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Topic December Circumambulating the Life of Moses - 3 from: Hazrat Inayat Khan: 'Unity of Religious Ideals' |
There is a story told of Moses. One day he was passing through a farm, and he saw a peasant boy sitting quietly and speaking to himself, saying: ‘O God, I love You so; if I saw You here in these fields I would bring You soft bedding and delicious dishes to eat, I would take care that no wild animals could come near You. You are so dear to me, and I so long to see You; if You only knew how I love You I am sure You would appear to me.’ Moses heard, and said: ‘Young man, how can you dare to speak of God in this manner? He is the Formless God, and no wild beast nor bird could injure Him who guards and protects all.’ The young man bent his head sorrowfully and wept. Something was lost for him, and he felt most unhappy. And then revelation came to Moses as a Voice from within, which said: ‘Moses, what have you done? You have separated a sincere lover from Me. What does it matter what I am called or how I am spoken to? Am I not in all forms?’ This story throws a great light, and teaches that it is only the ignorant who accuse another of a wrong conception of God. This teaches us how gentle we ought to be with the faith of another; as long as a human being has the spark of the love of God, this spark should be slowly blown upon that the flame may rise; if not, that spark will be extinguished. How much the Inner development of humankind in general depends upon a religious human being! He can either spread the light, or diminish it by forcing his belief on others . The prophetic soul is like a fruit that is on the ground but still connected with the branch.
The branch has bent and the fruit has touched the earth, but it has not lost connection with the stem.
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