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Khan, Hazrat Inayat – The Art of Being and Becoming - What are we here for?
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Hazrat Inayat Khan – The Art of Being and Becoming
What are we here for? If we were born only to meditate and to be spiritual, then we had better go into the forest and into the caves of the mountains; it would not be necessary to be in the world.
If we had only to live as the animals do, we could do as the worldly person is mostly doing today, and accomplish nothing. Therefore the first necessity for those who are seeking after truth is to develop the spirit of character. Characteris more valuable than wealth. How strange it is that there is such a large population in this world and that there are so few personalities…..
Suppose one did not develop personality, what about spirituality?
A person must be a person first, and spiritual afterwards. If he is not a person, then what is the use of being spiritual? It is going back instead of going forward. Man is born to fulfil the purpose of his life, he is made to prove he is a human being; a person who can be relied upon, a person whose word carries authority, who uses thought and consideration, whom one can trust with one’s secret; a person who will not humiliate himself under any conditions, who will lose his life rather than humble himself, who will not deceive or cheat anybody, who will never go back on his word, a person who will carry through what he has once undertaken.
All these qualities make a person a human being.