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| Thus spoke the Messenger of Love |
| 2011-12-19 08:06:00 |
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Love, may our love be perfected for him who has transmitted, "A Mu'min (person of awakened faith) is an embodiment of love and affection and there is no good in one who neither loves nor is loved."
- Sacred Tradition of Islam (Hadith)
And among God's signs is this that He has put love and mercy between your (hearts); verily in that are signs for those who reflect.
- The Quran, Chapter 30, Verse 21 [+] Please visit MysticSaint.Info For full multimedia experience and enjoy special music.
Blessings,
Sadiq
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| Prayer from a Night of Full Lunar Eclipse |
| 2011-12-10 12:43:00 |
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My Lord, if You are not pleased with me,
then what am I doing here?
And if You are pleased with me
then nothing else really matters!
Let Your song be sung through every string of my life.
May all tune, all songs merge in One Song.
My God, as long as I live, may I live
by Your Will.
Can there be any will for lover apart from the Will of the Beloved?
Harmonize my will with Yours to the extent that in the Ocean of Your Will, mine be obliterated like a drop.
Please grant me the knowledge of Your prescribed limits,
grant me the wisdom to understand what is permissible,
what is recommended, what is indifferent, what is unadvised and what is not permissible - through the path traced by the best of exemplar,
peace and blessings to him.
I call You by all Your exalted and blessed Names, by all Your Names both known and unknown,
by all Names by which Your chosen friends called upon You and You answered their prayers, for You
are the Hearer and Answerer of supplications.
By Your ...
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| Benefits of remembering the Saints, the Friends of God |
| 2011-12-01 07:12:00 |
In his famous book, Memorials of Saints: Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tazkeratul Awliya) Sheikh Fariduddin Attar points out few benefits of remembering the friends of God who are called Auliya:
1. It quenches the heart of the worldly people.
2. The holy sayings help remember the hereafter.
3. It enlightens the love of God in the heart.
4. When people hear these holy sayings, it inspire them to collect provisions for the hereafter.
5. When people read their lives, people will come to understand how much the hearts of the people of God (ahlullah) were filled with divine love.
Hazrat BuAli Daqqak (ra) was asked, "When we can not act like the great persons and saints, is there any benefit in listening to their words?"
Hazrat BuAli replied, "Yes, even if you cannot imitate their action fully, there are at least two benefits. First, when one listens to the life story of the elders of the religion, aspirations for good work increases in the heart and increase love of God. Secondly p...
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| Food for Thought: On the other dimension of compassion |
| 2011-11-26 21:46:00 |
When we talk about
compassion
we talk
in terms of being kind.
But compassion is not
so much being kind;
it is being CREATIVE
to WAKE
a person up.
- Chögyam Trungpa
Chogyam Trungpa (1939 - 1987), the brilliant ‘bad boy of Buddhism,’ fled the invasion of Tibet, studied at Oxford, and shattered Westerners’ notions of how an enlightened teacher should behave.
He was a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision.
Recognized both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, he was a major, albeit controversial, figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.
"Crazy Wisdom" - a film about the life and times of Chog...
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| The Dawn of Love | Meditative Quranic Verses |
| 2011-11-24 20:51:00 |
Qul aAoozu bi Rabbi al-falaqMin sharri ma khalaqWa min sharri ghasiqin ithawaqab Wa min sharri annaffathati fee alAAuqad Wa min sharri hasidin itha hasad.
My beloved Muhammad, please instruct and inspire humanity to take refuge in Allah Most High with this potent prayer: "May I lose myself in the Source of Love,
Who abides in all hearts as the eternal dawn of love.
May I be protected by Allah Most Powerful against those
who turn away from their own True Source,
and against the darkness and confusion which they generate.
May I be protected by Allah Most Powerful against all projection of negative energy,
from the casting of harmful spells to the bitter hatred of those who are consumed by envy."
~ Meditation on Holy Koran, 113:1-5 from Heart of the Koran (Goodword Books) ~
by Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi (Lex Hixon), a non-linear meditative rendering of Surah al-Falaq (the Chapter of Dawn)
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| El Zahir - Sufi theme in Jorge Luis Borges's writing |
| 2011-11-22 21:43:00 |
Random Opening
Perhaps others also have this habit, to pick up a book and randomly open a page to read one paragraph or two. This morning I picked up the book called, "The End of Science" by John Horgan. This is a good example of a non-fiction book which can be read randomly from anywhere as it comprise of many brief and assorted sub-sections. After reading one of these sub-sections which I stumbled upon in random opening, I went back to check the Table of Content and my attention caught upon this content called: The Meaning of the Zahir which was part of the Second Chapter: "The End of Philosophy."
Now this was unexpected. Zahir is a Quranic term and pre dates even the Quran because of the term's existence in the ancient Arabic language and culture. End of Science is a book that borders at science and philosophy 'examining the limits of knowledge in the twilight of the scientific age'. So a term like Zahir making its way into the Table of Content of such a book by an Ame...
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| God's hands are open wide and becoming distributor of God |
| 2011-11-18 00:39:00 |
Truly GOD's hands are open wide,HE gives as HE please.
- The Quran 5:64
Generosity in giving, in providing for others is a Divine Quality and we partake in that Divine action when we give to others. One of the Holy Names of God is al-Wasi or One Who is Vast, the all-Embracing, Bountiful and His generosity is also vast. The success of man in becoming a true human being, him being "the Divine image" rests upon his becoming "like" God. There are very few qualities which accelerate the journey of becoming "like" God - than generosity or giving of his material wealth.
The specially devoted people yearn to acquire this quality. Also in a reverse way, to attain true devotion - giving up of material wealth, to give it to the poor is a pre-requisite. The disciples of Christ, their transformation to become like Christ, the very training of becoming like Chrirst began by the instruction of giving their wealth to the poor, to leave the dunya (material world and its wealth) behind and only then...
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| 16th November is my Birthday, I hope to celebrate it with a difference |
| 2011-11-15 02:52:00 |
You have made me endless, such is Your pleasure.
This frail vessel You empty again and again, and fill it with life for ever - such is Your pleasure.
This little reed flute You have carried over hills and dales,
and breath through it melodies eternally anew.
At the immortal touch of Your hands my little heart loses its limits in joy
and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Your infinite gifts come to me on these very small hands of mine,
Ages pass by, and still You continue to pour, and still there is room to fill.
~ Amare Tumi Ashesh Korecho, Gitanjali, Tagore ~
16th November is my birthday. I was born on a Friday morning back in the winter of 1979, which corresponds to 26th Dhul Hijjah (the month of sacred pilgrimage or Hajj) of the Hijri Calendar of 1399 A.H.. Birthday is the day when we are given access to the sacred portal of our life. The Last Prophet when he was asked why he preferred to often observe fast on Monda...
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| Spiritual Message of the Occupy Wall Street Movement | Driving out the Money Changers, One Again |
| 2011-11-13 16:42:00 |
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Many of us are perhaps familiar with the following passage of the Bible known as Cleansing of the Temple from the life of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him. In this Christ shows his jalali or fierce face in not only speaking out intensely but most pro-actively acting against corruption and injustice.
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
- Gospel According to Matthew 21:12
This very episode still carries echo for our time, specially when the Bank Cartels, the Corporates, the Lobbyist are similarly corrupting and cheating people all across the globe.
The Occupy Movement across the globe is a direct manifestation as a voice against financial corruption, social injustice, corporate greed and gross violation of...
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| Justice: The Lost Value |
| 2011-11-10 23:08:00 |
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People of Conscience, People of Heart, People who care for humanity are deeply disturbed and concerned. They are concerned over the world's financial system which are made to collapse through excessive greed, through legalizing illegal usury, corruption and attitude of gambling. The shock waves have been felt across the world for sometime. The life of hard working, honest people are getting increasing difficult. Poor across the globe are facing tremendous price hike and shortage of food. Famine is looming over many poor nations in Africa. The gap between rich and poor are all time high, not only in developed nations, but also in developing and less developed countries.
If you are following the world events, what is going on in many Western Countries, not excluding United States as well as in Europe, from Greece, to Italy to Spain to Britain, you can not help but see that there are tremendous financial corruption in the name of globalization and corporatization that is forming ...
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