The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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There is a story of a dervish who was standing in the royal road at the moment when the procession of the king was passing. Happy in his rags as he was, he did not at all mind who was coming. He did not move an inch on the warnings of the people who were running before the procession, till they pushed him away. Yet he did not move very far, only said: "That is why." There came the body guards on horseback; they did not push him but said: "Away, away, dervish, do you not see the procession coming?" The dervish did not move an inch, but only answered: "That is why." Then followed the noblemen. They saw the dervish standing. They did not like to tell him to move; they moved their own horses instead. The dervish seeing that said: "That is why."


 
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