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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. 0ne 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. 0nly 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 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.
0nlythree 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.
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.
