| Divine Face Of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
| Mis-Guidance of the Unholy Scribe |
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| There are so many believers who are attracted to truth
Egos and pride remain as chain in their feet uncouth (5) These bonds are hidden but worse than that of iron (6) �Cause with one strike of spade iron cuffs are broken Iron cuffs have the key, can be unlocked anytime The hidden locks have no key; the shackles chime A person stung by bee though in pain severe All prepared to treat the wound he is here But when by self pride one has been bitten Remorse subsists and pain does not lessen I am going in too much detail of the issue May it not cause a public depression, I woo O listener! Keep thyself happy and busy And keep pleading before the Almighty Thou Who cherishes forgiveness; forgive us O The Physician of worst and chronic cancers O brother the wisdom thou are gaining yonder Belongs to Abdal; thou art a casual beholder The house may be well illumined all inside Borrowed from the shining neighbor is light Be thankful! Thy should neither be proud nor deny Listen carefully and don�t allow insolence come by Sad, sad, sad but it is that a casual faculty � reason Restrains the proud from mixing with the common |
| (5) Dr. A.H. Almaas explains: �Narcissism is not simply alienation from being, but more specifically it is the loss of the Essential Identity. Given our discussion of the function of the Essential Identity to allow identification with one's true nature, it is clear that this loss is the central factor in our incapacity to know ourselves as Being, and thus, in our narcissism. (The Point of Existence, pg 148)In narcissism, the experience of the self is disconnected from its core, from the depths of what it is. It is estranged from its true nature, exiled from its primordial home. (The Point of Existence, pg 26) To know more about narcissism Click for Detail (6) It is always difficult to challenge the social order prevalent in a society. Man is too much afraid of aloofness. All he cares is to belong to a group�this group serves as a whole for him�its whims his ideals, its character his model and its behavior his habits. At heart when he feels his way as misleading or wrong, he may not acknowledge it openly because all life is believed to be connected with the body. The exoteric self always seeking dominance, as if �Life of heart has no existence. Read "Zahir" by Paulo Coehlo. According to Imam Ghazali (ra) �Ajab� is a state of knowledge when a person ascribes every cause unto himself regarding himself the source of intellect, and denies the existence of Divine Presence and its benevolence. Its more of the "I" feeling and according to Deepak Chopra involve strong preoccupation with oneself and "rejection" of others except few acceptable bits that make through iron gates of "Ego", (8) Human knowledge is so little as compared to Divine, and then it�s constantly changing and improving itself. It is not a permanent belonging but a temporary keepsake. It is �trust� which is entrusted with people who can rightly disseminate it to the needy one � the public � the common human beings. Those who want to withhold it within themselves or try to own it, they are turned bigots. They want to seek power and fame through it, but soon they themselves be imploded with absolute power of it. |
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| True reality is what appearance is not. So one way of knowing the true reality is to know that everything you see and experience, everything you think about, is not true. Just eliminate one thing after another: not this, not that. Everything goes. It all goes: everything you have experienced, everything you can experience, everything you can think, anything that can enter your mind. When all that goes, that, then, is the true reality. You cannot think of it, you cannot conceptualize it. (Diamond Heart Book 4, pg 176) |