13. Brotherhood/Sisterhood (1), Part 1
Beloved Sisters and Brothers,
With inspiring words on the spirit of brother/sisterhood, Hazrat Inayat Khan reminds us of the teaching of Jesus, “love your neighbour”, a central theme of the religions of the world. May we realize this spirit of brother/sisterhood in our daily life, considering these words in his prayer, Salat. “May the Message of God reach far and wide illuminating and making the whole humanity as one single brotherhood [sisterhood]....”
With Loving Regards and Prayers for an Enlightened World,
Our Workers
Social Gatheka no. 13, Part 1, Brotherhood/Sisterhood (1)
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
One can see the beginning of the spirit of brother/sisterhood when one sees the flocks of birds flying in the sky together, when one sees the herds of animals in the forest together and the swarms of little insects all living and moving together. No doubt in man this tendency of brother/sisterhood is pronounced, for man is not only capable of realizing the spirit of brother/sisterhood but of fulfilling that purpose which is hidden in this natural tendency. What is called good or bad, right or wrong, sin or virtue, the secret behind all this diversity is one, and this secret is that all that leads to happiness is right, is good, and is virtuous; all that leads to unhappiness is wrong, that is evil, and if there is any sin, it is that which may be called sin. Then coming to the idea of brother/sisterhood, it is not something which man has learned or acquired, it is something which is born in man, and according to the development of this spirit man shows the unfoldment of his soul.
Coming to the religions which have been given to the world, for instance, when we read in the Bible the words of Jesus Christ, what do we read? "Love your fellow man, love your neighbour," from the beginning to the end. If there is any moral that the master taught and repeated constantly, it was this moral, the moral of brother/sisterhood. The different religions which exist in the world, the followers of which are perhaps millions and millions, if one studies what is the central theme of it all, it is the one and same: Brother/Sisterhood, love one another, serve one another, be sincere one to the other.
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