The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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All elements - earth, water, fire, air and ether - are in the breath, according to the direction it takes. We can taste them in the breath. There are five directions, four outward and one inward. You may ask, "What influence can the direction have?" I shall answer that if you take a ball and throw it in every direction, the ball will not go equally far at every throw; it will sometimes go farther, sometimes not so far. Even in our words the direction of the breath has its effect. Sometimes we say, "Yes, I see", directly. Sometimes we say, "Yes", sarcastically, "I see", and our head is thrown back, the breath comes obliquely; the effect is quite different. If you say, "We cannot feel, we cannot perceive the elements in the breath, we do not know where they are", I shall say that this is a science. It cannot be understood in a moment; it is a study.


 
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