The first condition of love

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Sometimes we find satisfaction in self-pity.

The reason is that it is our nature to find

satisfaction in love; and when we are confined

to ourselves we being to love ourselves, and

then self-pity arises because we feel our

limitation. But the love of self always brings

dissatisfaction, for the self is not made to be

loved; the self is made to love. The first

condition to love is to forget oneself.

 

-Hazrat Inayat Khan

 

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Hazrat Inayat Khan

Mastery Through Accomplishment

Omega Press, 1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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