The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Q. ? A. The idea is this, as long as one understands the principle of friendship, one will find what is necessary and what not. If a Sufi has relations who belong to the Catholic Church, who would be too delighted if he went to the Church also, if he considers the law of friendship, he will go to the Church but will not let it take away Sufism. He does not disturb all the ceremony of those who love it. Why should he? Wisdom is not to separate, it is to unite. - I will tell you a little story. When I was travelling in the ship from a French port to New York, three services were given. I attended to all those three services. Nobody expected me to be there, I went there not to please anyone but to please myself. Not in one service I felt worshipping God less. I felt in all three services the worship of the same God. But suppose a person did not go to the service and only went to the dance after dinner, would he be less a Sufi therefore? He would also have done a worship - as much as in the service.


 
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