Mental Purification.Unlearning
It is most difficult to forget what one has once learned. Learning is one thing; and unlearning is another. The process of spiritual attainment is through unlearning. People consider their belief to be their religion. In reality belief is a steppingstone to religion. Besides, if I were to picture belief, it is just like a staircase that leads on to a higher realization. But instead of going up the staircase people stand on it. It is just like running water that does not flow anymore. People have made their belief rigid, and therefore instead of being benefited by their belief they are going backwards. If it were not so one would have thought that all the believers in God, in truth, and the hereafter would be better than the unbelievers. But what happens is that they are worse, because they have nailed their own feet to their belief.
The Zikar classes in the early days
During the Zikar classes first given in London, then in Wiasous and also later at the Harras de la Tuilerie, before even becoming part of the Summer School program in Sureness, Murshid always insisted very much on the importance of creating a strictly respected rhythmic impulse as a fundamental principle to be adopted in a Zikar practice.
rious dogmatic interpretations which have blossomed abundantly all through the ages. The wise have always taught humanity using the art of symbology in ways appropriate to the cultural evolution of each period of religious history. One could say one of the secrets of this method is the psychological effect of veiling and unveiling beauty, to the ex -tent it is visible to our understanding, although words may seem inadequate to reveal the real beauty of the truth behind the symbols invoked.
Praise be to Thee, Most Supreme God, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, All-pervading, The Only Being. Take us in Thy Parental Arms, Raise us from the denseness of the earth. Thy Beauty do we worship, To Thee do we give willing surrender, Most Merciful and Compassionate God, The Idealized Lord of the Whole humanity. Thee only do we worship; and towards Thee alone we aspire. Open our hearts towards Thy Beauty, Illuminate our souls with Divine Light, O Thou, the Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty! All-powerful Creator, Sustainer, Judge and Forgiver of our shortcomings, Lord God of the East and of the West, of the worlds above and below, And of the seen and unseen beings, Pour upon us Thy Love and Thy Light, Give sustenance to our bodies, hearts and souls. Use us for the purpose that Thy Wisdom chooseth, And guide us on the path of Thine Own Goodness. Draw us closer to Thee every moment of our life, Until in us be reflected Thy Grace, Thy Glory, Thy Wisdom, Thy Joy and Thy Peace. Amen.
There is a story told in the East of an enthusiastic servant. The master had a headache, and he told the servant to go and fetch some medicine from the chemist. The servant thought it would not be sufficient only to fetch medicine from the chemist, so he also made an appointment with the doctor, and on his way home he visited the undertaker.