Do You Believe?

As the sea split apart and made a path and the cane became a python and as the carpets flew in the skies and birds talked of nations - or when the world brought forth all of its water and an ark floated for days  and when the moon split in two parts- humans went from one era to the other. What was reality once, is mythology now. What was common sense once, is super powers now. What was the normal once, is fairy tales now.

Do we humans then not question our own books? And if we do, do we retain the right to call ourselves muslims? Or christian, or hindu? What is religion now?

I see a whole lot of muslims sitting in a hall, listening to a religious person reciting verses and quoting from the Quran - talking.. telling us stories and everyone is sitting there enjoying , or getting bored or simply in awe. Many muslims will easily say, oh we cannot do what the Prophet did. He was HIM, we are nothing. Our self worth is in the gutters now. And guess what the reason is? Not USA, not anyone - no one. Just our own hearts and minds - which we have corrupted ourselves, by giving in to our own lower self - thus discarding the wisdom of belief and replacing it with the hell of logic and unfounded responsibility. For no reason whatsoever, we have opted for stress, ugliness and pain rather than beauty, wisdom and peace. But what do I do when I have to provide for my family and there is no job? Go crazy, run around town - get stressed and beg people, lie cheat - anything? Got you a job? Yes. And then , I worked and worked and provided - then I grew old and no one cares. They gave me a golden handshake and I am home now. And all these years, I have done everything to build my home. And, no one cares. My children are lost in their own lives, and all those people I strived to please are no longer around. And today, I realize, their must be more to life than just this.

What if, dear friend, you had decided on that day, when you did not have a job or whatever your problem may have been - that you will reflect. What if you did not freak out and you meditated, prayed and reflected on wisdom we got over 1400 years ago. You would have found what you REALLY need, what you are REALLY responsible for and who REALLY cares. You would have found your labor of love and lost those "lovely" people who were oh so concerned about your pocket and appearances. You would have probably lost a lot of people you consider important, but you would have definitely found peace, tranquility and success in your own free of nonsense personality. You would have perceived situations differently and never experienced stress. Hey! You may even have been much healthier than you are now. And, surprise - its still not too late. Because to feel old is to think you are old - its just your perception. YOUR perception is YOUR reality. So be really careful about this perception. If that gets twisted or goes the wrong way, so does your life and relationships and your whole being. Your days and nights are about your perception. And your perception is the child of your inner deep belief system. Its that belief system and this perception that get caressed and nurtured and stabilized, by a higher intelligence - your GOD. And God speaks to you day and night, but you see - you cannot hear. Why? Would you be able to hear a screaming voice in a Disco filled with loud music and booze? The chaos in your mind does not allow you to hear.

So you see, if you truly believe in God - and ALL humans minus a minority of Atheists, claim this belief- then you would truly look for his words and wisdom, won't you now? Yet, you do not. And when you do hear it, you find it all so hard to believe. What? Humans flew? Dead were brought to life? Honestly , can we for a minute realize that all this existed or exists? They sound like fairy tales after you see todays news on CNN. We would rather believe what a bunch of unknown guys say on a high powered TV channel. We want the seen, not the unseen. We cannot use all our senses, we are too lazy to even know we have other senses.

A good word for the Atheist though - he is definite and not hypocritical like most of us- at least he believes in nothing and not just any nonsense. Most of these atheists end up truly finding the Real God one day. For to believe partially and be oh so inconsistent is to be unstable and be subjected to the currents of life. A slap here and you are in the North and a kick there and you are in the south. The true believer and the true atheist stand on firm ground - and surprisingly get along just fine. The reason is, there is no lies or deceptions in their mind. For to be firm in belief is to be fearless and to be fearless is to be honest. Honesty gets us trust and trust finally becomes compassion and love and we then coexist.

Tragedy of mankind people : We cannot control, refine or realize our own perceptions and minds. We let anything influence it and we cannot even decide what to believe in.  What kind of education do we get? The one we pay for? What is the CRITERION of thought now?

Everyone fears death, and everyone dies. We fear the inevitable. And why does that have to be the acceptable way of thinking? It makes no sense to fear what is to be. Do you know why? Because we DO not believe in fate and that death is decided and its time written. We say we do, but we do not. Because we do a great deal of research in trying to stop it from happening. We can cure everything, but we cannot cure death. To work on cures, is great - to work on avoiding death - is ridiculous IF the belief is right. But in this twisted belief, we start to perceive it all differently. Oh, if he was not standing on that side of the road, the car would not have hit him and he would still be alive - you hear this sort of talk a lot. Decide, do you believe it was fate or do you believe its simple cause and effect and could have been altered? You cannot hang in the middle of these two very different perceptions - because if you do - you are really disturbing your own mental balance - so one day you will not fear death and the next day you will freak out at the news and thus get stressed and eventually paranoid or something of that sort and join that confused population that has no more morals. Real belief is never something like : Oh I believe totally that this was destiny, on the OTHER hand IF he had not gone out that day.. this would not have happened.. .  This is simple confusion and leads to a damn mental debate that , if prolonged, can lead to a mental disaster. Either stick with " this was destiny, ALHumdulilah" or Stick with " The NUT should not have gone out". Because then you will have a strong base to work from. Either way, you will come to a solid conclusion: God is behind it all. The destiny guy will get to it quickly, the other guy will get their after a lot of experimentation in cause and effect. But someone hanging between the two, will do just that - hang till he rots and then fall off the branch.

So my question, dear reader , is : Do you believe?

Tomorrow..

Your tomorrow depends entirely on your mind of today. Mind is the combinations of acquired thought, knowledge , notions, perceptions and self definitions. Reasoning and analysis of a variety of useful and useless things, situations and views. Are you organizing these? Are you seeking forgiveness for housing the wrong idea based on the criterion you are supposed to be using for this mind?The criterion is your book of religion - words of God. Are you processing it all right? You can. If you are, then your tomorrow is ALL GOOD - otherwise the discrepancy will show..and then you will say this was destiny. It was not.

a happy thought

All that sorrow, and all that grief.. my reaction to it and my anger within.. my notions.. my perceptions.. people who I think don't like me.. people I am angry at.. all my fears..ALL that I hate.. everything negative in this world.. is just an ILLUSION. It is not real.. just an illusion..

sigh...pheww.. what a relief...
:)
Keep smiling.

SIN

Define sin to me.

One could present a long list of activities that would be classified as SIN. And the one who does them is a SINNER.
So, what did the sinner do? Kill? Cheat? Lie? Drink? Hurt? - yes, indeed- many sins. But what did the sinner do?
The sinner, violated against their own being. The sinner caused grief to their own heart.

Sin is defining one's self incorrectly. Sin is living in an illusion. Sin is forcing an issue on the heart - sin is hurting one's own soul. For its only when you are unfair to yourself are you unfair to all life. How can you love anyone if you don't love yourself? And how can you love yourself if you never loved God. And how can you love God if you never even try to understand yourself?
Sin is to ignore your own heart. Sin is to hate yourself so much that you allow yourself to create chaos within and around. And how does a human relay what is within except with words and actions?

The Provider

We seek riches, recognition, power and all the nice things of this life. We work so hard for it and take so much joy in getting even some of it. Do we ever define what it is?
It is a condition we seek to be in. Just like birth and death, what is in between is also a conditions. Allah is the provider and generator of conditions. However, he has set formulas for each condition- each state of being. If something is done, felt , desired and sought and if the seeker seeks Only from his creator, the formula is revealed. And, for each soul, the formula is unique.. So , see not what others have and how they got it. Know what you want and seek it from Him.

PATHS

raah e talab pe chalna to kehnay ko asaan hai
jub ghor andheray chaatay hain
aur rahi dur dur girta hai
to kehta hai bus yehi baat
kai raah ghalat hi chunli thi
wo girna haar samajhta hai
wo phir uthnay se darta hai

bus yehi khata hai rahi ki
ke girkay wo dur jata hai
hur ana ussay ye kehti hai
"tu chorday raho pe chalna
aur younhi baith ke rota ja,
ke rah pe chalna asaan tha,
pur kaun chalay in rahon pe,
wo chalnay walay koi aur thay yaro
jo rahon pe bus chul niklay"

Jin chalnay walo ki baat kari
wo kitna girtay padtay thay
pur yar meray ye jano tum
wo gir gir pul pul sumbhaltay thay
aur uth ke phir se younhi
us rah pe dil say chaltay thay

na girna koi jeet nahin!
aur girna koi haar nahin!
baat hai sari jazbay ki
jo talab teri suchchi hai
to rahain teri apni hain
in rahon ka koi khauf nahin
hur manzil teri apni hai....

Conversation

Is it anyone else who conducts this conversation? Just you , and me. Yes, I have defined life. It is a conversation between you and me. It is a long conversation which is recorded in your books. You speak with a situation and I reply with an action and then you reply back with another situation and then wait for my answer to that. That is what life is. You talk to me with the people you bring in my life, I reply back in my dealings with them. You talk, all the time, I reply all the time. Then there are times when I talk and you reply. Action - situation. Cause - Affect. You created me to talk to me and you want to see the day when we both say the same thing - the cycle will be completed then. The conversation will become a complete agreement and turn into praise . A beautiful praise, wonderful exchanges of thought and emotion - yes- that will be the completion of this great debate.. we call life.

Thank you my God for making me worthy of this conversation....

A quiet moment for you...

In this chaos of life, where everyone is chasing someone or something - or even a thought. And in this debate within the mind, this argument that never ends - the constant evaluation of self - the moments of joy and the many many moments of sorrow - my love, I have a found a moment for you. A moment where there is no one, there is just you and me. I have taken this moment, I have stolen this moment from life - for you. And in this moment, I have found an eternity of love, and peace. Though I know that when I return, life will torture me even more for stealing this moment. Oh, but for this moment, I accept the torment... I accept the torment..

He brought you to me..

Every human association we have ever experienced in life is in fact a communication of God with us. Family, friends and people we meet. Some people hurt us and some people make us so happy. So , it is not the person that we should focus on so much, its who created that person and why they brought them to us. God shows his affection, His care and His wrath through people. He also tests people through people. And such has been my life. The last two blogs that I wrote were to Him- but they came out as something else and may have been misunderstood. I miss no one. Why miss anyone? We are eternal creatures - no one goes anywhere. The only thing that happens is Gods attention comes to you through other channels.

I am the luckiest person in the world, I got your love. You, my companion for life, are the amazing expression of Gods love and care for me. I love you and I love the one who brought you to me, eternally. I hope you do see that in my association with you. I hope you see His love, when you see me..

ONE

How can you know God is one? When you know that the good times were His mercy, the Bad Times were His tests or reminders and whatever you have now is His will. And when this is your reality, then your personality is such: You do not complain about people, you never curse anyone, blame anyone. You never waste time dwelling on the negative or getting too happy about the positive. Your smile becomes real and your presence stable. You view things , situations and people more deeply and you are so much more forgiving and understanding. You are also smarter and you become the best fighter in the world, the one that never has to fight. Your level of stress goes down substantially, and you never get bored. You feel a quiet and serene joy in your heart most of the time and you enjoy little pleasures and moments.
When you are like this, life is very different with you. Your life will be blissful and you will inspire people and you will bring joy to lives. When you know God is One in this way, then your desires and wants, your questions and your complaints and all that you feel, you will present to Him. You will pray and you will seek His guidance - for when he tests you, you will seek forgiveness from Him, and when He gives you joy, you will thank Him - and when you are sick, you will seek His mercy and soon you will love Him so you will seek to please Him by taking care of His creatures - so your soul will connect to the whole universe to the hearts of all people. You will be a MOMIN. A Believer.

" And worry not , and fear not you are the Superior IF you are grateful and a Momin" This is God's promise in the Quran.

Try to stop the blame game and try and submit to the Creator. Life WILL change for the better.

Unexpected Encounters

You think you are pretty much ok with life and that you know all the people you could know, you bump into a person, an entity or even a ghost that gives you a whole new perception of life. Or , you could give them a whole new perception of life. Every creature is a miracle of their creator.

Moments Passing

As time passes by, I begin to wonder how one should react to time. It is an amazing concept this time is. For some, years have gone by in a few months and for some months have only passed in years. For some, a day is but a moment and for others it is a 24 hour ordeal. Time is whatever I want it to be. Yes, that is what it is...

Manifestations

All that we experience, and all that we see, hear and touch are manifestations of an expression from the source of all life - God. So curse not the one that hurt you and praise not so much the one that benefited you.. Don't worry about the manifestation - go to the source directly and your life will be as you wish it to be.

changes

A time has come where all we see around is changes. Some people wishfully think that the changes will be according to their wishes. I , however, have concluded something else. I believe that changes occur each minute. Small, insignificant changes that create a huge change one day suddenly. The fact of the matter is, no one is really in control. Whatever happens is caused or allowed to be. There is a superior force that is running this whole show at all levels. I firmly believe that people who cause a huge change somewhere are not even aware of what they have done. One thing led to another, good or bad, it happened. Of course, this does not mean that they will not be judged like all humans will be. But we and them will be judged for the intention we had - and frankly not even for the act itself. Think about it.
At one time, when we saw the news - we would curse some leader or the other - but now I look at it and say only one thing: Praise Be to Allah. How can one person do all this? I cannot call him anything knowing the facts of life that I know. This person is a created entity. He did not choose his birth and he will not choose his death. He is subjected to life just like everyone else. Yes, he is in a position of power - but who put him there? We believe that stations are given by God right? One way or the other he was brought to where he is today and given the power to decide. Even when it comes to the decision making process - he is subjected. Would you disagree? Think of the times when you have to make decisions. How many processes you go through and how many people you seek advice from. He is subjected to the same. No matter how rich or poor you are, you remain human and thus subjected to the human condition.
Having said that, we come to a point where we would like to look deeper into life. We have left the surface and gone deeper. At the surface its many things and many judgments and many ideas - but when you go deeper - all that disappears. We enter the world of intention and belief.
Feelings stem from these two phenomena. The attention of the inner mind the longings and the desires. What we had sought and wanted and searched for. Worked on and begged for. Thus, all this unseen energy is then transformed into the seen through actions taken - and so we are held responsible or rewarded depending on how beneficial or damaging that act was or is. We often hear and see that many people committed the same crime and some got punished and others got away with it. Who is to say who is better off?
You see, life is a series of many events happening simultaneously. And that is the beauty of it all. That is the beauty of creation and its administration. We say again, all praise be to Allah. This one source of all life has created and then directed to a result all of his creation and that is what is going on. Passage of time is just the movement of all this creation into a direction willingly or unwillingly. And this has been proven time and time again through various events, miracles and common situations.
Knowing this, if one knows it indeed, why do we react? Why do we still react to anything at all? What is it that makes us react? The same phenomena of change and movement. These reactions often lead to a shift in the situation which was meant to be also. And thus the motion starts in that direction which then shifts to something else at some point in time. One realizes how it is all working very smoothly indeed.

Human Condition

It does not get any easier does it. The human condition. All that humans do , is because of the human condition. What is the human condition? It is basically the existence on earth. The fear of death. The affect of time. The concern. All this is the human condition. Can it be overcome. Yes! It can be.
The following is only for people who believe in a God. If you do not believe in a God, then you may not agree with a lot of what I have to say here.
You see, God created man. So every condition that man has to go through is from God. These conditions are signs of God. To put it simply, he is talking with situations that we may be in. The situation, good or bad - points out how we are perceived by him. What he is trying to say. It can get extremely complicated if try to get into the details of it WHILE we are living. We simply do not have time, since we are dealing with situations constantly. In most instances, we even forget that there is a God, let alone consider the possibility of him showing anything to us through the circumstance.
After a lot of frustration and going through a lot of different emotional situations, most of us lose it totally or are completely exhausted. And finally, we say - God what did I do wrong? BEEP! Wrong question. My suggestion: Do not ask questions - you may or MAY NOT get an answer so its a risk. Why take a risk?
Here is the solution: Ask for forgiveness regardless of the situation. Keep asking for it. Consider this, there is so much humans have no idea about - yet they are here - in this condition - the human condition. Seeking forgiveness for anything if anything and everything wrong we may have done during the day does many things to the mind and soul. It makes us better people and opens a new window in the mind. We see things more clear and thus the impact of the human condition is less. We can in fact reach a stage while alive on earth where we are no longer subjected to the human condition and thus are able to ordain things.
A great poet called Iqbal wrote: Raise yourself to a level so high, that before a decision is made God asks you - Say what be your will?
You raise yourself by seeking forgiveness and then going deeper into this relationship that will exist no matter what.

Lebanon

She has suffered forever for the actions of others living in her and around her. She is beautiful and loving. She welcomes everyone with open arms and makes sure that they are comfortable. She never hurt anyone, she never wanted to. She never could even if she wanted to - she was too forgiving.

For years, she was abused by her neighbors and for years she cried. Yet, when she could get even, she chose to forgive.

Even today, as she suffers the many blows she gets each day - all she says is: Please, do fix what you break. I am hurt as it is - don't hurt me more. I am lonely in a crowd. The one that inflicts you from me, is not from me. It could even be from you. And why do you want me to die? I hurt no one. I brought you beauty and love and I brought fruits few can bring. Why do you want me to die?

Pain - a friend...

Pain unlimited you have taught me to smile and showed me life. Oh pain, you are my friend and it is with you I see the true colors of life. You hold my hand and help me to grow into a mind that is far greater than what it was. Pain, had it not been for you I would continue in my perceptions of life that I used to have. The ones that introduced me to you. Oh pain, my friend , you showed me the people who were real to me and the ones that really did not care. OH pain, you taught me to respect the moments of happiness that you sometimes let us see.
Yes, had it not been for you , I would know not what pleasure is. You are a true friend if there was any. You can be pleasure if only we could see how nice you are to us.

Alone

To live alone is bliss. In this day and age, I think few people would disagree. Two people meet and feel they can spend the rest of their life together. One day, they realize that someone has to sacrifice something to make it work. And then , neither want to sacrifice anything and in fact want the other to accept how they are or what they seek.

Make sure, you are both walking in the same direction and not towards each-other. The Bump can hurt.

KSA has a very high divorce rate!

Ghalib - One that Overcomes.

The great show that goes on each day..

Ghalib says:

A playground of children is this world to me
A show is on day and night in front of me..

He saw right through this life and realized, that not much of it is real. A lot of it is action based on assumption of what may be or could be.. and thus the show. But how did he see right through this life? By accepting all the pain and misery it has to offer in one go. He took it all in within a few years. This is possible for anyone, if they would dare like Ghalib dared. The risk is only one, you will either conquer all fear and pain - or you will totally lose your mind. One who can write as did this great poet definitely has come to his senses, rather than lose them!

The prison of life and sadness and sorrow , are in fact one and the same..
Why then before death , shall humans be saved from sorrow?

He defines this life as a prison which restricts the flight of the soul and confines it, while death is the door that lets it out.

Read more about the works of Mirza Ghalib, the poet of the Royal Court of India once upon a long ago.

The Solution

We hear so many people just complaining about what is around them. Is it not sad, that whatever is around them is their own creation? They indirectly or indirectly chose to be where they stand and then they complain , blaming an external force or person or situation. Sad. What is even more sad, is that they are totally unaware of the power they possess. And in fact its their choice to be where they are.

I have worked with persons claiming to be in impossible situations. At the end of our sessions, those persons were out of their situation and you know what? I did not do it for them, they did it themselves. I just guided them through the maze of the mind. From acceptance to realization to visualization, their issue ended. And they did it. At that point , it was proven to them beyond any doubt - that they have the power to change their own lives by changing what is in the mind. This theory is real and it is also backed by a verse in the Holy Quran which basically clearly states that Allah does not change the condition of a nation until they change what is in their hearts. Heart means the inner mind, soul. The essence of humans is their minds and its perceptions and beliefs. So its the belief system that we work with. We dig deep into the mind of the person and extract the poison. Poison which decays the brain simply by existing. Poison such as doubt, fear and wrong notions which in time become belief and directly affect choices and perceptions and eventually actions. And we all know, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So if you find yourself in an undesirable situation, try to work on finding out the action that you took, what you did that caused that situation to be. There is NO other answer to it. Yes, we can sit there and blame so many things and people, but sorry - that's not the solution. It is temporary ego relief. It is denial of fact.