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« Reply #45 on: Apr 05, 2012 06:19 am »


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To give sympathy is sovereignty, to desire it from others is captivity.

     Bowl of Saki, April 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan


Although sometimes it gives a tender sensation in the heart to say, 'Oh, how poorly I am', and it is soothing to hear from someone, 'Oh, I am so sorry you are not well', yet I should think that one would prefer if another thing were said in sympathy, namely, 'I am so happy to see you are so well'. In order to create that tender sensation one need not be ill. What is needed is to be thankful. We can never be too thankful.

   from  http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IV/IV_11.htm


The first lesson given to man was to be grateful for his daily bread, because that was the greatest necessity of his life. Now that has become so simple and life has changed so much that man forgets to be thankful. He even thinks, 'Why should I give thanks?' He forgets that behind his own personality he covers God. His own toil seems more to him than the toil of every atom of nature that is preparing blessings for him.

Self-pity is the worst poverty; it is the source of all unhappiness and blinds man to all he should be thankful for. The constantly complaining habit and the tendency to demand sympathy from others bring the greatest thorn into man's life: he becomes dependent upon the sympathy of others. The best thing is to give sympathy.

   from  http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VIII/VIII_2_1.htm



   ~~~ To give sympathy is sovereignty, to desire it from others is captivity.
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