Everything one sees, hears, or perceives through any sense or experience has a distinct and definite effect upon one's soul, upon one's spirit. What one eats, what one drinks, what one sees, what one touches, the atmosphere in which one lives, the circumstances one faces, the conditions one goes through, all these have a certain effect upon one's spirit. Whether a person eats grosser food or finer and purer food is manifested outwardly. Even if one does not heed it, it is manifested outwardly. The body shows the nature it has inherited from the earth to which it belongs. For the nature of this earth is such that when it receives the seed of a flowering plant it produces flowers, and when the seed of a fruit-tree, it produces fruits.
Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
1 comment:
James,
There is much truth in what you say, but speaking from my own direct experience of life there is one much greater purity. It is the purity of simply being. Of simply being in a state of Presence, of being in the natural state of pure and clear perception where the mind is still and at peace, yet fully alert, and life is good . . life is a joy to withhold and express.
So, for me, the reverse also holds true; the spirit has a distinct effect upon my external life. Simply 'being' changes everything externally, and always for the best.
Many thanks for your post and for allowing me to make comment,
Doug.
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