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Human
life has two dimensions. One is the external side and the other is the internal
one. External side is the means of identification for the viewers that this person
is so and so or this is that thing. And, the internal side is a picture gallery
of memories of seen objects, that is, all seen things remain preserved in the internal
side in the form of pictures. We feel and understand both these dimensions comprehensively.
When anything which is present and inscribed in our internal dimension comes before
our eyes externally, we recognize it without hesitation.
This fact has now been established that whatsoever
is there in the inner, only that exists in the outer. And, that which does not exist
in the inner cannot exist in the outer. External (object), in other words, is a
reflection of the inner (subject). Inner is real and Manifestation is only a reflection
of the same. Inner is the self of a person – a self which is called the lord’s Edict,
an indivisible entity or the soul.
The fact
is that all the components of the universe and their movements are present and inscribed
in the inner self of every person.
The human
self comprises of two portions. One is the interior and the other one is exterior.
Interior is real and the exterior is merely a shadow of the same. Interior portion
of the self is the unity (oneness) and the exterior is the plurality. Both, Time
and Space, do not exist in the interior portion of the self, but they do exist in
the exterior one. In the Interior portion of the self, everything is an indivisible
entity, it does not occupy any space. It only exists in the form of an Observation.
Time also does not exist in it as it is devoid of space. In the exterior portion
of human self, Time and Space, both exist.
We view a building from an angle while we are standing
by one of its sides. When we want to see the building from a different angle we
have to walk a few steps in order to see the building from another side. To change
the angle of sight we covered a distance of a few steps and to cover that distance
a brief period of time was also spent, Thus to form an angle of sight, Time and
Space, both took place. To narrate the same more elaborately, we can say that when
someone wants to see the Tower of London, he has to travel from Karachi to London.
And to do so he is required to spend many days to cover the space of thousands of
miles. Only then would he be able to form that angle of sight by which the Tower
of London can be sighted in its proper perspective. The aim of the journey undertaken,
involving Time and Space, was to form that angle of sight which could show the Tower
of London. This is the angle of sight which pertains to the exterior portion of
human self. Involvement of Time and Space produces plurality in this angle of sight.
If the angle of sight of the interior portion of
the self is to be used, we can visualize the Tower of London by remaining seated
in our place. The sight made operational in visualization produces a dim sketch
due to its frailty but it does produce that angle which is formed after undergoing
a long journey to see the Tower of London. If, somehow, frailty of sight could be
removed, the dim sketch so produced by this angle of sight can take the form of
a clear and vivid scene fulfilling the purpose of viewing in the same manner as
would have been accomplished after undergoing the hardships of travelling and Putting
so many means of transportation into use. The main thing is to obtain the angle
of sight however it may be possible.
This
makes it clear that the soul of a person is an indivisible entity in its nature.
Everyone is encompassing the universe in himself by dynamic ability to focus the
angle of sight- the universe which is also an indivisible entity as a whole. Interior
portion of the self is unity (Oneness) and the exterior is plurality. Unity (Wahdat)
is that dimension which has neither Time nor Space. Only three sections of perception,
i.e. Observation, Observer and the Observed are found in it. And the exterior of
the self is merely a reflection of that very perception which has been denominated
as plurality (Kasrat).
This reflection after involving Time and Space represents perception in a concrete solid form. As soon as man moves in a particular direction and a small period of time lapses, he feels a pressure in his perception and the perception splits up into pieces instantly. He starts thinking, He starts seeing, hearing, smelling and touching. This perception which is doing everything being an observer, too, is an indivisible entity. Whatever is perceived being an observed is also an indivisible entity. And, the observation which is a link between the Observer and the Observed, too, is an indivisible entity. This is the factual reality of perception, unity and plurality.
Qalandar Baba Auliay (R.A)
Alshaikh Khwaja
Shamsuddin Azeemi, Chief Editor of the monthly Roohani Digest, the renowned
spiritual scholar, founder of the chain of Muraqba Halls the world over has had
the honour of learning the spiritual sciences from his spiritual mentor, His
Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya, the sage of this age. In order to teach him
the spiritual sciences Qalander Baba Auliya made Alshaikh Azeemi to pen down
the words that he used to narrate. Alshaikh Azeemi being a devoted disciple not
only noted the contents but also did his best to understand what he was taught.
The eventual out come of his dedicated work took the form of the ‘Loh-o-Qalum’,
the first ever book that comprises the whole syllabus of the spiritual science.
Who else was more suitable to explain the contents of this document but
Alshaikh Azeemi, the very able student of Qalander Baba Auliya. Dissemination
of that knowledge, which is the legacy of prophets and had reached him in
disciplic succession, has become an obsession for Alshaikh Azeemi because, according
to him, this knowledge is the only elixir and the antidote for the ailing
humanity in present times.
