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The first movement, after awakening, is to
blink the eyes. This act of blinking the eyes, activates the sight. The sight or the act of
seeing is such a state which confirms our knowledge about something that a
thing does exist at this time i. e. mental perception about something is there.
This process appears to be associated with the memory but when memory is made
to recollect something or some external stimulus stimulates the memory of any
particular thing, the sight confirms its presence which, by then, has been able
to see the form and figure, features and outlines of the perceived thing under
the continuous action of blinking. This act of blinking only begins when the
Subtlety of Self comes into action. The movement of the Subtlety of Self
initiates propensity for something. The subtile sense of sight initiates mind's
inclination towards something, upon activation of the Subtlety of Self. After
awakening as soon as the eyes open man subconsciously longs to understand the
things present around hin1 and what are the situations of the ambient
environment. He wants informations about all these things, the informations which
are authentic. Nothing can satisfy him unless one of his own senses confirm and
verify the things around him Hence first initiative, to carry out this duty, is
taken by his sight. When the eyes are closed the function of the sight is
suspended, blinking puts an end to this suspension and the sight becomes
functional once again.
It is one of the laws of material world that
unless the eye-balls are not stroked by the eyelids the optic nerves do not function.
The senses contained 1n these nerves become functional when these are stroked
by the eyelids. It is a rule, as soon as the closed eyes· open they become
static for the first two or three moments. This state of inertness puts an end
to the movement of the Latent Subtlety. After this as soon as the centrality of
the Subtlety of self is moved, the inclination, trend or wish is initiated One
who wakes up, for instance, wants to know about the surroundings and tends to
understand his ambient environments. This is the first movement of the Subtlety
of Self which is continuously followed by more wishes and desires one after
another. This keeps going on till the movement of the Subtlety of self is
stopped. And, all the senses of the human body, just like the sight, keep on
verifying, confirming and completing the generated desires and wishes. When the
lights of the Subtlety of Self focus in a particular direction all the senses
also turn in that direction.
The most delicate and subtile of all the senses
is the sight which is the first to be affected by the light of the Subtlety of
Self. This light initially induces man to delve deeper into the realm of
thoughts. In this state the mind exhibits two types of images: one, pertaining
to meanings; the second, to figures. It does not mean that images pertaining to
meanings can occur without any form and figure or face and features. However
tenuous may the meanings are they have to have form, figure, shape and features.
When, in the beginning, the power of sight comes
into action, the sight witnesses the external objects in the inner and the
inner things in the outer. To explain this the example of the mirror can be
cited as such.
One type of example of mirror has been stated
earlier. In the other type the mirror dazzles the viewing sight and reveals the
virtual image of that which is there before it upon the sight.
This is that viewing which after coming out
from the inner takes the form of a scene.
Contrary to this when the act of viewing is
directed towards the inner from the out, in that case some 'stimulus' coming
before the sight causes it to behave as a mirror and furnishes informations to
the human mind through its form and features. If we delve into both the angles,
it is revealed that in every case the human mind ac and behaves like a mirror
and this is the only channel which enables the human soul to envision its
imaginations in an embodied form.
In a nutshell, an endless chain of existence of
objects remain there in the human mind. The mind in wl1ich the chain of
existence of objects is there, is the creation of the luminescences of the
Subtlety of Self. In other words, the lights of the Subtlety of Self, with
respect to their expanses, are pervading to infinitesimal limits. If an attempt
be made to demarcate these limitless lights then the whole universe will be
found engulfed in these lights which know no boundaries. These lights are
encompassing everything of the existents. It is not possible for any thought,
fantasy vision or image to exceed the lights. Circle of these lights in terms
of Sufism' called 'Jovviyah' (Confluence).
Whatsoever had ever occurred or is happening
presently or will ever happen in the Confluence, all is present before the
human sight. Whatsoever is there in the out the sight verifies it during
wakefulness If the sight could not make its access to it then its existence is
pointed out by the imaginations. If imaginations, too, fail to have access to
it, the thought expresses the same in the form of an idea. If something is even
beyond the limits of the reach of thoughts, the fantasy makes its· presence
felt somehow or the other. This, we have to admit on principle, that the lights
of the Confluence cause and make the human self expand limitlessly.
Those with the powers of Observation (Shahood),
during the course of spiritual association, have compelled the sight to see
into every expanse of the Confluence. The first lesson, according to the
teachings of prophets of Allah regarding this endeavour is to remain awake for
twenty-one hours and twenty minutes in each round of the clock. This practice
is called 'Tanween' (Varigation).
The second lesson of the Discernment; the
prophetic teachings is to continuously stare, without blinking, in the dark for
long intervals of time. This practice is known as 'Istarkha' (gazing in the
dark).
When lben-e-Hashshaam called upon Hazrat Owais
Quarni (Allah be pleased with him) he had to wait for seventy two hours, that
is, three days and three nights. After continuously performing supererogatory
rituals of worship for seventy two hour, he beseechingly prayed;
"O' Allah, I seek refuge with You, from
eating excessively and sleeping excessively".
A sufi, thus, arouses in himself the powers of
Observation by remaining awake continuously. Earlier it has been discussed
briefly that man possesses those abilities which keep on expressing their
virtues from time to time. Sight is one of the senses of man. Its creation,
formation and system will be discussed.
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.
