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Formations of soul demands continuous activity and
movement. Man keeps in doing one or the other thing just as is done during wakefulness
but he remains oblivious of this deeds and activities. The only awareness he retains
is that of the dreams. A proper record of the activities performed by the human
self during sleep could be compiled if the memory might be, somehow, enabled to
retain them. Memory retains only those impressions which are attentively attended
during wakefulness and those which fail to attract our attention are simply forgotten.
When we would want to remember all the activities of sleep, ad a principle we have
to have arrangements of keeping our sight ever readily informed all the same. This
can only be possible by remaining awake. Man’s nature has the propensity of arousing
the self after inducing sleep upon him. The activities of the self begins then.
Contravening this habit initially causes contractions in feelings but after lapse
of two days and two nights, at the least, one starts feeling lightheartedness and
the activities of the self start taking place. In the beginning, activities of the
self could be observed through closed eyes. After practicing continuously the schedule
of remaining awake for many weeks or months activities of the self begin to appear
even before the open eyes. Sufis term the state of observations thought closed eyes
as reminiscence (warood) and that of the open eyes as observation (Shahood). In
both these states the sight sees through the lens of the obscure subtlety. And,
whatsoever is observed are the impressions of confluence (jawviyah). These impressions
are those beatific visions which are reflected from the firmly affixed inscription
(Sabita) and transforms into certain forms, shapes and activities in the confluence
(jawviyah). As long as these beatific visions are there in the firmly affixed inscription
they are called the invisibility of unseen (ghaib-ul-ghaib) and also known as Elohistic
knowledge. Reflection of these beatific visions in the substantiality (aayan) is
called the unseen or the elohistic commands. Then, after getting into the limits
of confluence the reflection of these beatific visions becomes the reminiscences
or the observations.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
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.
