FOUR ESSENTIAL
TRUTHS
I would like to start your
initiation
into the School of Sufi Studies by bringing to your awareness Four
Essential
Truths, and request that you study each one well, understand them and
embody
them before we go any further.
The first
Realization
of Divine Truth is that
DIVINE BENEVOLENCE IS
WAY BEYOND
ANY OF OUR ABILITIES TO
DESCRIBE
IT.
(The Tao that can be described is not the Tao)
The Divine promise is for Eternal
Love, in one form or another. So Surrender. Relax, and become
transformed
without fear into your Real self. Know that it is our desire to
feel
and receive love that is the secret to our human capacity for spiritual
transformation. And Divine Love is the blessing of the Divine.
Now here are two important
tools
to help towards a perfect realization.
On
saying the
Holy Name - Al-llah!.
If you have trouble with
saying
the Holy Name, Al-llah!, please read this.
It might help you to
understand
why it is important and how easy it is.
On saying
the Name
of Reality - HU!
If you have trouble referring
to
God as He, please read this.
It will help you to understand
the
common use of the genderless pronoun.
Our
second Realization
of Divine Truth is that
DIVINE BENEVOLENCE IS
THE SOURCE
AND FOUNDATION
OF ALL THE IMAGINABLE AND
UNIMAGINABLE
MERCY AND LOVE IN THE
UNIVERSES.
UNDERSTANDING
THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
Our third
Realization
of Divine Truth is that
ALLAH IS FAR ABOVE HIS
CREATION,
UNIQUE, DISTINCT AND
SEPARATE
FROM IT.
YET HIS CREATION IS NOT
SEPARATE
FROM HIM,
AND IS A MANIFESTATION OF
HIS
EXISTENCE, AND POINTS TO HIM.
ON
THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN DIVINE UNITY AND DIVINE UNIQUENESS
Why we are not God, but not
separate
from God.
Our
fourth Realization
of Divine Truth is that
HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO
HIS CREATION
THROUGH HIS CREATION,
AND HIS GUIDANCE IS
MANIFEST
FOR ALL WHO CHOOSE TO FOLLOW IT.
ON
THE
NATURE OF DIVINE REVELATION
and its distinction from
self-discovery.
Allah reveals Himself - people
discover
themselves.
So don't seek enlightenment,
it's
inevitable. But seek preparation.
The functioning principle of
the
Divine revelation is simple -
"Practice the positive and the
negative
will have no power."
Therein lies the Divine
foundation
for the law of attraction.
True spiritual elation is
positive,
fun, uplifting, and attracts the good.
It is your true and permanent
nature.
It in no way resembles
depression.
Life is not a burden.
So ends the initiatory
material.
I pray that the blessing in it is sufficient for you.
In Peace and Love
Ali
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