Harmony and Beauty

In order to stand firm against the inharmony that comes from without, one must first practice to stand firm against all that comes from within, from one's own self.
~Hazrat Inayat Khan, Volume 8, Sufi Teachings, Harmony~
To stand firm against the inharmony within our own mind and heart, Hazrat Inayat Khan teaches:The mind is nourished by thoughts and impressions that are harmonious and productive of beauty and which result in satisfaction, for harmony is the nature of the soul, beauty is its source and goal. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Healing Papers, 1.6: Purity~

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Harmony, Part 3

To be just and fair to our fellow [human beings] is not only a virtue
but a benefit to ourselves, even from the practical point of view.
~Hazrat Inayat Khan, Volume 3, Character and Personality, Law of Beneficence~
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Harmony, Part 2

The teaching of Christ, "Resist not evil" only means;
do not send back the inharmony that comes to you.
A word of kindness, of sympathy, an action of love and affection finds response, but a word of insult, an action of revolt or hatred creates a response too, and that response creates more inharmony in the world. By giving way to inharmony one allows inharmony to multiply.
~Hazrat Inayat Khan, Volume 8, Sufi Teachings, Harmony~
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Harmony, Part 1

The object of worship of the Sufi is Beauty. The moral for the Sufi is the understanding of harmony: in what way one can harmonize with one's soul and how one can harmonize with one's fellow human being. ~Hazrat Inayat Khan, Social Gathekas 22~
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Heart Reflections

A heart which is holding in itself and reflecting the rose,
will find roses everywhere.
The heart, which is called a mirror in Sufi terms, has two different actions which it performs. Whatever is reflected in the heart does not only remain a reflection but becomes a creative power, productive of a phenomenon of a similar nature.
~Hazrat Inayat Khan~

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Thy Beauty

The secret of life is this, to produce beauty in ourselves.

When a person is an admirer of beauty he will always partake of all that he sees as beauty, beauty of form, of colour, of line, and beyond, the beauty of manner, of attitude, which is a greater beauty still.~Hazrat Inayat Khan~

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