemy.
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