As the sunshine lights up the darkened sky, the light within lightens one’s view of others in
spite of all wrongs and limitations.
This is the key to happiness.
Reflections I, Hidayat Inayat-Khan
The key which opens the heart (Gatha’s)
Every atom of man's body expresses his past, present and future. The
reason is that, in the first place, every impulse creates its vibrations and takes a
particular direction of activity. This influences the heart, whence the blood is
circulated through the whole body. In this way the thought is, so to speak, written on
man's face. Man's continual agitation in regard to others, his satisfaction or
dissatisfaction, his love or hatred, all show in his appearance. Everyone can know it
more or less, but the seer can read more correctly. It is difficult to tell definitely the
marks of a person's thoughts and feelings that are shown in his appearance;
nevertheless, partly by intuition and partly by experience, man reads them. There
are some in whom self-control is developed, who are capable of hiding their thoughts
and emotions, and yet it is impossible to feel deeply and to hide one's feelings from
the eyes of others.
No doubt form and movement speak aloud of one's condition, but the
expression of man's face speaks louder still. There come distinct changes at every
impulse, at every change of emotion, making distinct marks which are an open book
to a seer. The word Kashf means "opening," and it is used by the Sufis with the
meaning that the human heart is as a rule a closed book and the one to whom it
becomes open can read it like an open book. No doubt reading man's condition of
mind from his appearance is not such a difficult thing. Even dogs and cats can know
this and sometimes they know better than man. What gives one insight into another
is, in the first place, his sympathy. The seer first develops the quality of love. He
whose heart is kindled with the love of God is capable of the love of humanity. The
heart thus kindled with love becomes a lighted lantern, which throws its light on every
person the seer meets, and, as this light falls upon the person he meets, all things
about that person, his body, heart and soul, become clear to him. Love is a torch that
illuminates all that comes within its light, but it is the knowledge of God which is the
key which opens the hearts of men.
Taken from,
http://www.sufimovement.org/Blog-international/The%20key%20which%20opens%20the%20heart_Jan10.pdf