Why are we here, and by that I mean in this specific location? Why have we been coming for years and years on Saturday mornings to gather together? Why did we come for years and years to gather in front of the sheikh and sit in front of his feet? Why did we make all …
Inspiration can come from anywhere, Allah is everywhere. So, this morning I took a look at the comics from the Sunday paper, and Garfield, who is a rather obnoxious cat, was doing all of his obnoxious things; throwing food around, kicking dogs, and he said at the end, “New year, same old me.” In a …
In 1972-1973 when we first encountered Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, there was one book available and it was called “The Divine Luminous Wisdom That Dispels the Darkness: Man-God, God-Man”. Those lines Man-God, God-Man are very intriguing; they sort of pull you in and make you wonder, “What is this all about?” And what we began …
In this life, we interact with other people, unless, of course, we become hermits and go to a cave somewhere. This interaction is limited. There are billions of people in the world, and how many do we actually interact with? How many people do we know that when we see their face we recognize them; …
The world is in a constant state of decay. The creations are in a constant state of decay. If you look at humanity, and you go to a hospital, you can see people being born and people dying and everything in between. The elements in the world are in constant conflict. Water doesn’t get along …
Allah, in His mercy, sent 124,000 prophets into the world in order for man to understand himself, and in understanding himself, he would become closer to understanding his Lord. In order for us to begin to know ourselves we must look at the lives of the prophets and understand what differentiates us from them. How …
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This past Thursday was Thanksgiving in America. An annual holiday for the purpose of giving thanks to our Lord for all that He has done for us. This holiday was started by George Washington, who gave a speech (that I used to have) where he indicated that we are a country that believes in God, …
For different people, their interaction with the world takes on different dimensions. For some people even the smallest tasks in the world become overwhelming, and it takes all of their energy to accomplish it; all of their time, all of their thought, all of their intention just to get through what they have to do …
There’s an entranceway between illusion and reality, and this entranceway is within yourself, and you have to create it. There’s a methodology for creating it; there’s a way to get it done. And the way it gets done is through disappearing. But disappearing is not enough of an answer, because just disappearing doesn’t take you …
The dichotomy between the world of form and the world of non-form is constantly referred to in the understanding of things, and it is constantly portrayed in various stories. To make the shift from illusion to haqq, to reality, we have to make the shift from only understanding the world of form to touching the …
