Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his explanation of the implications of the living nature of thought. The previous post in the series is here.

There is another word in Sanskrit for Brahman which is dvija, meaning, ‘the soul who is born again.’ For, the moment one has realized all of this [i.e. the creative power of life], the soul is born again. One’s realization of life is different then, one’s plan of life becomes different, one’s action becomes different.

Now, going a little farther, sometimes there are souls who seem to be doing nothing, and one thinks, ‘Yes, they are most spiritual people I suppose, but what do they do?’ For what we know about doing is hustling and bustling, being busy all the time. However unimportant the activities, something is done! That is the thought. But when a person is evolved, even if outwardly he may not seem to be doing something, he is doing and can do much greater works inwardly than can be noticed outwardly.

There is a story of a majzub. A majzub is someone who is not considered to be a person active in the world. Many think of him as someone who is not quite balanced. In the East, there are some who know about such beings and they have regard for them. There used to be a majzub in Kashmir some centuries ago who was allowed by the Maharaja to roam about in the palace and the gardens wherever he wanted to go, and he was given a piece of ground where he could dwell. He used to walk in every corner of the Maharaja’s gardens that he was allowed to enter. There was a miniature toy cannon in the garden, and sometimes this majzub got a fancy to play with it. He used to take this gun and turn it, either towards the south or towards the north or elsewhere. Then he would turn it again and make all sorts of gestures. After making those gestures, he would be delighted. It seemed as if he were fighting and as if after that fighting he was now victorious and delighted. It was at such times that the Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to give the order to his army, ‘Now prepare for fight!’ and there was success. The war had been going on for many many years, and it was going on slowly. Nothing had happened; but every time the majzub played with the cannon, results were achieved.

I myself have seen in Hyderabad a majzub whose habit it was to insult everybody, to call people such names that they would go away from him. Still, one man dared go there in spite of all the insults. The majzub said to him, ‘What do you want?’ He said, ‘My case is coming on in the court six days from now and I have no money, no means. What shall I do?’ ‘Tell me what is the condition,’ said the majzub, ‘but tell me the truth.’ So, the man told him all. The majzub listened to it, then he wrote on the ground, ‘There seems to be nothing in this case, so it must be dismissed.’ Then he said, ‘Go, it is done.’

The man went to the court. On the opposite side were many barristers and pleaders. On his part, there were none because he was a poor man. The judge heard the case from both sides, and then spoke the same words that the majzub had written on the ground.

What does this mean? It only explains to us the words that Christ spoke, ‘Enter the kingdom of God,’ meaning that every soul has in himself a kingdom of God. To become conscious of this mystery of life is to open one’s eyes to the kingdom of God, and then whatever one does has meaning and influence. It is never lost. If it is not materialized, it does not matter, it is spiritualized. Nothing is gone, nothing here is lost. If it has not been produced on this plane, then it is produced on another plane – and then it is reflected on this plane because there is always an action and reaction between both planes. It only means that what one does, if it is not materialized on this plane, is reflected from the other plane on this plane and then materialized. That is all. If a person thinks, ‘I have thought and thought on a certain subject, yet it has not been realized,’ it only means that the time and the conditions have not allowed it to materialize. But if it is once sent out, it must ultimately be materialized.

To be continued…