Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.
Interpretation
Each individual should follow their own journey and fulfill their desires to achieve higher fulfillment.
The quote emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy and self-discovery. Hazrat Inayat Khan suggests that every person has a unique path and purpose in life, and by pursuing their own desires and ambitions, they can transcend those desires to reach a greater, more profound existence beyond mere materialism. It encourages individuals to recognize their journey as a meaningful part of their personal growth and spiritual development.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development, one could cite this quote to encourage individuals to embrace their unique journeys.
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the usual religious sectarianism. If ever it could be called a religion, it would only be as a religion of love, harmony, and beauty.
I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
What science cannot declare, art can suggest; what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud; but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. _x000D_ Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.
Atmosphere is a silent music. It has its effect upon the listener, exciting or peaceful, whatever it may be.
What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.
They whose guilt within their bosom lies, imagine every eye beholds their blame.
I am but a stranger ... as we all are. Lonely inside our separate skins, we cannot know each others pain and must bear our own in solitude. For my part, I have found that walking soothes it; and that, given luck, sometimes we find one to walk besides us ... at least for a little way.
Curses of vanished elders echoed down on me; too pretty, too soft, too pale, eyes far too full of the Devil, ah, that devilish smile
What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.
For the birds there is not a time that they tell, but the point vierge between darkness and light, between being and nonbeing. You can tell yourself the time by their waking, if you are experienced. But that is your folly, not theirs.
The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.
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