That Perfection for Which the Soul Yearns
The mystics of all ages have loved music most. In almost all the
circles of the inner cult, in whatever part of the world, music
seems to be the centre of the cult or the ceremony. And those who
attain to that perfect peace which is called Nirvana, or in the
language of the Hindus Samadhi, do this more easily through music.
Therefore Sufis, especially those of the Chishtia School of ancient
times, have taken music as a source of their meditation; and by
meditating thus they derive much more benefit from it than those
who meditate without the help of music. The effect that they experience
is the unfoldment of the soul, the opening of the intuitive faculties;
and their heart, so to speak, opens to all the beauty which is within
and without, uplifting them, and at the same time bringing them
that perfection for which every soul yearns.
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