Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963April 26, 1963Beloved one of Allah,This is really my diary entry and not so much a letter and is actually for Major Sadiq. HoweverI shall enclose some of the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan for your studies—one at a time lease.These may be shared, and also translated. As they were published they are not part of the esotericinstruction but later on, inshallah, I hope to send you esoteric comments.Yvonne is the daughter of a United State Senator. While she is totally unlike me in any and everyway I was attracted to her while she has a girl and it may be—if you accept Astrology—becauseour sun’s are conjunct. We were both victimized by a very prominent person who is accepted officiallyas the “expert” on Islam, being as all such “experts” are neither Muslim nor American. We hadin common getting along with the same people, fighting with the same people and loving the peoplefrom the Near East.Recently suddenly she decided to give up everything to open a coffee and teashop where studentsfrom the Near East first, and then other Muslims could meet. There has been no trouble so farin raising either money or gaining interest but her venture does not stay until next month and shemust first have a location. Tomorrow night one of her partners, herself and I go to a big dinner givenjointly by all the Arab communities of this part of the world and we feel very good about it. Presentwill be Farooq Mawlawi, the descendent from Maulana Roum. Yvonne had studied Arabic with hispredecessor and has already met him. There is a whole history of very pleasant incidents connectedwith all this alhamdu lillah.Indian Poets. I have attended sessions on the poetry of Tagore and Aurobindo Ghose. I havechallenged the speaker when they over-emphasized the “spirituality” of these men in such a waythat while I lost the audiences I won the good will of each. The American public is tired of hearingthat every Hindu is “super-spiritual” and the American public would like the poetry of Tagore andGhose, and the painting of Tagore if the speakers would present the pictures and poetry and stoptrying to make gods of human beings. I left last night amidst the best of good will.“Saladin” I have been very disappointed because use I left abroad three copies of this poemand have not heard from any of the persons. One copy was left in Egypt, one copy with Ansar Nasriof Radio Pakistan and one copy with Miss Khawar. I have to assume that this copy has been forwardedto me. I had a fourth copy and could not find it. Well last night I took out a Mrs. Carrillohere and to my amazement found that I had left the forth copy with her, she will return it, and thenI can get it into a form that it can either be read or even submitted for publication. I have recentlyspent a little time at an artists’ colony some 300 miles away, expect to be there this summer and toread some of my poetry, including excerpts from Saladin.