Living Light

Note: This is continuation of the previous blog on Finding Happiness... I cannot say this enough times, everything on Earth has a purpose, every person has a purpose in life, and the whole of creation has a purpose, if this were not so nothing would exists. In reality, we don't actually have to know our purpose in life and it will always keep trying to manifest, to push through us into the world.   In fact you are probably already doing things that are very much in line with your purpose in life; but also, you may be doing things that are very much out of sync with your purpose in life.   The value of conscously recognizing, affirming and actualizing our purpose in life is that we can help birth it and we can consciously allow it to be a guide for what we do in life.   In this way we will be more successful, we will feel more fulfillment, happiness and joy, and less frustration in our lives.   It is the many expressions of our purpose in life that make...

Simple Gifts 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. In my youth I was prone to melancholy. As I began to make a commitment to my spiritual awakening, this mental-emotional disposition was a challenge I had to overcome and I must admit, it did not sit well at all with my spiritual teacher Amin. Amin once told me, after I had been in a very ‘down’ or unhappy state of mind for weeks, that the reason I was so unhappy and had no joy was: “ your outer life is completely out of sync with your soul nature .” He told me I needed to find my purpose in life, which was part of the deeper desires of my soul. In seeking and fulfilling my purpose, my soul’s desire on earth, I would find the joy and happiness I sought.   Phew, that seemed like a tall order for one wallowing in self-pity and melancholy! “Every...

What is the Mystic heart? The Mystic Heart (Sirri) is an ocean of Divine Life and Love, that carries us beyond the shores of birth & death, time & space, I & thou and bestows upon us the realization of Truth. ( Ya Huk - Ya Mawjud ) What we call the individual heart (Qalb) is the surface of our Soul (Ruh), and our Soul is a ray of light and life within the Divine Ocean of the One Reality, Allah. How do we find our mystic Heart? Only through surrender to that divine ocean of love, light and mercy that is within us every moment. This is accomplished through proper repetition of Dhikr: La Illaha Illa la hu or Ishq Allah Mabood Lillah "Truth is a divine inheritance found in the depth of every human heart." [Inayat Khan, Sayings, Bola 8] “And bring your Lord to remembrance in your [very] soul, with humility and remember without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings” [Qur'an 7:205] Verily in the remembrance of God do hearts find re...