Altijd al willen weten wat het doel van het leven is, of liever gezegd: het doel van de ziel? Dan kan ik je nu het antwoord geven. Dit kwam gisteren bij mij in de inbox rollen:
“GAYAN 245 – BOULA -204 – Every desire increases the power of man to accomplish his main desire, which is the purpose of every soul.
Every man seems to have his purpose, but this purpose is nothing but a step to that which is the one purpose, which is the purpose of God. Our small desires, if they are granted today, to-morrow we will have another wish. Whatever be the desire, when it is granted, next day there is another desire. This shows that the whole of humanity, that every soul, is directed towards one desire, and that is the object of God: a fuller experience of life within and without, a fuller knowledge of life, the life above and below. It is the widening of the outlook: that it may be so wide that in the soul, which is vaster than the world, all may be reflected; that the sight may become so keen that it may probe the depths of the earth and the highest of the heavens. It is herein that lies the fulfilment of the soul. And the soul who will not make every effort possible, with every sacrifice for the attainment of this, that soul has not understood religion. What is the Sufi message? It is esoteric training, working and practicing through life towards that attainment which is as the fulfilment of the object of God.”
Inayat Khan, The Smiling Forehead – Man the Seed of God.