The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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There is one sin, if ever sin existed, and it is expressed in the story of Adam. This sin becomes apparent from the time that the infant begins to come to childhood: the soul experiencing the kingship of infancy and beginning to feel "I", "I am separate from the others" -- that is the exile from the Garden of Eden. As soon as the soul begins to say "I" he is exiled from heaven, for all blessings belong to that state which the soul experienced before he claimed to be "I", a separate entity, separate from the others. It is because of this that man, whatever his position, whatever his situation in life, is not fully happy. The trouble of one may perhaps be greater than that of another, but both he who resides in heavenly palaces and the inhabitant of a grass hut have their troubles; both have their pain.


 
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