Living Light

There is a joy within us that is always present and not diminished by the trials and challenges of life. We need to drink from this spring of joy often to keep at bay the jackals of despondency, despair, depression, anger, jealousy, fear that sneaks in and eats away at our happiness, at our sense of the sacred in life.  This can be so, so hard during times when life feels like it is crushing us with crisis, hardship, loss, chaos, threat, illness, uncertainty, lack of flow, etc.   Of course, these are the hardest times to turn within; either to find time, or motivation or concentration or a quite space. For some reason these are the times we need it most but feel the least like drinking from this well of inner joy.  Yet, oddly, very oddly, if we somehow manage it, even in the most tangential of ways, it seems that there are unseen hands just waiting to hold us and love on us. If they catch just a glimpse of us turning away from the turmoil and toward them, they grab us, and t

When in the company of others, No matter who, nor what you are doing, Simply remember your light and will you become a lamp of Divine Light. Remember your light is the from the Light of lights, and Your presence will enable that light in all that is around you.  Then you are a giver of light, which is a gift from God. May you be filled with light every moment of the day and night! The Divine Words of Power that enable this potential are: (Nur - Munawwir) (Nur - Shahid)