Heaven on Earth

 

“Heaven is not a country or a continent; it is a state, a condition within oneself, only experienced when the rhythm is in perfect working order. If one knows this, one realizes that happiness is man's own property. Man is his own enemy: he seeks for happiness in the wrong direction and never finds it. It is a continual illusion. Man thinks, 'If I had this or that I should be happy for ever', and he never arrives at happiness because he pursues an illusion instead of the truth. Happiness is only to be found within, and when man tunes himself he finds all for which his soul yearns within himself.” Hazrat Inayat Khan

If you are in tune with the Divine, wherever you look, you will see God’s face.

Every atom, every cell, even the void is permeated by God. Nothing else can exist.

This entire universe is but the breath of God, the Divine sigh, as the formless chooses to express itself in form. 

The true purpose of this human life is to know God.

To know God is to be God. To be God is to be the Self.

God dwells within you as you: this is the secret of secrets.

While you are still alive, turn within and find Him.

Let the mind be still and sink deep into its own source. Let it dissolve in the Heart that is the core of your being, the sacred flame that is eternal love and peace. 

Stay there always in perfect harmony.

Thus will you discover Heaven on earth.

“We are even closer to God than the fishes are to the ocean in which they live. The innermost being of man is the real being of God; man is always linked with God. If he could only realize it, it is by finding harmony in his own soul that he finds communion with God. All meditation and contemplation are taught with this purpose: to harmonize one's innermost being with God, so that He is seeing, hearing, thinking through us, and our being is a ray of His light.” Hazrat Inayat Khan