Nobody is any closer to Allah than anyone else. But there are and must be differences in quality, in everything. Healers included. Some modalities are saying "anyone can do it", and others rely highly upon the skill, practice and knowledge of the practitioners. 

The way of true healing is through self-understanding. And the way of self-understanding is through knowledge of God. This is why Remembrance works. It is the functional principle. We remember Allah, Allah remembers Us. Otherwise, how can we truly know ourselves except to see ourselves as Allah sees us. And how can we see ourselves as Allah sees us except by Him. There is only He. He is the seeing, the seer, and the seen. We can only know Allah by Allah, see Allah by Allah. For only Allah knows or sees Himself. Likewise, none can no us as we ourselves do. But we can point people to the means of knowing themselves, and then they will know us. 

Imagine if you knew just about all there is to know about energy healing - where it comes from, how it works, the principles of the major categories, and the subtle differences between the modalities in each categories. Imagine even that such knowledge can be had. Have you ever thought about it? How would you feel if you had in your hands an encyclopedia of energy and healing? And supposing you had read and truly experienced everything in it. 

This is not impossible. We have the four realms of manifestation that exist within our beings as with Allah. (Sufi terms explained in "Esoterics of Sufi Healing" also on this website.) Lahut, Jabbarut, Malakut, Mulk, all contained - unrecognized - within Nasut). Right? 

Then we have Energy Medicine, which explains everything, the five world philosophies of life, the major world Scriptures, and the various exploratory discoveries in the modern (English) world which are discovering their validation in the ancient documented discoveries (ex. Guided imagery was thoroughly described by Ibn al-`Arabi's "The Imagination as an Approximation of Reality" - NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming - is the very principle of vocal remembrance (Dhikr). Magnetic and radiatory healing are remote attempts to duplicate the Attraction (jadhb), the Tawajjuh and Baraka of the Sufis. Believe me, we could go on and on, truly creating the first encyclopedia of Truth, Energy and Wisdom in the English language.

Is it true that the quality of energy healing depends upon the knowledge of the practitioner? Maybe not necessarily, but there is something to be said for the quality of healing of the Sufi Master as opposed to the energy work that seems to be without any great depth that is commonly practiced today in this country. Not all, mind you. But most. 

Or, does it depend upon the state of health of the practitioner? Again, I maintain that it depends upon the state of the heart which again, but not necessarily in all cases, reflects upon the level of awareness, the proximity, and the knowledge held by the practitioner, again dependent upon the nature and direction of his/her quest. 

Or does it depend upon the level or quality of the actual energy that the practitioner lives in - again dependent upon the proximity of personal awareness to completion and truth? 

All of the above? None? 

It "came" to me today that I do indeed have something for everybody. This is not said to be exclusive, for in this domain it can be said that we all do, but in the vein of allowing myself to recognize and honor my personal participation in this fact. 

 If they're in their soul, I can ignite their spirit. If they're in their spirit, I will help them recognize their soul. If their bodies are unaware, I will lay hands on. If their bodies are aware, I will open them up to a greater peace and security and stabilize their walking. If they are spiritually aware, I will increase their awareness. If they cannot see and are willing, I will help then to see. If they are knowledgeable, I will increase their knowledge. If they are seeking the secret, I will give them the key. No one will come to me except that they return more enriched. It is our age now, and we must be willing to acknowledge ourselves.

It appears to me that there is no true healing without a recognition of source. Getting well needs an excuse, a name or a person (the "doctor" or the famous and accredited, or new, technique), in order for it to be accepted as a valid reason to be well by the one who would have healed himself earlier had he not been a participant in the mass belief system of denial of self. He needs a proven excuse in order to be 'justified' in his own eyes, which are merely a reflection of his perception of the eyes of society. 

Many people create their own sicknesses in order to be having of an 'excuse' to take care of themselves. So anathema is the true self in this society that without a valid and serious excuse, it is considered inappropriate and philandering even to the self, to be in concern for the self rather than 'responsible' and in concern for the mysterious 'other'. 

The true way of healing is through self-understanding, and self-understanding is through awareness of God. Nothing is missing, and nothing needs to be found. Life itself is an exercise in increase of awareness. God creates in order to be known, and so do we. 

Self-understanding is through awareness of God, and awareness of God is increased by means of knowledge of God. This knowledge is not conjecture or speculation. It is not even direct personal revelation, which leaves itself open to question, but it is through the certain, tried and proven knowledge and self-education of the Sufis, who have tested and proven their sources beyond any possibility of disputation. It is not from the heart of personal and individual revelation, such as angels, channeling or conversations with God. All such personal revelations are subsidiary and subsequent to, and dependent upon their agreement with or similarity to, the assured and certain revelation of truth and wisdom, from the undisputed Lord of All Creations, to the undisputed Prophets to all Creation, transmitted to and contained in the hearts of the recognized and 'ordained' masters of this subject and their sincere students. This is a knowledge the like of which has never in all time been equaled. I state categorically that there is no other way to this particular knowledge. Ignorance of this knowledge is in no capacity to pass judgement on it or deem it to be the equal of other knowledge. 

Knowing God is a free gift to all. It is the beginning, not the end, of the way to knowing the self. There is no one any closer to God than any one else. This is the all-important primary knowledge of the realized Healer. It is because of the reality of this knowledge and his knowledge of this reality that he can with certainty aid his fellow compatriot to the self-understanding that is so essential to true and perfect health. 

The Prophet said that there is an organ of the body upon which the health of the body is totally dependent. And that organ is the heart. He was not referring only to the heart of flesh, for in this instance the heart of flesh is considered to be part of "the rest of the body". He was referring to the heart of spirit. For unless the heart of spirit is cleansed by the love, forgiveness, mercy and truth of the One True God, the heart of the flesh will be plagued with the diseases of doubt and hypocrisy that are the causes of all the physical manifestations of dis-ease, anxiety and all varieties of ill-health. 

This is why it is said "who knows himself, knows his Lord". For there is no way to true knowledge of the self, true self-understanding which is the most efficient, the most pre-requisite way of healing, without the requisite knowledge of God. And there is no source of this requisite knowledge superior to that held, studied and practiced by the Sufis. 

Knowledge of God is the reward of study and self-application, and knowledge of Self is the reward of knowledge of God. Hence it is said "Wa Huwa Khairan, wa `Adhamyu `Ajran." "And He Himself is the Best and Greatest Reward". For there is no self but He.

W/love
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