separation (is just) an option ~ poem by tanzen

    it is written:
    'make the two one'

    nonetheless
    always an in-between
    psycho-somatic, psycho-spiritual

    divine the One

    knowing Self through self
    love, only love

    separation an option


    ~ tanzen two-feather

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Wisdom Sayings of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

There is only one thing present in the entire universe and that is the NOOR (Divine Effulgence) of the Most Holy, Glorious is He, every thing else is absent.

The basis (for spiritual endeavors) must be A SOUND INTENTION, because while people note what you do, God almighty takes note of what you intend to do. When your intention is fixed on God, then a little amount of work will be greatly rewarded.

To look lovingly towards your parents is also a reason to gain the grace of your Lord.

An 'Aarif (a God realized saint) picks one foot and lands on the 'Arsh (Divine Throne of the Most Glorious) and with the other comes back again.

The saint possesses both walayat and wilayat at the same time. Walayat is that which masters impart to disciples about God, just as they teach them about the etiquette of the Way. Everything such as this which takes place between the Shaykh and other peoples is called walayat. But that which takes place between the Shaykh and God is called wilayat. That is a special kind of love, and when the Shaykh leaves the world, he takes his wilayat with him. His walayat, on the other hand, he can confer on someone else, whomever he wishes, and if he does not confer it, then it is suitable for God Almighty to confer that walayat on someone. But the wilayat is the Shaykh's constant companion; he bears it with him (wherever he goes).

There is only one veil standing between man and his creator and it is called nafs (soul).

Do not be disillusioned by the enormity of the universe.

If love is not an automatic guide then one will never reach ones destination.

Hoarding of wealth and food for profit has become a destructive disease in the body of the nation. To fight and eradicate this disease lies within each citizen.

No nation can ever achieve progress until the men and the women do not go ahead shoulder to shoulder.

Believe in law, unity and discipline and adopt its principles - you will become trustworthy in this world.

Organise your nation according to the economics, political, education and important laws and conditions. Then you will definitely see, you would become such a nation that everybody will accept you and respect you.

Freedom does not mean to be unbridled nor does it mean you can do as you please or choose as you wish or say as you will, for freedom is a great responsibility which should be used with great care and intelligence.

Renouncing worldliness does not mean, for instance, that one becomes naked, wearing only a loin cloth and sitting (in solitude). Renouncing worldliness means, instead, to wear clothes and to take food while at the same time keeping in continuous use whatever comes to hand, feeling no inclination to hoard and no attachment to material objects. That [disposition alone] is tantamount to renouncing worldliness

O! Young people, if you are going to use your strength and power in unnecessary pursuits then later you will regret it.

The waters of the streams and rivers when flowing make a lot of noise but when it meets with the sea then there is no more noise. One must ponder over the different stages of it’s behaviour.

Whatever you do not find agreeable for yourself, do not wish it to happen to others; wish for yourself (only) what you also wish for others.

The traveler is constantly on the way to perfection, that is, so long as he is progressing in the Way, he is in hope of perfection. There is the traveler, the standstill, and the retreater. The traveler is the one who treads the Path; the standstill is the one who stops along the Way. Every time the traveler lapses in his obedience, he becomes stationary. If he quickly resumes his work and repents, then he may again become a traveler. If, God forbid, he remains at a standstill, then he may become a retreater or backslider.

First there is thought, that is, it is the first thing to enter the heart. After that comes resolve, that is, a person fixes his heart on that thought. Finally, there is action, that is, a person implements that resolve. For ordinary people as long as they do nothing, they obtain no result, but for the elect, even to consider doing something is to be held accountable for it. A member of the elect should flee to God every moment of his life: since thought, resolve, and action are all the Creation of God, he should seek refuge in God under all circumstances.

So much of damage caused by sin has never been seen, as much as the damage caused by a brother being disrespectful and despicable towards another brother.

If a person has these 3 qualities then he is Allah’s wali (friend, a saint):

He is generous like the sea, every creation is blessed alike with his favours.

He is affectionate like the sun whose light is spread for everyone.

He is hospitable like the earth, which is hospitable in exactly the same way towards all.

~ Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, may Allah be well pleased with him ~

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People of No Fear and No Grief - Who are they?

The Fearless and Griefless Ones according to God's Promise

There is a phrase in the Final Testament which in Arabic reads as:

La Khawfun Alayhim Wa La Hum Yuhza nun

This translates as: No Fear on Them, Nor Shall They Grieve.

In this verse the Arabic word khawf is used which means fear, to be afraid, and you may find it in a number of places where this is mentioned in various context in the Quran. The word huzn or yahzanun means to grieve, to sorrow.

There are a total of 12 places in the Qur'an where people of certain qualities are mentioned for whom it is mentioned that they shall have no fear upon them, nor shall they grieve. In this article I attempt to explore who are the people of such station and the context within which they are mentioned so as to identify their qualities. These are the fearless and the griefless ones according to God's promise.

Those Who Follow Divine Guidance

The first of their reference comes on the 2nd Chapter, 38th Sign.

We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear upon them, nor will they grieve. -2:38

The context of this verse is the pre-eternity during the creation of the Human Consciousness symbolized by the First Man Adam. The Creator first teaches Him all knowledge or symbolically prepares the human consciousness to act as the vessel who shall inherit all knowledge in due time.

The context also tells us that Adamic manifestation is greater than that of the angels even though angels are innocent and ever engaged in the glorification of the Lord.

After Adamic consciousness is introduced the entire gamut of possible knowledge accessible to humanity, he is given refuge in the Garden. In the Garden Adam was forewarned which Adam forgot (which symbolizes the fact that human being is prone to forgetfulness) and disobeyed the Creator, hence find himself in the earthly station. Adam repented and out of the Infinite Mercy, God accepted Adam's repentance and first Divine revelation to mankind on the earthly plane was communicated (2:37). And during that first Divine revelation on the earthly plane some truth was conveyed and it is told: "When Guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My Guidance (huda) - there will be no fear upon them, nor will they grieve."

Those Who Have Faith and Do Good Deeds

The 2nd reference is in the 62nd Sign of the 2nd Chapter

Surely (the ones) who have faith and the ones who have Judaized and the Nasara (Christians) and the Sabi'in, (Sabaeans) whoever have believed in Allah and the Final Day of Judgment and do righteous good deeds, then they will have their reward in the Providence of their Lord, and no fear will be on them, neither will they grieve. -2:62

The context of this particular Sign is primarily about the Children of Israel, and yet the message is an universal one which convey glad tidings to not only to faithful Muslims but also to Jews and Christians and those who were known as Sabeans in the Seventh Century Arabia. Many say, the term Sabeans also encompass those who do not belong to any formal religion but who are still faithful in God,  believe in the Final Judgment. Importantly faith or identity of faith is also coupled here with good deeds, virtuous actions. It is them who are such faithful ones, no matter what religious identity they find themselves with, for them the station of fearlessness and no grief awaits as reward.

Again this is mentioned in the 5th Chapter:

Surely those who have attained faith and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians who believe in God and the Last Day of Judgment and who act wholesomely - no fear on them, nor shall they grieve. -5:69

The universality of Messengers sent by God to humanity across many ages are acknowledged again and again. They had the mission of communicating good news for those who follow truth and guidance and also warned those who gone astray and thus incur the wrath of God. Amidst it all, those who have faith coupled with good deeds are the ones who receive the station of fearlessness and grieflessness.

And We have not sent the messengers except as bringers of good news and warners. So whoever attains to faith and does good deeds, then there will be no fear on them and they will not grieve. -6:48

O children of Adam! if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My communications, then whoever are mindful of God and act aright-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve. -7:35

The Wholly Surrendered Ones

The 3rd reference in in the 112th Sign of the 2nd Chapter

Yes indeed, whoever has surrendered his face (i.e., surrendered his will) to Allah and is a doer of good, then he has his reward in the Providence of his Lord and no fear will be upon them, neither will they grieve. -2:112

During the time of God's Messenger, some Christians and Jews used to say that they have exclusive access to Heaven and everyone else would go to Hell. This attitude still persist among some religiously blind people when they think only they are saved, rest are doomed.

Through Quran God challenges this narrow attitude and says no single religious community has a monopoly over Divine Grace. The 111th verse quotes some of the arrogant saying, "And they say: "None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian."

 Then God goes on to reveal the true criteria for entering the Kingdom, "Rather, whoever surrendered his, her face, essence, will to God, and is a doer of goodness, shall have their reward with God, and neither shall fear be upon him nor shall he grieve.

The Charitable Ones Who are Not Showy

Showiness and hidden agenda corrupts charity. In the same 2nd Chapter, Sign 262 mentions another group of people for whom God promises the station of fearlessness and grieflessness.

Those who spend their wealth in the Cause of Allah, and do not follow up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury, their reward is with their Lord. On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. -2:262

The next sign reminds the etiquette of giving and what is better. "Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing." -2:263


The same station is again promised for charitable ones who spend either secretly or openly.

Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, secretly and openly - for them their reward is with their Lord. No fear shall be upon them, and they shall not grieve. -2:274

The context of the above verse is all about good adab or etiquette of charity that spans from 2:261 to 2:281.

In the same context, the station comes up again.

Surely, those who securely believe and do good and stand for salah (prayer) and give the zakah (poor due), for them their reward is with their Lord. And no fear shall be upon them, and they shall not grieve. -2:277

The above Sign encompasses the life of a Surrendered person who has faith in the Absolute, who perform good out of love of God, who turn himself or herself towards God in prayer because he, she know that it is the highest action to face the Real and who give what is his, her out of love God as an witness to their love. For such people the station of fearlessness and grieflessness is promised.

The Martyrs

And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's way as dead; nay, they are alive (and) are provided sustenance from their Lord; Rejoicing in what Allah has given them out of His grace and they rejoice for the sake of those who, (being left) behind them, have not yet joined them, that they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve. They rejoice in the Grace and Bounty from Allah, and Allah does not allow the reward of faithfuls to be lost. -3:169,171

The Friends of God

Surely for the friends of Allah (awliyaAllah) there is neither fear nor grief - those who believe and guard themselves - for them good news in the life of the world and in the final world. There is no change in the Words of Allah. This is the supreme triumph. -10:62-64

Those Who Acknowledge the Absolute and Stay on the Right Path

Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah ," and then continued on the right path - there will be no fear upon  them, nor will they grieve. Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, abiding eternally therein: a reward for their deeds. -46:13,14

So thus above are the various group of people for whom the Promise of Allah remains that they shall not fear and nor will they grieve, specially on a Tremendous Day of Judgment when no soul can in any way help another, neither their intercession be accepted even if they wanted to give the whole world as a ransom. On that Day Authority shall be entirely to the One Who has all Authority, the King, the True Master, the Lord of the multiverse.




Unquestionably, the promise of Allah is truth, but most of them do not know. It is He Who gives life, and causes death, and to Him you shall eventually return.  -10:55-56



-- Sadiq M. Alam, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(No Copyright Reserved / All Knowledge is from the One / Free to Copy, Distribute, Publish with or without attribution)

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Sun of God / Wisdom of Aethero

Arise

1.
The sun lights all possible directions, but have you ever wondered what directions mean to the sun itself? Can you even tell if the light is traveling away from its core or towards it?

Does the light makes the sun the sun or the sun make the light the light?

Is that even important to the sun, who is who and who makes who, who gives who and who receives from who?

If I were a sun, I guarantee you, this would all mean nothing to me!

Because the sun is omnipresent in all directions!

It doesn't need to departs itself in order to find itself, it's simply self encirled!

Omnipresent? So what is PRESENT to begin with?

Present = Another meaning for existence that ironically could also mean a gift too.

If you were to choose between existing under conditions of joy and sorrow and not existing at all, what would you choose?

Most people I ask, they respond: EXISTING OF COURSE!

What could this possibly imply?

It can only imply one thing, existence in itself represents an absolute form of goodness that is beyond the relative good and evil of any state falling under existence.

Existence to those states is like awakening to a dream, but our problem is that we know not how to enjoy a dream without forgetting that it is a dream.

We take life too seriously and thus we allow the past and the future to steel away the true meaning of a present.

We know not how to be eyes enjoying the dream, we always need to be limbs suffering inside of it.

So, lets go back to the present or rather be in it !

What is a present?!! What is a gift?!!

A gift is something granted to you with no expectations in return! The only proper way to accept and receive a true gift, is to forget about its source and its price and simply enjoy it. Its actually the only way to say a proper 'thank you' as well.

So, can you bring yourself to enjoy the present even in the least times you think or believe you deserve to?!! Cause if you don't think you deserve it, then you are either living in a past that you regret or a future that you can't get, and no one says you have to but you!

Don't blame God for who you are, because if God changes you into someone else am sure you'll blame him for who he is! I swear not by the blameful soul, neither by the God of punishment and reward!

Most people believe if they laugh now, they are bound to cry soon after; that is cause they're not acquainted with the logic of a present - a gift. Their minds orbit around a give-in-order-to-receive paradigm, where they believe they're being given something which they will have to pay for soon after.

Well, let me tell you something about the code of giving itself.

True giving is as simple as being and seeing, its effortless.

Behold the Sun! Who can ever possibly give what the sun gives to this world?

Does the Sun make an effort to give light or does it simply shine for what it is and the rest comes automatically?.

Your willingness to receive is the only condition of accepting a gift, its the only condition of living and enjoying the present; yet most people simply do not know how to receive, they just don't know how to sit back and enjoy the present without worrying about its cost and its source and and and

and...

Who is Christ and why is he who he is?

You obviously mistake him to be a role-player, an ultimate giver; and the first image that comes to mind when thinking Christ of course is the image of sacrifice, the image of someone paying a price on behalf of humanity...

Well, let me tell you something; Christ before being the Son of God, he is the Sun of God...

Christ is who he is (in the rank that God grants him) cause he is one who is most ready to receive in every moment without asking why, where, what, and when?

This readiness springs from his knowledge and trust of the overflowing nature of the Source he receives from. He is thus ready to give away all what he receives cause he doesn't see giving as loosing something to another, but rather he sees in giving an image of receiving; he doesn't acknowledge the logic of the gold coins (paying to receive).

The present comes to Christ, so why would he seek it in a future?

Why would one trade what he knows for what he doesn't, what he has for what he hasn't?

The world in every moment slips into his past, and he effortlessly saves it back into the present just as the Sun does, by being who he and shining with what he is right here right now.

REBOOT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW FROM EVERYTHING YOU JUDGE YOURSELF TO BE IN ORDER TO BE.

Don't ever say 'i am this and that', but rather say 'i am not this and not that'.

Don't ever let the situation define you and the equation imprison you.

Remember, you're an eye witnessing above and beyond, before being a hand or a leg entangled down and below... Your true self cannot be arrived at by the cloud of judgments and definitions, it can only shine after all clouds clear the sky; Your true identity partakes from an alive entity called The Spirit, which is like the Sun omnipresent; it knows no future or past, left or right, above or below, progression or regression, but rather only 360 degree presence.

Believe it or not, your true identity is emanated to you momentarily, so don't allow any past impressions of who you are or future aspirations of who you want to be to prevent you from receiving it.

Always remember, in a dream, the dreamer can be anyone he wants to be anytime he want to be, provided that he never forgets hes in a dream.

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When you think, you view the thought/image !

There's you (The Viewer), the thought/image (The Viewed) with a separating distance in between; and a light that permeates vision. can you see there's a trinity involved in the process.

In your mind you see a thought/image, but there's light upon that image! where does the light come from, how is the mind illuminated?

Your self is the light! The Sun/Son that breathes life to your view screen/mind's eye.

The Sun and Earth are a physical representation of how the mind operates, with the Sun representing the boundless infinite 'potentially everything' (the viewer) and the Earth, the finite (the viewed).

What better representation of the ineffable self that is only known in linear finite terms than a great bubbling ball of fire giving life to the Earth, an Earth that is defined and linear.

As above so below.

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions!

Don't be 'good' be 'real'!

Being 'real' starts with not fooling yourself into assuming 'roles' inside equations! 

When you 'give' you're playing a role.

This is called 'The Savior Complex'

If that's how you feel about 'giving' by all means don't give; you'll do the world a favor...

'To Give' is not a role!

And for 'goodness sake' try not to ever say to someone 'I did this for you!' 'I gave you this or that!'

We all do things indirectly for our own selves - if not for a clear intentional motive in mind at least to reinforce being who we are (the reality we choose to be embedded within).

The current paradigm (which inspires most religious and secular institutions) tend to equate G I V I N G with L O O S I N G something to another!

In reality, giving is a model originally inspired by the SUN! Does the sun loose light when it shines a universe around or does it simply shine for what it is: a sun?! It shines with identity!

The paradigm shift (the new world paved by the internet technology which is currently assembling people globally in accord to cognitive standards as opposed to institutional, cultural or geographic ones) will no longer equate giving to loosing, but rather to receiving, giving is becoming less material and more cognitive or aethereal; it's as simple as shining for who you are for better or for worse!

The moment you shine for who you are, you automatically receive your subject- identity-in-space-and-time (your truth-in-finality) in return! You don't give now in the hope of receiving tomorrow - you receive the moment you're giving!

Currency and its language is shifting too presenting new models of giving more cognitively integrated and less meaningless as currently numbers are in bank accounts. You will witness the finality of every expression and action you invest in right here right now !

~ Wisdom of Aethero

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