Real and Unreal...

Things that seem real to an average person are unreal in the eyes of the mystic,
and the things that seem unreal in the eyes of the average person are real in
the eyes of the mystic. Little things that people take to heart will seem to him
of little importance; things that people become confused with will become clear
to him; things that matter so much to everyone will not matter to him; many
things that frighten and horrify people will not have the same effect upon
him; disappointments and failures will not take away his hope and courage. His
thought, speech, and action change: as his outlook becomes wide, so everything
he says or does will be different. In the first place mystical life is a puzzle,
in the second place a bewilderment, and in the third place a miracle. There
comes a time when all that he had accepted in his mind , all that he believed
in, appears to be quite the opposite of what they seemed. Imagine an evolved
person being more bewildered than an unevolved one. Ane yet it is so, for at
this stage a man begins to see that things are not as they seem.

From The Teachings Of
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN

Selected & Arranged By
HAZRAT PIR VILAYAT INAYAT KHAN