The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Volume SayingsSocial GathekasReligious GathekasThe Message PapersThe Healing PapersVol. 1, The Way of IlluminationVol. 1, The Inner LifeVol. 1, The Soul, Whence And Whither?Vol. 1, The Purpose of LifeVol. 2, The Mysticism of Sound and MusicVol. 2, The Mysticism of SoundVol. 2, Cosmic LanguageVol. 2, The Power of the WordVol. 3, EducationVol. 3, Life's Creative Forces: Rasa ShastraVol. 3, Character and PersonalityVol. 4, Healing And The Mind WorldVol. 4, Mental PurificationVol. 4, The Mind-WorldVol. 5, A Sufi Message Of Spiritual LibertyVol. 5, Aqibat, Life After DeathVol. 5, The Phenomenon of the SoulVol. 5, Love, Human and DivineVol. 5, Pearls from the Ocean UnseenVol. 5, Metaphysics, The Experience of the Soul Through the Different Planes of ExistenceVol. 6, The Alchemy of HappinessVol. 7, In an Eastern Rose GardenVol. 8, Health and Order of Body and MindVol. 8, The Privilege of Being HumanVol. 8a, Sufi TeachingsVol. 9, The Unity of Religious IdealsVol. 10, Sufi MysticismVol. 10, The Path of Initiation and DiscipleshipVol. 10, Sufi PoetryVol. 10, Art: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowVol. 10, The Problem of the DayVol. 11, PhilosophyVol. 11, PsychologyVol. 11, Mysticism in LifeVol. 12, The Vision of God and ManVol. 12, Confessions: Autobiographical Essays of Hazat Inayat KhanVol. 12, Four PlaysVol. 13, GathasVol. 14, The Smiling ForeheadBy DateTHE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS | Heading PHILOSOPHY 1PHILOSOPHY 2PHILOSOPHY 3PHILOSOPHY 4PHILOSOPHY 5MYSTICISM 1MYSTICISM 2MYSTICISM 3MYSTICISM 4MYSTICISM 5MYSTICISM 6MYSTICISM 7METAPHYSICS 1METAPHYSICS 2METAPHYSICS 3METAPHYSICS 4PSYCHOLOGY 1PSYCHOLOGY 2PSYCHOLOGY 3PSYCHOLOGY 4PSYCHOLOGY 5PSYCHOLOGY 6PSYCHOLOGY 7BROTHERHOOD 1BROTHERHOOD 2MISCELLANEOUS IMISCELLANEOUS 2MISCELLANEOUS 3MISCELLANEOUS 4MISCELLANEOUS 5MISCELLANEOUS 6MISCELLANEOUS 7RELIGION 1RELIGION 2RELIGION 3RELIGION 4ART AND MUSIC 1ART AND MUSIC 2ART AND MUSIC 3ART AND MUSIC 4CLASS FOR MUREEDS 1CLASS FOR MUREEDS 2CLASS FOR MUREEDS 3CLASS FOR MUREEDS 4CLASS FOR MUREEDS 5CLASS FOR MUREEDS 6CLASS FOR MUREEDS 7CLASS FOR MUREEDS 8 |
Sub-Heading -ALL-Q & A After Gatha II, #4 Takua Taharat "Purity of mind..."Cont. Gatha II, No.5, Takua Taharat. "The principal..."Q & A After gatha III, No. 9, KASHF. "There are..."Q & A After Gatha III, No. 4, Tasawwuf, "Kasa and Kadr"Q & A After Gatha III, No. 5, Tasawwuf, "Opinion"Q & A After Gatha III, No. 7, Tasawwuf, "Conventionality" |
THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERSMISCELLANEOUS 3Q & A After Gatha III, No. 5, Tasawwuf, "Opinion"Q. What is the meaning of the peacock feathers? A. The peacock feathers are considered by the poets and mystics as a symbol (sign) of beauty, and a sign of vanity. And they are included in all the kingly grandeurs. And peacock is the bird upon which rode the goddess of music and literature, Saraswati. Also the peacock feathers are used at the tombs of the Sufis, by the guardians of the tomb. Also by the healers; that by the passes of the peacock feathers, which is the pass of harmony and beauty, the bad influences may be taken away. Also in India they use peacock feathers in the necklace of a child. And that is a little psychological trick. A child who is susceptible to the evil eye, is saved from its severe influence, because it is natural that the first glance of a person, instead of falling upon the child, will fall upon the peacock feathers, because it attracts curiosity of everyone. In that way the first severe glance is so to speak shielded by the peacock feathers. And the same thing is done by the lion's nails, which are put in the necklace of a little child. Q. Why can we only have knowledge of God through the heart? What part of the mind does the heart represent? The heart is like the sea, and the waves are its emotions. The brain is all over the body, this fact is admitted by modern science; brain is that susceptibility which is sensitive, such as nerves which are the sensitive feelers of the brain. |