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Senses are of
two types: one, which keeps on changing and the other that do not change. With
the change or alteration in the senses colors keep on producing and where there
is no variation, is a state of colorlessness or an achromatic state. Change in
the senses commences at the Ultra-achromatic that causes to bring the
achromatic into being. When the achromatic undergoes a change the senses
experience the colors one by one. Accumulation of many colors results in a spectacular colorfulness.
The change initiates at the stage of Fantasy and after traversing the stages of
thought and vision (imagination) it takes the form of feelings. Thought, vision
and feelings travel in a circle and after becoming feelings the change rebounds
and leaving the felt impressions behind it returns towards the state where
there is no variation. This is going on and on since eternity and will continue forever.
The journey of
thoughts and imaginations determines the spatio temporal distances. In order to
witness and know the stages and the ultimate destinations of the journey of
thought, imagination and feelings we have to go through three consciouses. And,
after passing through three consciouses the invariant state that we encounter is termed as the
Unconscious. The conscious that is known by the people is classified as the
fourth conscious. For having the understanding of the rest of the three
consciouses we have seek guidance of the prophetic knowledge. If we could
develop understanding of these three consciouses we can comprehend the state of
Revelation (Wahi).
If the
scholars of the present era are sincere in their efforts to resolve the enigmas
relating to the universe and to explore the reality, they have to rally upon
this theory that this tangible universe is not a collection of solid material
particles but a reflection of the Conscious.
Name of the
first conscious is the Simple Noor. The second conscious is known as the
Compound Noor. The third one is called the Simple Nasma and the Fourth one is
termed as the Compound Nasma. People know of the fourth conscious only and they
are versed with the senses of the Compound Nasma only, they are oblivious of
the rest of the three consciouses. Apart from the fourth conscious the
psychologists have so far traced only the third conscious, which they term as
the Unconscious
In the course
of exploring the formation of the universe we observe that there are three
unconsciouses and one conscious are operative in the structuring of the
universe.
First Conscious |
Simple Noor |
(Noor-e-mufrad) |
Second Conscious |
Compound Noor |
(Noor-e-murakab) |
Third Conscious |
Simple Nasma |
(Nasma-e-mufrad) |
Fourth
Conscious |
Compound
Nasma |
(Nasma-e-murakab) |
MOHAMMEDAN REALITY
We pass through
three stages before an activity of life could be performed. Any action starts
from the Fantasy. This Fantasy is such information that is called Thought when
it deepens and descends upon the brain as a pressure. The information after
exerting pressure becomes stable. The information that takes the form of a
thought is devoid of form and features, or to be more exact, the features are
not registered upon the mind. But, when it deepens further, details of features
start emerging in the information about an activity. At this stage the thought
is visualized and we conceptualize the activity to be conducted. When this
stage of imagination attains depth it becomes a feeling. This is the descending
state of information, that is, information coming from the unseen realm takes
the form of a sensual feeling and then this feeling starts ascending towards
its origin after becoming imagination, thought and fantasy.
Conscious is
the name of that agency which provides information and knowledge about
something and the way he knows something after having a sensual feeling about
them. The psychologists during their detailed study of the conscious discovered
that conscious is such an instrument that receives information and ascribes
meaning to them. With this, they also considered that the information becoming
thoughts in a person after being translated into meanings must have some source
from where these are originating. The source from where the information is
emerging is named as the Unconscious. To wit, they acknowledged that there
exists another conscious, which is opposite to the conscious states known to
us.
When the
spiritual masters talk about the Conscious they do not mention one conscious
rather they tell us about four consciouses in all. According to them the universe
is composed of four consciouses, that is, the creation of the universe is based
upon four pillars and all the activities of the universe is being carried out
and processed by four consciouses. Mankind, in general, is familiar with only
one conscious but the people of learning and having a scholarly approach
consider that the life of man and the universe is composed of two consciouses.
This means that generally people are oblivious of the other three consciouses.
Deliberations
upon the teaching of the holy books including the holy Quran help us to
conclude that there are four consciouses in all and not one or two. The three
consciouses other than the conscious known to us are collectively termed as the
Unconscious.
Scholars in
defining Conscious say that it helps us to know the things that could take the
form of a vision to be sighted by the physical eyes, there is distance between
that thing and ourselves, it is solid, has gravity in it and can be felt
tactually.
When we come
in contact with something, first of all, a fantasy like state enters into our
mind, which transforms into a thought and the thought after attaining depth
becomes a visionary form of imagination, which becomes a sensual perception in
its last stage. This whole process of becoming a sensual perception of a
fantasy hardly takes a millisecond. This process is repeated continuously at such a great speed that the things present
before our sight
appears to be static and stationary. Anything
that we see present before our eyes is witnessed when it passes through the
stages of Fantasy, thought, imagination and feeling. After it is seen, it fades
away to become a fantasy following the same path backward. Fantasy, thought and
imagination are three states that ascend just as they make their descent. This
cycle of descent and ascent is divided into six circles. Or in other words, it
can be said that man is composed of six circles and four consciouses.
A person
desirous of knowing his reality in the cosmic perspective is required to know
the working of the six circles of descent and ascent. And, for having knowledge
in this regard it is necessary for him to know that man is composed of four
consciouses and just like the creation of man the whole universe, too, is
composed of these very four consciouses. The state of fourth conscious in which
one finds oneself after passing through three consciouses, is known as Royat
(Appearance). This is the state, which is known to the people in general. The
conscious of Royat is a combination of other three consciouses. Our life
commences in the Ultra-cosmic Conscious, which is invariant. The Ultra- Cosmic
Conscious is the stormy state of the Attributes of God that causes it to spurt
like a fountain, which at the third step becomes an individual. The first step
is when the Silhouette of the whole universe appears like a small tiny point
(dot). In the second step Silhouette of species emerges and in the final stage
it transforms and is exhibited into an individual.
When a
movement takes place in the countless colors, characteristics and properties
found in a person, a fountain of colors spurts from within and the feelings are
showered upon us. As this gushing fountain contains the entire range of colors
in it, therefore, to maintain the sequence of the colors in our memory or
conceiving these colors properly is almost impossible. This is the reason that
when we live in the senses of the fourth conscious, we commit mistakes. In
order to have a fair idea of the colors gushing out from the fountain we have to
seek the support of conjecture, therefore, all that we see in this state is
known as fiction and the world of assumptive senses. Since the fourth conscious
is influenced by the conjectures and fictions therefore, according to the view
point of spiritual sciences, it is not at all reliable and all that is witness
in the state of fourth conscious is declared as hypothetical and unreal.
In the
spiritualism the most reliable of all the consciouses is the First Conscious as
the holy will of God is revealed there and after having the knowledge of the
Will of God chances of mistake are eliminated. Since this conscious is the
source of all the realities, it is also named as the Reality of the Facts
(Haqiqat-ul-haqaique). The very same Conscious is also known as the Mohammedan
Reality (Haqiqat-e-Mohammadia). No prophet prior to Mohammad (PBUH) had
commented anything about consciousness of this degree. Their teaching remained
limited to the training of the Fourth and the Third Consciouses. Teachings of
the Christ do range up to the Second Conscious. Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH)
was the only amongst all the prophets who managed to explore the First
Conscious and for this very reason it is named after him as Haqiqat-e-
Mohammadia, which is termed as the Knowledge of the Pen ( Ilm-ul-qalum) in the
holy Quran.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
The book Loh-o-Qalum (The Pen and The Scripturum) was written by His Divine Grace, Qalander Baba Auliya at the behest of the Holy
Prophet; the Prophet
of Islam, (Peace
and Blessings of God
be upon him). This auspicious command was given
to him by the Holy
Prophet directly, in a manner, which is known as the Owaisian Manner.
Possessor of the
Insinuated Knowledge, Knower
of the Secrets
of the Command, “Be!” Proclaimer
of the Reality, the Kind Preceptor, His Divine Grace,
Hassan Ukhra Mohammad
Azeem Burkhiya Qalander Baba Auliya (May the blessings
of God be upon him),
whose saying is the saying
of God though uttered
through the human mouth, narrated
the contents, which
were inscribed on the
screen of my mind, by his strong Spiritual Influence, word by word ……. And, thus, this inspired
writing, stated by Qalander Baba Auliya and penned down by me took the form of Loh-o-Qalum
(The Pen and the Scripturum).
This knowledge of the Spiritual Science is the heritage of mankind and jinns. I, hereby, deliver this trust onto the present and the future generations of man and the jinns.