Using The Service Circle Ceremony in Times of Tragedy

On a daily basis, the ever presence of news media brings into our own homes the tragedies that befall our fellow human beings.  We witness them with graphic clarity to the point where, at times, we become numb. We become numb as a coping mechanism, for these tragedies do cause us pain - how can we cope otherwise, how can we help - we feel there is little we can do even though we may wish to help.

Never under estimate the power of your heart felt and focused prayers for the victims of these tragedies; never under estimate the power of God's blessings and light if you call upon it to help these people. We do not see the result, we cannot change what has happened, we still cannot fathom why it happens but yet our prayers do help. Sometimes we think this is too small an effort, too easy, but it is something we can offer, it is something we can do.

Yesterday, as I witnessed the Colorado floods taking away peoples cars, homes, lives, I sat to pray.  I felt too small in my personal prayers, I wanted to join with some greater force to send blessings to these people.

I found my desire granted when I called upon the Service Circle Ceremony and used the entire power of that cosmic circle of blessings to focus on the people and victims of the Colorado flooding.

The post that gives the Service Circle Ceremony is here: http://nurhayy.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-service-circle-for-individual.html

The last of the 4 invocatory verses of this ceremony says: "and with this joining form a universal temple for the service and blessing of all beings."  However it was granted that we could change that verse for large scale tragedies to focus on the victims of the tragedy.  Thus I was able to change that last verse to: "and with this joining form a universal temple for service and blessing of the victims of the Colorado floods."


 

Auric Modus Operandi

Our Aura has both a passive and active modus-operandi.

When our Aura is passive we receive impressions of both the outer and inner worlds. The outer world is defined by our physical surroundings, the inner world is initially defined by all our relations but is really limitless and unbounded.  Using the dust free passive Aura as a looking glass, the Mystic knows both seen and the unseen.

When our Aura is reflective it radiates impressions into both the outer and inner worlds.  Using the reflective Aura is how the Mystic works in changing atmospheres and influencing situations - Inshallah, as God Wills.  This is one means of providing spiritual service.  The Aura is made reflective by projecting or holding an impression or divine quality in it.

These abilities are part of the Mastery learned on the Mystical or spiritual path through the practices of concentration.

Mantras or Wazifa
The Divine Quality for Mastery is Ya Wali and the Divine Quality to subtly perceive both the seen and unseen worlds is Ya Wajid, But these Mantras alone are of no value without the strength gained from practicing concentration, contemplation.


 

Changing Atmospheres

Even the mighty Sun

Takes time to dissolve the morning fog;

So to do our actions,

in changing an atmosphere from negative to positive,

Take time.

 

Nourishing the Body with Light

The cells of our body need food and water to be healthy and regenerate, but they also need light! In their deep substructure, our cells are made of pure light. Therefore feeding ourselves with Light provides additional deep nourishment to the body as well as the heart and mind, that helps maintain balance which is health.

It is nice to drink in different qualities of light: Sun Light, Moon Light, Star Light, Etheric Light. Sun for illumination, power and vitality; moon for healing emotions and heart; stars for cosmic consciousness and expansiveness of mind; etheric for physical healing.

• To drink Sun light, stand in the Sun and feel the pours of your skin and cells of your body opening like windows - feel the light coming in through all those windows filling the entire aura and body with light. As you exhale feel this light filling all the cells of your body.

 

• To drink moon light, stand in the moon light and completely relax.  Feel your heart center, like a moon flower, opening to the light of the Moon, feel the moon light entering your aura and then your body through the heart center filling your heart and whole body. As you exhale feel this light filling all the cells of your body.

 

• To drink in star light, celestial light, stand outside under the stars, using your eyes, allow them to be receptacles of the star light; breathe in through your eyes the star light - not just the focalized light of a single star but the light between the stars - the starlight that fills the entire cosmos. As you exhale feel this light filling all the cells of your body.

 

• To drink the etheric light, feel your Aura, the light bubble that surrounds and interpenetrates your body, being filled with light. With eyes closed, feel your Aura being filled with light and growing fuller and brighter. Feel this light completely illuminating your etheric substructure which is your etheric body. Your etheric body is an exact double your physical body but made of gossamer threads of light. As you exhale feel this light filling all the cells of your body.

As a final stage, enjoy the feeling of a very great flow of light coming down from

on-high and washing through your aura and body, purifying and carrying all impurities, imbalances, and heavy energy into Mother Earth who receives it as a gift to be recycled. Leave nothing in your aura and etheric body but light.

The Importance of Praise

All Nature praises the Creator by its very existence!
Winds and breezes, storms, clouds, trees, birds, bees, rain, flowers, sun, moon and stars all exist in a state of glorification, for existence inherently is the expression of divine love which is all glorious and praiseworthy.
 
Yet no act of praise is more pleasing to the Divine Mother or Father than those that flow from our hearts, for they come from free will. It is only in humanity that the Divine takes Self-Awareness and only to humanity does God give the power of self-awareness and co-creation.

True Praise of the Divine is so special in us humans because we were born into life veiled from our divine inheritance and must reawaken to it - this reawakening is God's Self-Realization and our God-Realization.  One word of sincere praise from our awakening hearts echoes through out the universe, causes the angels to dance in ecstasy and exults nature.

When praise arises in us for the Divine, when we exult in the glory and beauty of creation, when we offer thanks for Gods Mercy and bountiful gifts, that praise is heard by the Universe, by the angels, by the Prophets, by all the illuminated souls, by the Divine Mother and by God for we are all one being.

Praise is a selfless act.

Although it seems, at first, that we are praising something other than us, in fact, Praise is an act of Pure Love, and Love always unifies - so we praise our very self in the form of the universe, the glorious face of the Divine Mother, of our creator.

When we praise God, God praises us.

So arise each morning knowing or remembering that you are a gift to God and a gift from God!  Offer a word or thought of praise, thanks or prayer and have faith that as ye sing so you become.

A Powerful Practice of Praise is to
Breathe, say or sing: 



Subhanallah, Alhumdulilah, La Illaha Illah La, Allahhu Akbar.

It Means...
Glory to all that exists within and without, seen and unseen, known and unknown, in expression and in silence;

Praise to all that exists, and is yet to exist, praise to all creation, praise to God, praise to our highest selves;

There is no Reality but God, the One Reality;

God is the Great, the one and only power that brings forth and governs all creation and yet is beyond all creation - the King of Kings most merciful and compassionate. 

Sufi Amin gives a Secret for Self-Realization

My Sufi Teacher Amin once told me he entered the state of Self-Realization while repeating the mantra Tat Tvam Asi, Tat Tvam Asi, Tat Tvam Asi, meaning "That Thou Art, Thou Art All Things".

 

He said he was sitting on a part bench one day overlooking Lake Erie, repeating this Mantra over and over - all of a sudden the great reality of this Mantra - "That Thou Art, Thou are all things" - pulled him into its reality and realization.

 

Then he said that once you have had the realization of a Mantra its yours to keep, nothing can take it away from you.

 

He was very fond of the repeating what is called the Sacred Vakya Vrittis, intended to give direct perception of God: Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahman), Tat Tvam Asi (That Am I), and in which he also included Shivoham (I am Shiva).  

 

He said these were all great Mantras of Self-Realization and so they are!

Aham Brahmasmi - seeing God in Everything

My Sufi teacher Amin once gave me this wonderful practice for seeing God everything.

He said repeat Aham Brahmasmi
as much as you can, 
it means “I am Brahman”.

As you repeat it, be aware that everything is Brahman, God:

• Every sound you hear is Brahman: car horns, people talking, fan motors, birds, every sound is Brahman;
• Everything you see is Brahman: every color, the trees, flowers, the sun, the blue ski, the faces of people, cars, buildings, all Brahman;
• Every smell you smell is Brahman: perfume, grass, food smells, manure, garbage, salt water, it’s all Brahman;
• Eveything you touch is Brahman: the cell phone, the touch of cement, the handle of a knife or spoon, the coolness of steel, the warmth of a washcloth, the feel of water in the shower, its all Brahman;
• Everything you feel is Brahman: the joy, the sadness, the pain, the fear, the confidence, the worry, the anger, the frustration, don’t dwell on it but know it is all Brahman for everything is God.
• Every thought you think is Brahman: every idea, every judgment, every concept, your intuitions, your inspiration, it’s all Brahman, everything is Brahman, there is only God, there is nothing that exists except God and your very being is God, you are a living aspect of Brahman.

Know that All is Brahman, Aham Bramasmi, Aham Brahmasmi, Aham Brahmasmi.