Gravitation...

The trees of the forest silently await God's blessing.

Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:

The law of gravitation is working from two sides: from the side of the earth
which draws all that belongs to the earth, and from the side of the spirit which
attracts the soul towards it. Even those who are unconscious of this law of
gravitation are also striving for perfection, for the soul is being continually
drawn towards the spirit. They are striving for perfection just the same. In the
small things of everyday life a man is never satisfied with what he has. He
always wants more and more, be it a higher rank, wealth, or fame. He is always
striving for this.

This shows that the heart is like a magic bowl. However much you pour into it,
it only becomes deeper. It is always found to be empty. The reason why man is
never satisfied is that he is unconsciously striving for perfection. Those
however who strive consciously after perfection have a different way.
Nevertheless, each atom of the universe is meant to struggle and strive in order
to become perfect one day. In other words, if a seer happens to be in the
mountains he will hear the mountains cry continually, 'We are waiting for that
day when something in us will awaken. There will come a day of awakening, of
unfoldment. We are silently awaiting it.' If he went into the forest and saw the
trees standing there they would tell him that they too were waiting patiently.
One can feel it. The more one sits there the more one feels that the trees are
waiting for the time when there will be an unfoldment. So it is with all beings.
But man is so absorbed in his everyday actions and his greed that he seems to be
unaware of that innate desire for unfoldment. It is his everyday tasks, his
avariciousness, his cruelty to other beings, that keep him continually occupied,
and that is why he cannot hear the continual cry of his own soul to awaken, to
unfold, to reach upward, to expand, and to go towards perfection.