Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963-3Bryn (Shamcher) Beorse called in my absence and it is well to note he was sorry to miss me.There are still some big follows up in North Africa and one of my next steps is to go over PrynceHopkins’ reports. He also said he was involved with the Dervishes in Tunis and was going to writeabout them later. It is very curious, how I have followed in this man’s footsteps—these are about 10years difference on our ages.Tasbih. Khawar said she had found some and would be sending these. The plan is for me touse them for a while, thus magnetizing them and putting the Baraka into them. The day before I leftmy landlady (Lorraine) fell ill, and I tried healing her. It has successful and I know the “magnetism”had a lot to do with it—or if suggestion—what is suggestion?Papers. Bill, Edward and I have had some conference and I have asked Edward for lists beforepacking a lot of stuff. This has not been received so I may write both of them. I shall not have time todo additional copying for a little while but the pressure from Pakistan grows.I do not think many of Pir-o-Murshid disciples got the full sweep of his ideas end efforts. Thepublished books systematize the Sufi Philosophy but do not go into its depths, nor suggest too muchpractice. In the first books such as Sufi Primer and even In an Eastern Rose Garden the line betweenthe “exoteric” and “esoteric” was very dim and a lot of Ryazat were published. But the later works,while far better from a literary point of view, more polished and systematized were also more external.There are some remarks, entirely untrue, about the part Maheboob played in the spreadingof the Message. The final test for a Sufi anyhow, is the spiritual realization. Europeans and someAmericans will stick to this trash remaining outside the arcane. The reports from Pakistan linkingthis personality with Mian Mir are, of course, correct but they cannot be proven by Grecian logic orcontemporary psychology.I ran into criticism at the folk dance camp and kept quiet. But when the Japanese teacher cameI immediately found a beach-head, so to speak. Whether others followed I do not know. One Winifredwho used to be of us, came on Saturday night with a man and a Hindus. The man told me hewas going to propose to her which made me very happy. The Jinn soul is not so readily accepted orunderstood, and the more talents, especially in a woman, often lead to more misunderstandings. TheHindu’s name was Anand and he came from Mysore. In five minutes we were like that—and this iswhat I would like to teach Americans, so far with little success. “Heart speaks to heart and soul tosoul.”If one did not get things in focus, one got oneself in focus which is most important.Cleveland. The reason I have not heard is not pleasant—my two angels and one husband of amureed all hospitalized and the Sufi Dr. Gordon overworked.Love and blessings,