14. Brotherhood/Sisterhood (2), Part 2
Beloved Brothers and Sisters,
In his lifetime, Hazrat Inayat Khan was encouraged that the spirit of brotherhood was the remedy for conditions of disharmony and injustice in the world. In this day and age, conditions in the world continue to call us to practice living brotherhood and sisterhood. May we be encouraged by Inayat Khan’s belief that every person has the capacity for learning and living brotherhood and sisterhood.
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.
-From the prayer Khatum by Hazrat Inayat Khan-
With Loving Regards and Prayers for an enlightened world,
Our Workers
Social Gatheka no. 14, Part 2, Brotherhood/Sisterhood (2)
To think, friends, about the condition that humanity has passed through during the last few years and what result has been achieved from all the prejudices and disagreement and disharmony which has come up between nations and between people, and it seems that even now it is not lessening, the world seems to be going from bad to worse--the suffering in every way caused to humanity, it seems has not yet ended! No doubt life in the world is so intoxicating that man hardly stops to think about it, and the life such as it is just now has so many responsibilities that everyone, rich or poor, is so absorbed in his affairs that he hardly has a moment to think what is going on in the world. Nevertheless illness is illness, the world is ill. Yes, a person may neglect his illness and may engage his mind in something else, but if that illness is not attended to, it remains just the same. And when we look for the cause of all this disaster we may be able to find a thousand causes, and yet there is one principle cause, which is the lack of brotherhood.
And the absence of anything one could have endured, but the world cannot be happy, and the order and peace of humanity maintained in the absence of brotherhood. The brotherhood which can be learned and that every person has the facility of learning in his life. Think of that master who is kind and who is loving to his servant, who considers his servant his brother, he is blessed. Think of that family, a family in which two members, or three members, or four, or five members, whatever be their relation, that they consider that idea of brotherhood in sharing with one another the pain and pleasure, how happy, how blessed that family will be! Think of a nation, whatever its government, whatever be its constitution, if there was this spirit of brotherhood between the people of different position, of different ranks or occupation, how blessed that nation would be!
