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The
unrest which one finds throughout the world,
the difficulties among nations, the hatred existing among people one for
the other, a cry of misery which comes more or less from all sides, make
one wonder what may be done to find a solution for the general cry of
humanity. What is done today is that the different institutions try to
extinguish the fire burning here and there, but that can never solve the
problem of the world.
The first thing that should be remembered is that all activities
of life are connected with one another, and if one thing is put in order
another goes wrong. It is just like a person who is ill who needs sleep
and good diet; if he has sleep without good diet it will not do him good,
nor will a good diet without sleep help him. While wanting to straighten
up commercial difficulties political problems creep up, while considering
the social question moral difficulties manifest to view.
Therefore in wanting to serve humanity in the work of reconstruction,
which is the duty and responsibility of every sensible soul, whatever
be his rank or position or qualification in life, first the question must
be studied: what will be the remedy for all the maladies that manifest
on the surface of life today? There is one principal thing and that is
the changing of the attitude of humanity, which alone can help in all
directions of life. And the attitude can be changed by moral, spiritual
and religious advancement. The work that the Sufi Message has to accomplish
is in this particular direction. The Sufi Message is no new religion,
nor is it a particular system, but it is a method of changing the attitude
in life, which enables man to have another outlook on life.
The chief thing that the Sufi Movement will try to avoid is sectarianism,
which has divided man in all ages of the world's history. The Sufi Message
is not opposed to any religion, faith or belief; on the other hand it
is a support of all religions; it is a defence for religions which are
attacked by the followers of other religions. At the same time the Sufi
Movement provides humanity with the religion which is in reality all religions.
The Sufi Movement is not supposed to take the whole humanity in its arms,
but in the service of the whole humanity is the fulfillment of the Sufi
Mission. The Sufi Movement, therefore does not stand as a barrier between
the member and his own religious faith, but as an open door leading to
the heart of his faith. The member of the Movement is a messenger of the
Divine Message to the followers of the church or the sect to which he
belongs.
The work of the Sufi Movement
is not to collect all the rainwater in its own tanks, but to work and
make a way for the stream of the message to flow, supplying water to the
fields of the world. The work of the Sufi mission is sowing; reaping we
shall leave to humanity to do, for the fields do not belong to our particular
Movement; and all the fields belong to God. We who are employed on this
farm of the world, do the work we must do, and leave the rest to God;
success we do not trouble about, and those who strive for it, let them
seek in some other direction. Truth alone is our success, for lasting
success is truth.
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