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What is the universe? It is a
point, and this point is a divine light, and the divine light is itself a light.
Every point is the imprint of
luminescence (Tajalli). When this imprint transforms itself into the divine
light then it becomes Aura (Jism-e-Misali). The display of the Aura is the
physical body.
The physical body is built up as
a structure of bones, flesh, and muscle. The skin is a kind of plaster and
color on this building. The life of the human being who is made up of veins,
arteries, nerves, bones, and flesh, is nothing except senses.
It is said that the total number
of senses in a person is five, but in reality a person has 11,500 functional
senses within him.
Humans have two countenances:
one is apparent and the other is latent. The soul plays an active role in the
latent countenance. The soul is present and active in every particle of the
universe. Everything in the universe, including all elements, all particles and
cells, all are alive by virtue of the activity of the spirit.
Life continues in activity as
long as the soul attaches itself to the body, but when the spirit detaches
itself, then life is extinguished.
The spirit has thousands, even
millions of countenances, and every countenance is a disguise.
A human is a soul on one side
and the disguise of a soul on the other. This story of guise and disguise began
when this universe began and will remain forever. This story is actually a
drama. Different guises (people) come on the stage, which we call the world,
and they exit the stage after having displayed their character (disguise). The
display of guise and disguise is actually a past, a present, and future. I am a
64-year-old person who is actually a disguise of childhood, youth, and old age.
Picking a brick from here and a
stone from there,
God, like the juggler, built a
family.
In my sixty-four years of life,
I have seen 23,360 suns. Every new sun is witness to my disguise. 23,360 suns
continually built up my past, present, and future. Now I am tired, but the
attached present, past, and future of my life promptly make more countenances
of my guises. This tale of guise and disguise is a grief and a pleasure. With
my worldly experience I kept collecting the different grief and cheerful
characters of guise and disguise in the Kashkoal (bowl). Now this Kashkoal
(bowl) is full, so I am presenting this story of guise and disguise to you.
Khwaja Shams Uddin Azeemi
December 1, 1990
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
What is the universe? It is a point, and this point is a
divine light, and the divine light is itself a light.
Every point is the imprint of luminescence (Tajalli). When
this imprint transforms itself into the divine light then it becomes Aura
(Jism-e-Misali). The display of the Aura is the physical body.
The physical body is built up as a structure of bones, flesh,
and muscle. The skin is a kind of plaster and color on this building. The life
of the human being who is made up of veins, arteries, nerves, bones, and flesh,
is nothing except senses.
