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and elaboration :
DIFFERENT VERSIONS :
507 . a) A sentence in the lecture 'The Message' (Religious Gatheka no .45), 22nd June 1921, found only typewritten .
Man's real being is his heart, and in pain the heart becomes living and without pain man seems to be living on the surface .
b) In Sr .'s copybook of 1921 was written as a separate sentence :
- - - - - - - - - - - - heartand in pain his heart - - - - - --- - - - - - - pain he (live s (seems to live on the surface .
508 . Three sentences, added The more you depend upon God, the to the Bolas in later more God becomes dependable . editions of the "Nirtan" . 509 . 510 .
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They do not appear in the "Nirtan" as first Published by Kismet Stam, nor in the following edition published by the Sufi Movement . It may be assumed that these sentences were taken from Inayat Khan's lectures .
511 . a) Two sentences in the lec- The great minds, the masters think ture 'The Way of Attain- that behind their thought, their ment' (Sadhana), 1921/ will, there is the will of God . They 1922, found in Gd .'s have confidence in that will, and handwriting . whatever they think is done . b) As a separate sentence, The great minds, the Masters_ know in an unidentified hand- that behind their thought and their writing ; it was found will, is the will of God, they with Gd .'s bookprep- have confidence in that Will, and aration of 'The Unity of whatever they think, is done . Religious Ideals' .
512 a) Three sentences in the It may be asked whether all things lecture 'The Way of cannot be attained by psychic power Attainment' (Sadhana), alone without any physical means . 1921/1922, found in But, as we exist on the physical Gd .'s handwriting . plane and have the physical body, i t is better to work with the Physical means also, to work by the thought and with the body . In this way the aim is attained by all means . 192
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