The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Man is born with the wish to praise and I will say that it is by praise that man has made God. When children admire their parents, it is not usually because their parents teach them to, it is their wish to praise. They admire their parents' face, their ways, their goodness, their love and kindness. Then comes the thought that the parents take care of them. It is man alone who praises. When the rocks were made, they did not praise. When the trees and birds and animals were made, they could praise much less than man can. Therefore man was made ashraf al makhlaqat, the chief of creation. And if he forgets his place as ashraf al makhlaqat, it is man's fault.


 
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