Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy, always living a life of praise.
Interpretation
One can find spirituality and a sense of praise in any creative pursuit.
This quote emphasizes that spirituality is not limited to traditional religious roles but can be found in the artistic expression of life. It suggests that through creativity—be it in art, poetry, or music—individuals can embody a spiritual essence and live with gratitude and appreciation, irrespective of their vocation.
In practice
During an art gallery opening, one might quote this to inspire appreciation for creativity.
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.
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again.
The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child.
In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly.
If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.
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