The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Then, as intelligence developed still more, people would perceive that sometimes they were higher than the rock before which they had previously bowed. They thought, "That rock is low; we can touch it; we can reach the top of it; there are a thousand others like it." Therefore they come to think, "It is best to worship the sun, because there can be nothing higher than the sun. We cannot get near it. There is nothing as bright as the sun. When the sun appears, does it not take away all our gloom and worries and all the fears of the dark night also? It takes away all the conditions of death and destruction such as thieves, robbers, tigers, and lions in countrysides and villages; all clear away when the sun rises, and a new life begins; and with it come strength, rigor, energy and enthusiasm to go out into the world. This is the one thing that takes away fear, and when it goes away we are afraid again and hide in our little villages.' |