Concentration and contemplation are great things; but no contemplation is greater than the life we have about us every day.

Bowl of Saki, February 17, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:

As one goes further in the soul’s unfoldment one finally arrives at the stage of revelation. Life begins to reveal itself, the whole of life, each soul becomes communicative — not only living beings but each thing. They say that the twelve apostles knew all languages. It does not mean that they knew English, French and Italian, but that they knew every soul’s language, as every soul has its own separate language. They began to perceive vibrations and so every evolved soul will feel the vibrations of every other soul, and every condition, every soul, every object in the world will reveal its nature and character to him. Sa’di, the Persian poet, has said, ‘Once a…