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| "The Garden is my Church" |
The priest gives a benediction from the church;
the branches of the tree in bending give blessing from God.
Bowl of Saki, March 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
Anyone who has some knowledge of mysticism and of the lives of the mystics knows that what always attracts the mystic most is nature. Nature is his bread and wine. Nature is his soul's nourishment. Nature inspires him, uplifts him and gives him the solitude for which his soul continually longs. Every soul born with a mystical tendency is constantly drawn towards nature. In nature that soul finds its life's demand, as it is said in the Vadan, 'Art is dear to my heart, but nature is near to my soul.' ... Nature itself is the glory of God.
from http://wahiduddin.
The deeper we look into life the more it unfolds itself, allowing us to see more keenly. Life is revealing. It is not only human beings who speak; if only the ears can hear even plants and trees and all nature speak, in the sense that nature reveals itself, reveals its secret. In this way we communicate with the whole of life. Then we are never alone, then life becomes worth living.
from http://wahiduddin.
What appeals to us in being near to nature is nature's music, and nature's music is more perfect than that of art. It gives us a sense of exaltation to be moving about in the woods, and to be looking at the green; to be standing near the running water, which has its rhythm, its tone and its harmony. The swinging of the branches in the forest, the rising and falling of the waves, all has its music. And once we contemplate and become one with nature our hearts open to its music.
from http://wahiduddin.
When a person begins to see all goodness as being the goodness of God, all the beauty that surrounds him as the divine beauty, he begins by worshiping a visible God, and as his heart constantly loves and admires the divine beauty in all that he sees,
from http://wahiduddin.
The deeper we look into life the more it unfolds itself, allowing us to see more keenly. Life is revealing. It is not only human beings who speak; if only the ears can hear even plants and trees and all nature speak, in the sense that nature reveals itself, reveals its secret. In this way we communicate with the whole of life. Then we are never alone, then life becomes worth living.
from http://wahiduddin.
What appeals to us in being near to nature is nature's music, and nature's music is more perfect than that of art. It gives us a sense of exaltation to be moving about in the woods, and to be looking at the green; to be standing near the running water, which has its rhythm, its tone and its harmony. The swinging of the branches in the forest, the rising and falling of the waves, all has its music. And once we contemplate and become one with nature our hearts open to its music.
from http://wahiduddin.
When a person begins to see all goodness as being the goodness of God, all the beauty that surrounds him as the divine beauty, he begins by worshiping a visible God, and as his heart constantly loves and admires the divine beauty in all that he sees,
he begins to see in all that is visible one single vision; all becomes for him the vision of the beauty of God.
His love of beauty increases his capacity to such a degree that great virtues such as tolerance and forgiveness spring naturally from his heart.
Even things that people mostly look upon with contempt, he views with tolerance.
The brotherhood of humanity he does not need to learn, for he does not see humanity, he sees only God.
And as this vision develops, it becomes a divine vision, which occupies every moment of his life.
In nature he sees God, in man he sees His image, and in art and poetry he sees the dance of God.
The waves of the sea bring him the message from above, and the swaying of the branches in the breeze seems to him a prayer.
For him there is a constant contact with his God.
from http://wahiduddin.
~~~ The priest gives a benediction from the church; the branches of the tree in bending give blessing from God.
from http://wahiduddin.
~~~ The priest gives a benediction from the church; the branches of the tree in bending give blessing from God.
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