As he travelled through the world, Hazrat Inayat Khan met many people, and they very often wanted to present their own ideas and theories.  Here is the Master’s recollection of one such encounter, and the thoughts it gave him.

Once I was introduced n New York to a scientist who was also a philosopher.  The first thing he said about his accomplishments was, “I have discovered the soul.”

It amused me very much that while all the scriptures, thinkers, mystics, and prophets have spoken about it, this man should come and say, “I have discovered the soul!”

I thought, “Yes, that was the new discovery that we were expecting, something that we never knew.”

Such is the attitude of mind today, the childish attitude.

When one looks into the past, the present, and the future, one sees that life is eternal; and what one can discover is that which has always been discovered by those who seek.