The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Then there are others who believe in God but do not show their belief in any outward religious tendency. People often misunderstand them, and yet there is something very beautiful hidden in their heart, not understood and not known. There is a story told in the East of a man who used to avoid going to the house of prayer and who showed no outward sign. His wife often wondered if he had any belief in God; she thought a great deal about this and was very anxious about it. Then one day she said to her husband, "I am very happy today." The man was surprised, and asked what made her happy, and she said, "I was under a false impression, but now I have found out the truth and I am glad." He asked, "What has made you glad?" She replied, "I heard you saying the name of God in your sleep." He said, "I am very sorry." It was too precious and too great for him to speak of. He felt it as a great blow after having hidden this secret in the deepest part of his being, because it was too sacred to speak of. He could not bear it, and he died.


 
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