Pray for the World
We are often appalled by the tragedy and suffering we see in life... maybe we feel angry about it, maybe helpless, maybe afraid that "it" will happen to us, or grateful that "it" has not happened to us.
Abdul Qadir Gilani (AQG) says in the Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen): "He [Allah] does not do anything without any meaning and does not create anything without any purpose or in a playful manner." We most likely cannot see the meaning or purpose BUT we can still participate in alleviating suffering through mystic action. Verily, "God gives power and assistance towards truth and mercy." - AQG
What are a few of these mystic actions?
1. Pray from the Heart. Centering in the Heart, pray for others, pray for the world, pray for what is causing pain in your heart. Mystic Prayer creates a living relationship with the Divine. "He will accept your prayer in its appointed time and at the end of its appointed term and when He wills... and do not get exhausted in your prayer, for verily if you do not gain you do not lose anything either." AQG
2. The "Service Circle" (see next blog) as an individual active prayer.
3. Washing the world in Light.
Take a cosmic perspective and see the world before you as a beautiful blue pearl. Now wash the world with light and blessings in this way: 11x repeat La Illaha, gently sweeping the head left to right as you say La Illaha over the world; now, feel light coming down through the top of the head and out the 3rd eye like a search light - as you repeat La Illaha you are washing this blessing over the world in light with each repetition of La Illaha. After 11x, inhale Nur - Wadud (pause and allow the world to become immersed in an infinite ocean of Ligth and Love). This can also be done for countries, states, communities, etc.
3. Offer this Buddhist Blessing:
Abdul Qadir Gilani (AQG) says in the Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen): "He [Allah] does not do anything without any meaning and does not create anything without any purpose or in a playful manner." We most likely cannot see the meaning or purpose BUT we can still participate in alleviating suffering through mystic action. Verily, "God gives power and assistance towards truth and mercy." - AQG
What are a few of these mystic actions?
1. Pray from the Heart. Centering in the Heart, pray for others, pray for the world, pray for what is causing pain in your heart. Mystic Prayer creates a living relationship with the Divine. "He will accept your prayer in its appointed time and at the end of its appointed term and when He wills... and do not get exhausted in your prayer, for verily if you do not gain you do not lose anything either." AQG
2. The "Service Circle" (see next blog) as an individual active prayer.
3. Washing the world in Light.
Take a cosmic perspective and see the world before you as a beautiful blue pearl. Now wash the world with light and blessings in this way: 11x repeat La Illaha, gently sweeping the head left to right as you say La Illaha over the world; now, feel light coming down through the top of the head and out the 3rd eye like a search light - as you repeat La Illaha you are washing this blessing over the world in light with each repetition of La Illaha. After 11x, inhale Nur - Wadud (pause and allow the world to become immersed in an infinite ocean of Ligth and Love). This can also be done for countries, states, communities, etc.
3. Offer this Buddhist Blessing:
With the thought of love I contemplate the
world, and may this love extend to its four horizons; now with love
increasing beyond measure let me encompass the cosmos up to its confines.
With the thought of compassion I contemplate the world, and may this compassion extend to its four horizons; now with compassion increasing beyond measure let me encompass the
cosmos up to its confines.
With the thought of joy I contemplate
the world, and may this joy extend to its four horizons; now with joy
increasing beyond measure let me encompass the whole cosmos up to its confines.
With the thought of peace I contemplate
the world, and may this peace extend to its four horizons; now with peace
increasing beyond measure let me encompass the whole cosmos up to its
confines.
