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Self-realization opens the doors of cognition of God and for
acquiring self- realization, the first stage, which a Sufi has to pass, is that
of negation. That is, first of all one has to negate one's conscious knowledge
and traditional information. One who is steadfast on this path ultimately
reaches a stage when his own reality is revealed upon him, that is, he manages
to have the self-realization. A spiritual associate needs a teacher or the
mentor to guide him through this particular path. With this viewpoint we wish to
present Qalander Baba Auliya's thoughts for the discerning readers.
In order to comprehend a thing properly, we have to forget all that
is pre- existing in our mind. Let's take this thing, what the man is? Man is
the name of accumulation of thought waves in an arranged form only, nothing
else. One type of these thoughts is as if a river is flowing. Man does not
realize what is flowing in its water as long as it flows in its two banks but becomes
aware when it is flooded and water starts spilling over the banks. Now, the man
feels that some thoughts that are disarrayed, almost meaningless are attacking
him. Man does not try to understand the meanings of all those thoughts and lets
them pass only because that he cannot put them in an arranged order.
There is another type of thoughts. It is like picking a few things
from the flowing water of the river and arranges them into a particular
pattern. He declares the meanings of that pattern a work of his authorship.
This is what every intelligent and wise man names as knowledge or invention.
Purpose is not to discuss the types of thoughts so leaving the other
types out we would delve into these two types of thoughts.
Qalander Baba Auliya: An Introduction
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Dedication
To that young generation that would 6ring an end to the dark shadows of grief and fear by acquainting mankind- with peace and tranquility after equipping itself with the teachings of Qalander Baba Auliya…. and man would-able to enter the heaven after reclaiming his eternal distinction.
