Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963June 28, 1963Beloved one of God:This is my diary. Ever since I took the determined stand in your room, there has not been asingle negative in my live. The path which is called that of the “Master” in “The Unity of religiousIdeals,” or in other terms, Jelali, is one into which I have been initiated at least four times, and everymove to change it or myself has ended in dismal failure or dismay. While stubborn adherence torigidity and guidance has never brought failure.In Santa Barbara not only preliminary arrangements with Bill Hathaway and Edward Connaughtonshould lead to my receiving the bulk of the class papers of Pir-o-Murshid, efforts nearand far have led to my being called a Pir-o-Murshid. This seems in some respects horrible and evendegrading, but with the Murshids of at least two schools of Sufism accepting in toto the teachings ofour own Pir, this places me in a sense over them, although I have sat at their feet and besides themtoo. There is no land where I have not been received as a Murshid.My visit to Mendocino was also dismaying—in the right direction. Donna, a young womanto whom I have adopted a role of “fairy godfather” for years, has denuded her library and has thebooks of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Unfortunately the man who sold her the books is in the hospital, so Idon’t know how it started. But he long since has recognized that Samuel has the stuff which a lot ofwriters whose books he has been selling have not.Returning home from Mendocino (but not from my Southern trip) I found a flock of both billsand mail. The bills are all paid but one—left open to uphold the credit standing. The mail is the mostfavorable yet. Now I have an Indio editor waiting for my stuff and now also another editor wantsmy occult material. Then a Princeton professor who has compiled the official book on “Pakistan” iscoming here. We had a long tussle but being an American, not a NATO Nation, he accepted my facts.I shall not give in in this campaign of “reality versus realism”—failure is possible but surrendernever.I have long since been asked by my goddaughter in Pakistan to cooperate in research onIslamic Philosophy and Islamic education. As to the first I outlined a plan of procedure but I hadforgotten that I had submitted a similar plan to an editor. It has been published and I shall take it tothe Pakistani Consulate. They have done a complete reversal on me.Two visits to the Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park have won full cooperation of twomen and two women scientists. In the case of the ladies it was just too! They were actually workingat the moment on the very problem I wished to get help on—the Fig Industry, and spread out on thedesk was that material! Thus the working of Allah.Last night I went to a debate between Dr. Brandt, an agricultural researcher; Dr. Mehrens, professorof Agricultural Economics and Dr. Dornbush, a sociologist. The latter accepts the tear-jerkingUN reports, the others do not. After Dornbush and Brandt got into an interminable argument I challengedthe former. He got bit. Mehrens questioned me and the answers came right out, then Dornbushchallenged me and got it, and as soon as I sat down Brandt got up, backed my position and thedebate ended. It is the first time I have ever been given a chance and this was a high powered debateand select audience. Then I was greeted by and old and trusted colleague who had been to anotherpart of Asia, etc, etc. Khatum is better than a million dollars. God bless you.P.S. On the 26 th tried a healing on a young woman whom I have known a long time. Next dayshe was out of bed.