Muraqaba:Art and Science of Sufi Meditation, is the English translation of the bestselling Urdu book about Sufi Meditation and Spiritual Healing by Sufi-Master Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi, 81. Besides Sufi Meditation Muraqaba also includes Color Therapy, practical methods for Breathing exercises (pranayama), Sungazing for enhancing Energy levels, and exercises designed to improve mental concentration (dhayana) and memory. These exercises help combat Depression and Anxiety, lower High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), cure Insomnia, and ease and lessen chronic pain as well as other common ailments of our time. Learn how Muraqaba can help you develop paranormal abilities (Siddhis) like clairvoyance, clairvision and telepathy. For those who are more interested in practicing Sufi Meditation for spiritual growth, Sufi-Master Azeemi has created a 16-week step-by-step program of Sufi Meditation and respiratory exercises with
dhikr Also included in Muraqaba are Sufi stories and case reports of Muraqaba students and others who have used the healing methods given in this book.
What is Muraqaba?(Sufi Meditation)
By
Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Patriarch,
Sufi Order of Azeemia
When we try to learn a new skill or try to gain knowledge about a specific
subject, we follow a guideline or a system, which demands that we pay
attention to the subject to fully understand it. Our mind becomes curious to
know the where, how and what of it. When we pay attention to the minor
details, that minor point itself gains value. However, when we ignore the
most important part and do not pay any cognitive attention to it then even
that major point loses its value and importance. Through contemplation we
gain knowledge about any object and the deeper that knowledge, the more we
learn about that object and its qualities.
Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is the name of that contemplation through which man is able
to gain the knowledge which is the primordial knowledge of his Ego, Self, or
Soul. After gaining that knowledge, any man can gain access to his Ego or
Soul.
It appears that the person performing Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is simply sitting in a pose
with his or her eyes closed. However, merely shutting the eyes and assuming
a specific pose does not serve the purpose. Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is in fact an angle of
perception through which the person doing the Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) frees himself or
herself from outward senses and begins their journey in the inward senses.
Now we are going to look into whether or not the Muraqaba (Sufi meditation)-like conditions or
states exist in us, without adopting the specific pose of Muraqaba (Sufi meditation).
Freedom from outward senses happens in our daily life, both involuntarily
and voluntarily. For example, we go to sleep and while sleeping our brain
disconnects from outward senses. It is true that this disconnection is
temporary however; this condition could not be termed as anything but
disconnection from outward senses. Hence, we can say that Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is in
fact a way of imposing a state of sleeping without going to sleep.
Every human being, from the time of birth to death spends life in two
states. In other words, in the human mind there are two types of conditions
that prevail every moment of our life. One of these conditions or state is
wakening and the other sleeping or dreaming. In the wakening state, they are
trapped in Time and Space while during dreaming they are free from the
confines of spatiotemporal limitations. This freedom of Time and Space is
sought through Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) by converting the state of sleeping or dreaming into
an awakened state. Because during Muraqaba (Sufi meditation), a person goes through the same
conditions that he or she goes through while sleeping or dreaming.
The notion that dreams are nothing but thoughts is not correct. In all
scriptures including the Quran (Koran), dreams have been mentioned. The
dreams that were mentioned in the Quran show that the realm of dream is free
from the restrictions imposed by Time and Space. When a person tries to
impose the state of dreaming through Muraqaba (Sufi meditation), they free themselves from
that spatiotemporal boundaries and they journey through the realm of dream
the way they travel while fully wake. All existing things need foundation;
without it they could not survive. This is not something that is hard to
comprehend. For example the foundation of a chair is its legs. A house
remains erect only when inside the earth its foundation is laid. Similarly,
we can only learn a subject or a branch of knowledge when we know its
basics. These basics (or formulas) are considered as the foundation of any
branch of knowledge. God has revealed it in the Quran,
Al-Lah is the Light of the heavens and
earth.
In this Universe, there are several worlds and galaxies. The Essence and Reality of God is something only God knows or those with whom He has shared His Secrets. How much of this information God has shared with His chosen servants is not our concern. However, we do know that God created this entire universe for us humans. It is stated on several occasions in the Quran that the foundation of this universe is the Light (nur) of God. Based on this fact it is imperative that Man and all of his abilities be centered on one foundation.
It is our daily observation that not all of our actions, motions, whims, thoughts, imaginations, and feelings are dependent on the body of bones and flesh. Because when the Spirit disconnects its link with the physical body then this body of bones and flesh is unable to act on its own. As long as the Spirit is attached with the body, all the needs, and functions necessary for life are present. In other words, Spirit (ruh) is the foundation of the body.
According to the Quran(Koran), a limited knowledge of the Spirit is given. Nevertheless even this limited knowledge is still knowledge. What we are trying to emphasize is that what we consider Man is a body of bones and flesh, though that Man is nothing but fiction. The real Man is the one that protects that skeleton of flesh and keeps it in motion, whom the Quran calls ruh (Spirit). This ruh, in order to fulfill the needs of life uses a medium. We call this medium, chromosomes. In the Quran, God has said that, We poured Our ruh in him (Adam). In other words, ruh created a medium and after that gave him the senses. ruh is in fact a component of the Divine and in it all the knowledge of Divine Discretions and Attributes are present, which God so Willed. Just how this knowledge was acquired by the component, is a Divine Mystery, which could never be explained.
There are eleven thousand generators (latifa, plural lataif) at work inside the Man. According to Sufism, there are eleven thousand Divine Names as well. Every Divine Name is an Attribute and every Divine Attribute is knowledge (ilm). This knowledge further expands into more and more spheres to become a manifestation of the Divine Attributes.
To enter the unseen world (al-ghayb) or to behold anything beyond Time and Space, we have to first free ourselves from the clutches of spatiotemporal restrictions. This is only possible when the vision that sees Time and Space frees itself from its boundaries. To activate that vision, certain exercises have been created through which even if the human mind is not totally free at least it is able to come close to it.
Now the next question is to how and when the human senses could be freed from that restriction. One example is the state of dreaming. Sleeping actually is getting freedom from the diurnal senses, which are Time and Space. When we go to sleep then our senses are transferred to a realm where the state of Time and Space do exist but not in the chronological order in which we spend our life. The Second way is that while wake human mind could focus on any object with full concentration. For example when we read an interesting book, we often lost track of the time. When we finally look at our watch, we then realized that so much time had elapsed, though we were not aware of it.
In the Quran, the event of Moses receiving the Torah is mentioned in the following verse,
And We promised Moses thirty nights and fulfilled it in forty nights.
Day and night are mentioned in Quran in the following verses,
And We enter night into the day and let the day enter into the night.
We take the night out of the day and take the day out of the night.
We cover the day onto night and night into the day
When we contemplate these verses of Quran, we realized that day and night are in fact two senses. In other words, our life is divided into two senses. One of the senses is day the other one is night. During the day senses (diurnal senses) restricted with Time and Space while during night senses (nocturnal senses) we are free from these restrictions.
The Divine Statement that We promised Moses thirty nights and fulfilled it in forty nights, is interesting. Because Moses did not simply spend forty nights there, his entire stay was forty days and forty nights. It was not that he was spending the nights at the place and coming back during the day. He did spend his entire stay at the Mount. Interestingly God did not mention days in the verse instead mentions only night. It clearly suggests that during those forty days and forty nights, Moses was under the influence of nocturnal senses. The same nocturnal senses, which free us from the restrictions of Time and Space.
Hence, anyone who would impose the nocturnal senses during the period of day and night on themselves would be free from the confinement of Time and Space. This freedom from spatiotemporal restriction is the way to exploring the unseen realm and getting intuitive information.
During a battle, an arrow injured Amirul Momineen Ali ibn abi Talib. It had entered his thigh and the pain was excruciating. The surgeons could not operate on it. Because of extreme pain he would not let them even touch it. One of his companions suggested to surgeons that they wait until Imam Ali began his prayer. When Imam Ali began his prayer, the surgeons were able to operate on him without him showing any sign of pain. By the time he was done with his prayers, Imam Ali realized that the surgeon had already performed the surgery and the wound had already been stitched. This event is another example of the negation of Time and Space. When Imam Ali started his prayers, his senses went from diurnal state into nocturnal state. The moment his mind entered the nocturnal senses his focus was shifted away from the diurnal senses (restriction and pain). The foundation of Spirituality is based on the reality that Man has two senses, two brains, and two lives. Just like the two sides of a coin, it has two sides.One life is restricted; the other one is free. Constrained life is day, wakefulness, and consciousness. On the other hand, free life is the name of night, joy, peace and the contentment of the heart.
To gain that life the easiest method in Spirituality is Muraqaba (Sufi meditation). Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) is in fact the name of an exercise, effort and the angle of perception. Through it, anyone can enter the nocturnal senses while keeping the diurnal senses active as well.
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"Without Spiritual vision, belief is nothing but an assumption. "
Shaykh Azeemi
For well over four decades, Sufi-Master Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi has been helping millions of people through his unique style of Spiritual Healing in which he blends Color Therapy and Parapsychology with centuries old Sufi Meditation methods. It all began with his advice column in a newspaper and a weekly class on Sufi Meditation at his home in the 60's.
Within a few years that small class on Sufi Meditation transformed into a huge gathering where people from all walks of life, age, gender, ethnic and religious backgrounds gather twice daily for Muraqaba (Sufi Meditation) sessions. Shaykh Azeemi has written more than 35 books so far, including such topics as Telepathy, Parapsychology, Qalandar Consciousness, Color Therapy, Tasawwuf and more. Many of them have been translated into English, Russian, Arabic and Farsi.
Shaykh Azeemi firmly believes that the fruits of Spiritual knowledge are not confined to one group or faith. Because of this belief, many of his students, as well as those who have benefited from his advice and teachings of Sufi meditation as well as Sufi healing methods, come from different backgrounds and faiths.
Even at the advanced age of 80, he still sees hundreds of people daily at the main convent of the Sufi Order of Azeemia.Thanks to his efforts, there are now well over 50 Meditation Halls in Pakistan as well as over 26 others around the world including Unites States, Canada, UK, Russian Federation, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, Thailand andUAE.
Born Khwaja Shamsuddin Ansari on October 17, 1927 in Siharanpur, U.P., India
into a radical Sunni cleric household; young Shamsuddin saw firsthand the
superficiality of the legalistic outward religion. Growing up he had several
encounters that provoked his interests in the esoteric side of religion. At the
young age of twenty, he set out on the quest of finding a true murshid (Sufi
Master). That nine-year journey took him from his native city to places like
the Patiala State, India and then to Lahore and then later Sadiqabad,
Pakistan. Finally in Karachi, he arrived at the doorsteps of the Syed
Muhammad Azeem a.k.a.
Qalandar Baba Auliya
Sufi Master Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi is the Patriarch of the Sufi Order of
Azeemia and a renowned Spiritual scholar and best-selling author from South
Asia. Besides being the author of over 35 books, he has written
numerous articles on Parapsychology, Telepathy, ESP, Color therapy and on
meditation. He has spent most of his life guiding the serious seekers of
Self-awareness from all walks of life and also in dispelling the ignorance
of the orthodox Muslims by awakening the higher consciousness of the
Ultimate Reality. Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
founder of the Sufi
Order of Azeemia and grandson of the famous Indian Sufi,
Baba Tajuddin
The next fourteen years under his tutelage saw his transformation from an undereducated and functionally illiterate person into the respected author, advisor, healer and spiritual teacher. In 1962, Shaykh Azeemi started writing articles on spirituality in various Pakistani newspapers and magazines. The most famous of them was his advice column Roohani Daak, in Urdu Daily Jung. People from all walks of life and faith would write to him for his advice on their problems. On average, Shaykh Azeemi received 3,000 mails a day. Because of its huge success, a monthly magazine Roohani Digest was launched in 1978. Shaykh Azeemi is the Editor in Chief of the magazine. In 1979 before his physical death, Qalandar Baba Awliya designated Shaykh Azeemi as the Patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia.
What sets this Sufi Order apart from most of the other Orders is that it is available to people from all the faiths. Hence, a number of Shaykh Azeemi's students are Hindus, Christians and Zoroastrians as well as members of other faiths. The main headquarters of the Sufi Order of Azeemia is its convent (khanqah) at Surjani Town, subdivision of Karachi, where Shaykh Azeemi still receives and gives free advice to people daily. The convent holds weekly Muraqaba sessions as well as training classes and lungar.
Since 2001, Shaykh Azeemi has delegated most of his editorial responsibilities to his eldest son and shaykh-designate Dr. Waqar Yousuf Azeemi. Mr Waqar Yousuf Azeemi, Ph.D. himself an author, was recently elected the Finance-Secretary of the prestigious All-Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), an organization credited with upholding and striving for the freedom of press in that country.
Healing Power of Color Therapy
By Sufi-Master Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Every person is under the influence of one color or another, and s/he sees life through the filter/glass of that color. Yet, people don’t normally think about colors. We are inspired by viewing pictures and paintings but don’t give much attention toward the nature of colors. If we become more aware of the reality that colors are actually important to our lives and our perspective on life, then gradually the deeper mysteries of our own selves will be revealed.
The color we choose for our apparel and home are the result of our deep, natural interest in those colors. The colors we use for our apparel create an effect on our environment. We choose the color of our clothes through inner inspiration, which tells us which color will be good for us.
It is possible that a color we do not like at this point in time may look good to us a year from now. This change indicates that the flow of colors/light in our inner core has changed. If we pay close attention to which colors are present in our environment, what color of clothes we normally wear, and the color of our food, then we will realize that ”Our life is nothing but colors.”
The light, heat, and color of vibrant rainbow waves create effective vibration on all living tissue. These frequencies create different effects on the tissues. Therefore, with the help of colors, every disease inherited since the beginning of mankind can be treated.
All colors discharge pulsing light waves, which create the feeling of either cold or heat after colliding with an object. The wave length of the color red is the longest due to the slow wave frequency, and the wave length of the color purple is the shortest, due to the fast frequency.
Red creates the feeling of heat, while a sky blue color creates the effect of coldness. Green is the color that creates balance. Blue creates the feeling of spaciousness in the environment, while the density of red limits its frequency and movement.
Different colors create different feelings and effects (e.g., burning and itching by red, warming effect from orange, light warming from yellow, green feels no warm no chill, and jujube affects cold with pinching feeling.) Color creates feelings of byte, cut, hurt, crush or hit, or sting as well.
Through experience it has been seen that patients of stress and sleeplessness are fast cured with purple, blue & turquoise blue colors.
Red, orange and yellow colors are invigorating and help combat laziness and weakness. There is a saying with Color Therapists that putting patients in a pink color environment subdues the emotions of violence and revenge. Pink acts as a tranquilizer for veins and muscles. The effects of pink are now used to balance sex, family disputes, business matters, and jails. Through the pink color, anger is lowered. Under pink, muscles don’t experience stress and tension. Even blind people feel relaxed in pink colored rooms.
One day while doing breathing exercise and contemplating colors and their effect on the body, I received intuition that sunlight includes all colors, and these colors fulfill our nutritional requirements. If we store sunlight in our biological system, then it can fulfill our nutritional requirements. Following this inspiration I use to sit facing towards East before sunrise and through breathing pointed my mind towards a specific aliment of my body and imaginatively directed sun rays into my stomach. As a result there was no need for food except for water and neither did I felt any weakness. However while walking I felt much lighter and I felt I was walking in space, and solid walls looked like as if they were made of paper.
Sunlight has minerals and gases included, both of which are an important component of human food. Food gives us energy and strength. If we use food and light (combination of colors) together it increases this energy two fold.
The best way to absorb colors is to use fruits and vegetables. The sunlight is directly absorbed into fruits and vegetables. However, we have to ensure a color balance in our diet by not over-cooking or deep frying our fruits and vegetables because a lot of the nutrition in the colors is lost during this process.
Red Rays are found in Iron, Zinc, Copper, Potassium, Oxygen, Beet, Radish, Spinach, Red cherry & Red covered fruits.
In this color the emotions of deep interest, will-power, and passion are involved. During life crises when relationships come to an end and expectations are broken and no opinion or plan works, the color Red becomes predominant in the core-center of mind. When the mind is under the influence of Red, everything seems to be red.
The imbalance of Red in the red-color center (the mind) is proof of abnormal emotional attachments or spoiled emotions.
People who posses the color Red in balance help other people; these types of people worry about Humanity and their race. They utilize all their abilities in their favorite activities.
People under the influence of Red lead a good life. Since they cannot control themselves regarding eating, drinking, and other matters, they are often overweight. We necessarily pass through an era of life when the color Red is more predominant than all the other colors. It is usually during adolescence that the color Red becomes very powerful. It is an interesting thing that in boxers oxidized red color is dominant. A person with prevailing Red color takes special care of his/her health. Predominant Red color people are also interested in bodybuilding.
This color stimulates emotions, produces happiness, and is full of life. In today’s lifestyle people mostly spend their time sitting in cars, in-front of televisions, or in offices and don’t exercise. As a result the epicenter of the color Red remains de-activated causing decline to surround them quickly. The excess of Red causes a tendency towards a scattered-mind, peevishness, displeasure, and tyranny towards people.
The Nature or Temper of Red is Warm. This color has a more constructive ability. This color creates an impulse in blood: if red color is displayed on the back bone in anemia patients then the number of R.B.C (Red Blood Cells) is increased. If a part of the body is paralyzed, then emitting Red rays on that part increases the flow of blood, and the nervous system becomes normal. If the same rays are cast upon the navel and upper limb, then it creates stimulation in stiff veins.
Reddishness in the yellow epicenter increases stomach pain. The increase of red in the lower center of the throat is the cause of swelling tonsils and scratchiness in the throat.
According to chemical analysis, the color Yellow is stored in Gold, Calcium, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Platinum, Sodium, Phosphorus, Carrots, Golden Grains, Banana, Pineapple, Lemon, Grapefruit, & other Yellowish covered fruits.
Yellow is the color of Research. Predominantly Yellow colored people have a keen interest in learning. Such Men/Women spend their life full of studies. Scientists, Politicians, and Business people are mostly under the influence of this color.
People whose core-center of mind has more density of Yellow color then normal are Materialistic and they prefer their own benefit over that of others.
Any Yellow colored person is successful in worldly matters because he knows the art of making money and spending it in the right manner. Yellow is the sunlight color, people with the color Yellow are active and adopt a good lifestyle.
Yellow stimulates the mind. If you’re ever feeling anxiety, then the color Yellow will help. In a room where there’s no sunlight, Yellow creates a pleasant effect on one’s mood.
In Color Therapy,Yellow is used as an excellent cure for Stomach related diseases. It improves digestive strength by releasing gases from the stomach. It is beneficial in diseases such as Hemorrhoids (Bleeding),
Diabetes and diseases of Liver. This color removes blemishes from the body. Deficiency of Yellow becomes a cause of diseases and its excess is one of the reasons for Fever.
Green color exists in Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Platinum, Aluminum, Chlorophyll, and several vegetables & green covered fruits.
Green is a Tranquilizing color. Predominantly Green colored people are full of love, and the rays of love spread from them, which makes the environment lighter. Other people are madly in love with Green colored people. People with prevalent green color are often farmers and gardeners.
Because the Green color is created with the combination of Yellow & Sky-Blue colors, minds of people under the influence of Green color remain very active. They listen attentively to other people’s opinions. People come to them in large numbers to tell them their problems and ask for solutions. These Men/Women love kids and animals and they are happy in their company. The teachers of nursery classes have this color in them in good quantity. Due to the blending of Sky-Blue color, these people have a special relationship with water, lakes, rivers, and oceans. By temperament they are very balanced and don’t get angry very often, but due to being soft-hearted they are often shocked and hurt quickly. These people tend to wear light-colored clothes. Green colored people are never satisfied with their work. They like to explore new grounds and they are very determined.
If the Green color becomes excessive in the Yellow center of the Stomach, then not only these people not only become emotional but also become worried of other people’s conditions. Such people are easily affected by every feeling of life, and keep thinking about past experiences, which can lead to stress on the stomach.
Deficiency of Green-ness in the core-center of the mind becomes the cause of one-sided behaviors and narrow heartedness in achieving life’s goals.
If Green becomes more deficient then normal in the throat, it creates harshness in conversation, and if it’s in excess of normal, the conversation becomes so soft that other people use Green-centered people for their own purposes.
The color Green is highly-effective for helping with the nervous system and high blood pressure. This color in itself contains the characteristics of an elixir for healing wounds. It is the panacea for patients of ulcers. Most of the Vegetables are Green colored; if they are taken in any form, cooked or un-cooked, the effects of the Green color are inhaled into the body.
A combination of Green and Blue colors creates Turquoise-Blue; this color energizes skin tissues. This color is the best cure for burnt skin from sunlight and itching. It creates a tightness in shrunken skin and skin full of wrinkles, which becomes the cause of attraction in personality.
Sky blue color exists in Aluminum, Cobalt, Zinc, Lead, & all Sky-Blue colored fruits & vegetables, like Grapes, Potato, Dried Plum, and Pear. It’s also found in fish & chicken.
Sky-Blue is the symbol of One-ness with God; it is a spiritual color. The Sky-Blue color in Aura indicates that this person is a master, that he or she governs a relaxed temperament and is versed with spiritual know-how. The deepness of the color is relative to the level of spirituality, honesty, insight, and sacredness.
Sky-Blue dominant people are God-Fearing Servants of Humanity, Thinkers of the signs of God, and lovers of Prophets and Saints of God. The men/women of this color believe the Thinking-Approach of Holy-Prophets ast ideal for their lives. They preach equality, brotherhood, and keep away from dissension.
Sky Blue has more importance when compared to the other colors. The temper/effect of this color is cold. This is the opposite of Red. This color is very effective in treating Fever, reducing Psychological Stress, balancing a shooting pulse, and relaxing the mind. Sky-Blue also helps to control high-blood pressure. Sky-Blue is helpful in making nerves relaxed and reducing Psychological and physical tension.
In Color Therapy Sky-Blue is used in treating diseases such as Normal Fever, Red Fever, Typhoid, Plague bubonic, Small pox, Epilepsy, Hysteria, Heart convulsion, High blood pressure, Thrush, Jaundice, Bile, Eye diseases, Poisonous Sting, Itch, Stomach ulcer, Dental Diseases, & Sleeplessness.
If there is a some reddishness in Sky-Blue color then it becomes Blue color.
Predominantly Blue colored people have an interest in the treatment of living beings. Doctors and Physicians are often blue colored. These people don’t talk too much, but people in their company acquire self awareness, as if these people are like mirrors in which people see themselves. Such people are calm, silent, and soft humored. They posses a quality that encourages people to feel relaxed in their company.
In Color Therapy Blue is used for the treatment of Blood cleaning, Swelling of Eyes, a few Ear's diseases (noise in ear, eruptions in ear), Nerve Soreness, Breathing Infections/Diseases, Soreness of Lungs & Nose, Tonsils, & Cough.
Purple color contains equal quantities of Red & Blue colors.
Predominantly Purple colored people are sensitive and express this sensitivity in different ways.
Purple is the color of Artists and Painters. Until, and unless, we have some quantity of purple in our selves we cannot sense beauty.
If the ratio of Red color is higher in the Purple color, the expression of it will be seen as an inclination towards sex; however, if Blue color’s ratio is more, then situation will be opposite. Sometimes these people are lost in themselves, which often happens with good artists. There is more Spiritual potential in purple-colored people. If their third eye is opened, then they can see the Hidden (Ghayb). In these people the passion of constructiveness is present at all times. These people think less for themselves and more for humanity and are always worried that somehow humanity should benefit from their presence. They don’t want to waste even five minutes of their lives.
Purple color stimulates the Spleen & improves repulsive strength of the body. The color Purple helps to maintain Potassium and Sodium balances. Purple color controls unnecessary stimulation of all glands, including the Lymphatic Glands. This color is also useful in losing weight by controlling appetite. It reduces extreme Psychological pressure and the condition of stress. This color is a great recipe for deep and relaxed sleep.
The color purple is also useful in the treatment of Sexual Diseases, Urinary Infections, Gonorrhea, Frequent Urination, Diabetes, All Vaginal Diseases, Leucorrhoea, Swelling of Kidneys, and Stones in the Bladder.
If Yellow color is mixed with Purple, it becomes Magenta. A person under the influence of this color has good managerial abilities.
After spending a certain time in this world, we leave our physical body and begin our journey in another world. In that world we have to deal with the milky light. The milky light can also be seen through the Third Eye or the Ajna chackra.
The milky light maintains its balance and the balance of others as well. This light is also absorbed in things used by the body. This is why the things used by Spiritual People are preserved as benedictions. Pure and gentle waves keep spreading out of their graves and the dispersion of these waves is called “Grace.” The pure and chaste inside of these individuals is filled with divine light, which continues enlightening the whole environment. People who are covered with white (milky) light waves are reticent and take out time from worldly matters in order to sit in solitude and meditate.
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Breathing
By Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Understanding the Law of Vision is indispensable before embarking upon learning the calisthenics of telepathy. Our existence is nothing but vision. When we concentrate on an object i.e., gaze steadily at it, eyes first absorb it then bring it to the mental screen. Subsequently the mind sees it, feels it and ascribes meanings to it. According to the Law of Vision when an object is gazed, the image of that object is retained on the screen of the mind for fifteen seconds and with the act of blinking it gradually slides into memory and is replaced by some other image.
When the vision is focused on an object for more than fifteen seconds the same image keeps on recurring on the screen of the mind, registering itself in the memory. For instance when something is gazed for a long interval of time without blinking the eyes, the ability to transfix the vision infuses in the mind, putting an end to the mental distractions. Gradually this practice enables the exerciser to control his thoughts and eventually the movement of an object according to his will. It means that the concentration of vision generates the will power and it is with will power that we are able to perform various tasks.
The basic principle of telepathy is to enable us to focus one's vision on one particular point. For attaining concentration, some goal is also required to be there. Higher the concentrations, the stronger the will-power will be helping achieve the desired outcome.
When a telepathist intends to reflect his thoughts on the screen of some other person's mind, that thought is transferred to that person and he takes these thoughts as one of his own. When the recipient is a person with an undistracted mind, the thought after passing through the phases of conception and feelings becomes a manifestation. If one thought is transmitted repeatedly, the mind of the recipient receives it even if he is not attentive. Concentration helps make a thought manifested.
Telepathy is not simply the knowledge of transferring thoughts but we can fill our life with pleasant ideas after studying our life with the help of this knowledge. Life itself is a gamut of urges, desires and wishes. It is mostly a compounded mixture of wishes and urges. The first urge encountered after birth is the feeling of hunger. When the mother brings her child to her bosom he starts feeding himself as if he had learned it in the womb of the mother.
Growth is another name for achievement and fulfillment of desires. Wishes are fulfilled in two ways. One is the conscious fulfillment and the other is the unconscious. The consciousness and unconsciousness are two sides of a single coin. Impressions of thoughts and ideas on one side are bright and clear and on the other they are dim and unclear. The side with bright and clear impressions is known as unconsciousness, and the side with dim and dull impressions is called the consciousness.
In spirituality, student is made to observe within bright and clear thoughts; time and space are not there. On the other hand unclear and vague thoughts are confined in time and space at every step of the way.
When we analyze an urge and its eventual fulfillment, we come to know that ascribing different meanings to an urge makes it appear differently in reality. For instance hunger is an urge and its fulfillment is to eat something. One individual satisfies his appetite by eating bread and meat, the other with something else. A lion does not eat grass. A goat does not eat meat. One likes sweets the other is fond of salty foods. No one can deny the fact that sorrow and happiness are directly related with thoughts. Some thoughts are very pleasing and others are very disturbing. Fear, fright, dubiety, jealousy, greed, grief, hatred, malice, showing off, false pride and vanity are all products of our thoughts. In the same way love, affection, faith, humility, modesty and sacrifice and feelings of are also thoughts.
Sometimes suddenly a thought flashes that an accident may be faced by us or by one of our children. Although no accident has actually taken place, this thought causes us to experience all the agony of an accident. Similar is the case of happiness and a happy life. When a thought after becoming an imagination, falls on a point where the images of happiness and prosperity are present, we experience happiness from within. Grief and joy are associated with imaginations and the imagination comes from the thoughts.
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An excerpt from Muraqaba:The
Art and Science of Sufi Meditation
By Sufi Master Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
In the field of spiritual sciences there are number of exercises besides
Muraqaba(sufi meditation)that help enhance the mental concentration. These
exercises help reduce the flow of negative thoughts, which in turn lessens
the mental confusion. When these extra exercises are done along with the
Muraqaba(meditation) the mind gains the needed mental focus ahead of time
and the positive effects of Muraqaba emerge earlier as well.
Although there are plenty of these exercises available, in this chapter we
are going to list only those that are easy to practice and their success
rate are also great.
Breathing Exercises (pranayama)
In the emotional ups and downs and in the overall nervous system, breathing
has a very essential role. During different emotional states, the rate of
respiration fluctuates. In tragic circumstances breathing could become a
challenge as people often feel difficulty in breathing after hearing tragic
news. On the other hand, during anger the rate goes up. During peaceful
moments the style of breathing becomes totally different. During this state,
breathing becomes balanced and its rate goes down. However when something
suddenly comes as a shock then we all simply gasp for air.
Spiritual abilities and breathing are closely inter related. According to
spiritual science, breathing has two sides, ascending and descending.
Inhaling is ascending movement while exhaling is descending. During the
ascending mode, the person is closer to his or her spiritual state and in
the descending mode moves towards the gravity. We are more close to our
spiritual state when the inhaling is prolonged and the breath is retained
longer then usual.
When respiration stops then our link to the body is disconnected. That is
why in order to enter the sub-conscious senses, breathing does not have to
be stopped, but it must be slowed down. A living example is dreaming or a
state of deep trance. In these conditions, a person does respire however;
the style of breathing is noticeably different from that of a normal
breathing pattern. The rate of breathing is slower and the inhaling takes
longer as well. Exhaling on the other hand is shortened. In other words,
when we are under the influence of inner senses not only our breathing slow
down but the duration of inhaling increases as well.
When this style of breathing is intentionally practiced then the
subconscious state affects consciousness during the awakened state and its
effects usually last longer.
PRACTICE-1:
Sit in a squat position.
Keep your back straight, however avoid having any part of the body tense.
Exhale from both nostrils so that the lungs are free from air.
Slowly inhale through nostrils.
When the lungs the lungs become full, exhale through the mouth without
holding it.
During exhaling keep your lips round as if whistling, without holding it.
This exhaling and inhaling constitute one cycle. At the beginning start with
eleven cycles and gradually go up to twenty-one.
This exercise helps in controlling the movements of lung muscles and it
increases the duration of inhaling. The rate of respiration during Muraqaba
should be as low as possible. However, it is imperative that the rate of
breathing should not be slowed intentionally. Otherwise, the focus would
shift to the respiration instead of the Muraqaba. The best way to avoid that
is to inhale and exhale slowly for a while before starting Muraqaba. That
way the respiratory rate will drop automatically.
PRACTICE-2:
Sit in a squat position just like the practice-1 and put your forearms in
the knees. Inhale slowly from both nostrils. When the chest is full of air
then hold the breath for five seconds. Then exhale through the mouth similar
to whistling style. After a few moments rest repeat the process for five
times. Next day increase the total to seven until the total number of cycles
reach eleven. At this point, increase the hold period from five to six
seconds however the total number of cycles will remain eleven. When holding
the breath for six seconds is not causing any mental or physical strain then
increase it to seven seconds. Unless and until one reaches full command of
the practice, keep the hold period to seven seconds. Gradually it should be
increased to fifteen seconds, which the maximum allowed time for hold.
PRACTICE-3:
After sitting in the squat position as explained in the practice-1, closed
the right nostrils using the right hand thumb and inhale through the left
nostril for four seconds. Hold it for four seconds. Now using the last two
fingers of your hand closed the left nostril while the right nostril is
still closed with the thumb. In this way, the remaining two middle fingers
will be resting between the eyebrows. At this point release only the thumb
from the right nostril and exhale from that nostril for four seconds and
without stopping inhale from it for four seconds. Again, hold it for four
seconds and close the right nostril with the thumb. Then from the left
nostril release those fingers and exhale for four seconds. This constitutes
one cycle. After a few moments rest repeat it three times. Increase one
cycle every day until you reach seven cycles.
When doing seven cycles and four-second routine becomes comfortable,
increase only the hold time to six seconds while the number of cycles will
remain at seven. When holding the breath for six seconds and total numbers
of cycles is done with ease then increase only the hold time for two more
seconds and keep it increasing until the hold time reaches sixteen seconds.
When the seven cycles and holding time of sixteen seconds get easy then
increase the exhale time to eight seconds. Final figures should be four
seconds inhaling, sixteen seconds holding and then eight seconds exhaling.
Continue practicing with these figures.
All respiratory exercises should be performed at least two and half-hours
after a moderate meal. The best time for doing breathing exercises is
pre-dawn. At that time not only we are mentally and physically alert but the
ratio of oxygen in the air is also the highest. The electro-magnetic
activity in the atmosphere is also at its zenith during that time.
The second best time for breathing exercises is before going to bed at
night. Telepathy & Law of Vision
Quotes of Sufi Master Khwaja Shamsuddin
Azeemi
Afsheen Azeemi
Remember that whenever you give, do it with the intention of pleasing God;
without any hope for fame, respect or reward from others.
Children
Do not scare children in an early age, as this fear will remain hidden in
their minds, which would prevent them achieving big things in life.
Do not call your children lazy, bad, or worthless. Instead, when you notice
their weaknesses and shortcomings imagine that not long ago, you were a
child too and you made numerous mistakes and acted carelessly.
Treat them with respect and love so that their hearts are filled with you
respect and obedience.
Doubt
Never let the doubt in. No one with doubt in his heart can be a Sufi. Doubt
is the biggest weapon of Satan through which he is able to create distance
between God and you.
Education
Education has always been and always will be the secret of success.
Individuals and nations who took pains to educate themselves are clearly the
powerful nations and the powerful people in the world.
Explanation
Simply believing explanations of the facts (assumption) is not acceptable in
Spiritual world. Only seeing and experiences of the inner-eye are worth
believing.
Forgiveness & Detachment
Three things that are the biggest secrets of success
Because our life on this planet is short and someday all of us have to go,
it is foolish to love a temporary place and ignore the final destination. It
is like if someone stopped at a motel for a few days and started decorating
or refurbishing the place even though he knew that he has to leave the place
in a few days! Nobody lives forever, why then all the hassle?
Happiness
Always be happy. No matter what happens, the single most important thing is
to be happy and to spread happiness to others.
Help
One of the best ways to become a friend of God is by helping and serving His
creations.
Intuition
Intuition is one of the 11,500 hidden senses that each human has. We can
feed our intuition through Muraqaba (Sufi meditation).
Joy
Joy of spiritual fulfillment through Muraqaba (Sufi meditation) and other spiritual exercises
is far deeper and profound than joy of material things.
Kindness
When two people meet, they always talk to each other. Before the
conversation if one begins to think of words that will cause the other
person to become delighted he or she will make the other person extremely at
ease, convincible and light hearted.
Love
Love and respect of others is the biggest secret of success.
Muraqaba (Sufi Meditation)
10 advantages of Muraqaba (Sufi meditation)
We must trust God for all of our needs. Look at your past and see how every
single need that you had was met by Nature.
Obstacles
Real strength is gained by handling obstacles of life.
Peace
Once connection with God is established, the heart becomes completely
satisfied and heavenly bliss of peace and tranquility becomes his or her
destiny.
Quest
Quest for spiritual knowledge is everyones duty. We must sincerely have a
genuine desire in seeking the unseen world and encourage others for its
quest.
Self
In the beginning the Spiritual Master makes you aware of your Self, of a
treasure within you. And then he opens the door of that treasure.
Sincerity
That first candle burns by itself and then the moths give away their lives
for the candle. Let us promise that we will follow the wisdom of the
Prophets and will set the standards by first acting on them sincerely. We
will introduce humanity to the Spiritual wisdom without making it a business
so that we become true friends of God.
Spirituality
Spirituality is having, in addition of worldly and scientific knowledge, a
desire for Spiritual growth and mystical knowledge.
Treating Others
Every single member of humanity whether male or female, big or small, young
or old is brother and sister. Superiority is only for the one who is aware
of the endless oceans of Spirituality within Soul, has good manners, serves
humanity, and never hurts anyone in anyway or form.
Understanding
Never try to prove your Order superior to any other Sufi Orders, as all Sufi
Orders are simply different ways of reaching the same destination.
Understand your nocturnal life is as important as our diurnal life. We spend
half of our lives in the nocturnal form (dreams, sub-conscious etc.).
Vastness of the Universe
Whether it is good or bad do not whine. Whatever you have done, or whatever
has past, try to forget it. You are given only a few breaths don't waste
them.
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