The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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And then there is a question if Sufism is exotericism or esotericism. Very often I was asked by friends and mureeds, "What is the use of the Universal Worship, what is the use of any outer show? Every religion has it, every church has it. What we need, what we come for, what we desire is the inner teaching." But the answer is, "What is the use of the soul without the body?" No doubt the soul is not the soul without body. It is the body that makes the soul and soul. As body is needed for a soul, so exoteric action is needed for the esoteric development. A deep feeling a person has, but he is dumb; a brave heart a person has, but his arms cannot work: what is the use of having it?


 
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