“The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.” ― Hazrat Inayat Khan
Some teachers make such a powerful impression that their offerings are an experience that you naturally begin to live and Hazrat Inayat Khan is most certainly one of those teachers. As a master musician, who came to know and understand mysticism and the truth of our nature through his musical gifts, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s book the Music of Life is enlightening and resonate on every level. Enjoy this exerpt on the chapter describing the Voice of Thought and get a copy of this book today! Read it. Love it. Live it. Share it.
“What then is inspiration? Inspiration is the same word that has been spoken of all through this book. It is the hearing of that word that comes from within, and a person hears it and expresses it in the form of line, color, notes, words or in whatever other form. The most interesting and wonderful thing is that same inspiration may come to several persons. It is the same word that is coming to these persons. One is drawing it in the form of a line, another is composing it in the form of notes, another writes it down in words, another paints it as colors. This shows that artistic inspiration, inventive genuis, every form in which the meaing of life wishes to express itself, has another aspect besides what we see in the external ife.
Then what is this inspiration, this word that is the soul of inspiration? It is beauty itself, energy, wisdom, and harmony itself. It is energy because it gives the greatest joy when expressed by an artist or by an inventor; it is wisdom because it brings an understanding of accomplishment; it is light because the thing that one wants to make becomes clear to one and there is no more obscurity; it is harmony because it is by harmony that beauty is achieved.”