Topics
God is one but the creatures are many. Despite
this, there is no collision between the creatures because not only are their
proportions fixed, but their Creator is also One. The creations interact with each
other, however, their fixed proportions do not allow them to change their
respective identities.
"Thou causest the night to pass into the
day, and Thou causest the day to pass into the night. And Thou bringest forth
the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the
living." (Quran, 3:27)
Night and day, and life and death are integral units
of the universal system. Day and night are defined as senses, however, both life
and death are transitions of one moment into another moment, one era into
another era, and one realm into another realm. When life enters the next realm,
people do not see the departed soul in physical form anymore but it stays alive
in their memories. This means that even after departing from this realm, one's life
record does not cease to exist.
The senses of day and night are classified as
the conscious and subconscious respectively. At night, the tendency of light is
in the negative stage and during the day, it enters the positive stage.
Negative implies the contraction, while positive refers to the expansion of
space. When the senses of night evolve into the senses of day, it dominates the
subconscious mind, and when day becomes night, the consciousness goes in the
backdrop. Similarly, the positive stage progresses towards the negative, and the
negative goes back to the positive. This is how life moves on and
spatiotemporal distances are formed. However, the point where both day and
night meet during transition, is called the neutral point.
'Neutral' is a point where both positive and
negative become one.
Dear readers, please reflect individually and
collectively on the underlined words.
When senses are in the positive stage, we divide
its mechanism to different body parts. For example, we say that we hear through
the ears, see with the aid of eyes, understand by means of our brain, feel
because of our heart and speak using our tongue. However, this division is
annulled as soon as the senses reach the negative stage and converge as one.
Understand the division and unison of senses through the states of dream and
wakefulness. The realm of dreams tells us that the division of senses in the
body parts during wakefulness is an illusion. In both states, we hear, see,
understand, feel and speak through the inner eye.
People are commonly aware of the five basic
senses. What they do not know is, that though apparently these senses are
divided into five, they are united as one on the inner plane. Understand it
through the following interpretation.
Interpretation: Vision
does not form when one's sense of hearing ceases to work. As a result, one does
not feel and understand an object. Since they do not hear, they cannot explain
what they saw. You may say, what if a person has not heard a voice? They can
still see, touch and feel an object, or they may look at it to find out what it
is. The answer is, one does not hear only through their ears it is the voice
within which echoes and informs us of what we are seeing and hearing. The voice
inside arises in the form of a thought and steers us to fulfil our needs.
Thought is in itself a voice, and therefore, one should understand that the five
basic senses are in actuality condensed into one sense, that is, the sense of
hearing or the 'voice'.
When a thought in the form of a voice transmits
and disperses onto the screen of a mind, it stimulates the senses. A voice or
the faculty of hearing allows us to see, gather, process, feel and speak.
Therefore, it is not a different sense to any of them.
Every sense or faculty is a dimension and dimensions
are features.
When dimensions lay dormant in the subconscious
mind, its features become invisible. Invisibility does not mean that the
features have perished, rather it reflects that the foundation on which these
dimensions are erected have become prominent and we are unable to see the
dimensions.
The earth is one but it looks different because
of a wide range of constructions upon it. It has mountains, plains, lush green fields,
gardens, quicksand, dry rocky lands, seas, tall buildings, and small and big
houses.
In order to construct something, the ground is
dug up to form a cavity to lay a strong foundation. It is then levelled before construction
takes place. While looking at the levelled ground, if a person becomes unaware
of themselves, the difference in dimensions such as north, south, east, west,
up and down are nullified.
Experiment: Stand
on a vast plane or field and fix your gaze on the ground. You will see the
ground as long as you feel your presence. However, if you disregard yourself,
not only will the dimensions efface, but the ground will also disappear from
your sight.
Sweet and salt are two dimensions which keep
the conscious and subconscious minds in balance. They are not seen, but we feel
their proportions in every meal. Both taste different and seem to be polar
opposites but at the same time, they are actually present in each other. If
they were not, then referring to something salty as 'salty', or something sweet
as 'sweet' would be out of the question. In spirituality, both salt and sweet
are considered as information. Therefore, if information regarding salt does
not descend, information related to sweetness will also cease to descend.
Mankind is dominated by the senses of day. In
other words, they are inclined towards the positive charge or the
consciousness. With the aid of these senses, they see salt as a negative charge
that activates the sub-consciousness. As one intends to know the negative
charge, they acquaint themselves with something that is different to their
consciousness. For a healthy mind and body, both sweet and salt intakes should be
in balanced proportions. This is because, the increase in proportion of salt
exerts a heaviness on the consciousness and leads to the domination of the
subconsciousness. If it is increased without the instruction of a spiritual
master, it will adversely affect one's consciousness.
As mentioned before, it is important to have fixed proportions of sweet
and salt in the body, because sweetness stabilises the consciousness and salt
reduces the gravity. When the consciousness of a person is unable to sustain
fluctuation of salt in the body, it results in high or low blood pressure.
In this world, whatever we consume has a high ratio of sweetness in
comparison to saltiness. Since characteristics of salt are influenced by the
subconsciousness, its increment exerts pressure on one's mind. This decreases
the proportions of the consciousness while merging them into the proportions of
the subconsciousness, for which one's body is unprepared. This happens because
the body works in the frame of dimensions, and salt, despite having a
dimension, is free of its bound.
When one is bounded by dimension, they see everything in shape and form.
Such a mind concentrates on the apparent features, but overlooks the foundation
of things which is free of dimensions. Like everything, the earth is laid upon
a dimensionless foundation. Why do we only concentrate on dimensions while
looking at the earth but overlook what lies beneath? Because our mind is aware
of dimensions but is unaware of its foundation. We see what the mind sees. That
is why, dimensions are not on the earth, they are in the mind.
Dividing something into many, and then considering them to be
different, restricts one's mind. Such a person does not only see themselves as
different from others, but is also incapable in finding similarity between
senses. If one contemplates the mechanism of vision, they will realise that
we see only when we negate our dimension while entering the dimension of others.
Irrespective of dimensions, the foundation of everything is Noor (a stage of
Divine Light). Noor is uniform and dimensionless. If one wishes to break the
shackles of dimensions, they should learn the knowledge of Noor.
May God protect you,
*Please read last paragraph five times.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DIN AZEEMI
Articles of 'MESSAGE OF THE DAY' from Qalandar Shaoor Monthly
