Mystic Rose - Mystic Heart

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Rose Nebula
The Mystic Rose is the Heart of the lover, the seeker, the finder of the Beloved;
The Mystic Rose opens and unfolds by the touch of Spirit;
Breath is the touch of spirit on the body.
To open the heart is to open the door way to subtle perceptions of the One Reality - this is awakening, Awakening never ends.
Within the Mystic Heart exists 3 subtle centers (Latifa): 
1. Qalbia, the soul - Left side of chest around the Physical Heart;
2. Ruhia, the spirit - Right side of chest behind the right breast area;
3. Sirria, the secret of the heart - Center of chest between the other two.

 Activate these subtle centers by gently breathing in and out through each until you feel it come alive and open with the touch of your breath-spirit.

The Mystic Rose is the symbol of the heart of Rasul, the unbroken light of Prophetic consciousness. 

In the stillness after this practice, you may feel that presence, and if you do, you may wish to affirm: Rasul-Maqbul.  Pir Zia Inayat Khan has said of this: With Rasul we attune to spirit of guidance, the awakened human; and Maqbul, which signifies the accepted one, we accept the messenger (rasul) and open ourself to be an expression of that message.


 
“The very presence of the prophet may make a person see things differently, and yet he may not know that it was because of the prophet. He may only think that that which was not clear to him, or for a moment seemed different to him, is now right and clear. For the prophet is a living light, a light which is greater in power than the sun. The light of the sun can only make things clear to the eyes, but the light that the prophet brings to the world makes the heart see all that the eyes are not capable of seeing."
 - Hazrat Inayat Khan from the Social and Religious Gathekas

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