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shriadishakti@yahoogroups.com,
"Isha" <shanti442@y...> wrote:
>
> I read Islam Enlightened:
>
> And yet, as a Sahaja Yogini with a SY Moslim husband;
we still find
> we have issues when it comes to how to meditate
together. He feels
> under the rules of the Hadiths and the Quran that some
of
> the "practices" in SY are Shirk.
>
> He already started reading the website for SY
practicing Moslims
>
(al-qiyamah)and he says he has more understanding and
really liked
> the web site and will continue studying. But what are the
rules of
> etiquette when it comes to wearing her pendant and
prasad during
> pujas when she isn't physically present, calling out
the different
> deities names, meditating with her picture and so on.
>
> I don't have a problem with it of course because I've
been in SY
> since I was 4, but in any event, I don't know how to
assure him he
> is not going against what was written by Allah by
doing any of
>
these things.... or are we? I'm not well read on the Quran
or the Bible
> for that matter. I just don't know what to tell him. I
was too
> young when SY was being established to really know
from Her WHY
> we do these things. I simply say for vibrations and
respect and that's
> usually good enough for anyone else. I'm trying to
educate myself
> now more then ever because we have children that need
to know
> these things too - not out of habit but for the REASON. Does
anyone
> have any suggestions?
Dear Isha,
Only after reading the entire www.al-qiyamah.org will
Muslims
understand the depth of centuries-old deception,
falsehood and
conditioning the Ummah has been led regarding the
Resurrection. So my
question off the bat: When the ulema are so erroneous
about Al-
Qiyamah, the heart and soul of Islam explicitly
entrenched in
numerous surahs, what makes them think there are correct
in even more
difficult issues? Why talk about purifying Islam when
the unsurpassed
beauty of His Holy Qur'n regarding the Resurrection has
been
mutilated beyond recognition by the same people?
We have to understand that His Ruh (Adi Shakti) Shri
Mataji was thus
sent to announce and explain the Last Judgment and
Al-Qiyamah in
detail to all, and the technique to attain
Self-realization. That is
why we humans are now able to comprehend for the first
time in
history the relationship between the Islamic
Resurrection, Christian
Last Judgment and Vedic Sanatana Dharma. It applies to
all traditions
and none are accorded special status, regardless of what
religion
they follow. Those who have surrendered and submitted to
Allah's
(SWT) Will to commence the Resurrection are the true
Muslims.
The opening lines of Surah 75 Al-Qiyamah declare:
LAA UQSIM BI-YAWM AL-QIYAMAH:
WA-LAA UQSIM BI-AN-NAFSAL- LAWWAAMAH
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day
And I do call to witness the self-reproaching Spirit.
i do not see any shirk in meditating on His
self-reproaching Spirit
(Shakti). That is what we SYs are learning to do, i.e.
going directly
to the source Brahman by meditating on His Shakti. It
must be
emphasized that the "Shakti that is described here is
not independent
of Brahman but an aspect of Him."
"Brahman is the central theme of almost all the
Upanishads. Brahman
is the indescribable, inexhaustible, omniscient,
omnipresent,
original, first, eternal and absolute principle who is
without a
beginning, without an end , who is hidden in all and who
is the
cause, source, material and effect of all creation
known, unknown and
yet to happen in the entire universe.
He is the incomprehensible, unapproachable radiant Being
whom the
ordinary senses and ordinary intellect cannot fathom
grasp or able to
describe even with partial success. He is the mysterious
Being
totally out of the reach of all sensory activity,
rationale effort
and mere intellectual, decorative and pompous endeavor.
The Upanishads describe Him as the One and indivisible,
eternal
universal Self, who is present in all and in whom all
are present.
Generally unknown and mysterious to the ordinary masses,
Brahman of
the Upanishads remained mostly confined to the
meditative minds of
the ancient seers who considered Him to be too sacred
and esoteric to
be brought out and dissected amidst public glare.
Though impassioned and above the ordinary feelings of
the mind, the
masters of the Upanishads some times could not suppress
the glory,
the emotion, the passion and the poetry that accompanied
the vast and
utterly delightful, inner experience of His vast
vision. In the
Mundaka Upanishad the mind explodes to reverberate with
this verse, "Imperishable is the Lord of love, as from a blazing fire
thousands of
sparks leap forth, so millions of beings arise from Him
and return to
Him." Again in the Katha Upanishad we come across a very
poetic and
emphatic expression, "In His robe are woven heaven and
earth, mind
and body...He is the bridge from death to deathless
life."
The Brahman of the Upanishads is not meant for the
ordinary or the
ignorant souls, who are accustomed to seek spiritual
solace through
ritualistic practices and rationalization of knowledge.
Discipline,
determination, guidance from a self-realized soul,
purity of mind,
mastery of the senses, self-control and desireless
actions are some
of the pre-requisites needed to achieve even a semblance
of success
on this path. Only the strong of the heart and pure of
the mind can
think of dislodging layer after layer of illusion and
ignorance that
surrounds him and see the golden light of Truth
beckoning from beyond.
He is not like the other gods either. He is
incomprehensible even to
almost all the gods. And He chooses not to be worshipped
in the
temples and other places of worship but in one's heart
and mind as
the indweller of the material body and master of the
senses, the
charioteer. He is too remote and incomprehensible to be
revered and
approached with personal supplications although He is
the deepest and
the highest vision mankind could ever conceive of or
attain.
The weak and the timid stand no chance to approach Him
even remotely,
except through some circuitous route. For the
materialistic and the
otherworldly who excel in the art of converting
everything and
anything into a source of personal gain, He does not
offer any
attraction, solace or security as a personal God.
That is why we do not see any temples or forms of
ritualistic worship
existing for Brahman either at present or in the past."
So, Isha, if there are no temples or forms of
ritualistic worship
existing for Brahman either at present or in the past,
haven't we
reached the purest form of monotheism that Islam
demands? When He is
incomprehensible even to almost all the gods what do
mere humans know
about Him?
i do not consider saying mantas as shirk because they
are words
uttered to aid spiritual ascend. According to Shri
Mataji:
"What is a mantra? It is that power of the word that
expresses
Spirit. A mantra is nothing but a thought which is
vibrated. Any
thought that is vibrated is a mantra." (Vienna, 4.
September 1983)
"Your mantras are to be seen. Mantras are to be such
that they should
not be mechanical, just saying something mechanically.
You should say
it from your heart. Again, if you do not say mantras
through your
heart, the mantra is not siddha; means you may go on
saying one
hundred times, it will have no effect. Siddha mantra is
that, that
you say, that it has an effect, it works. If it does not
work, then
your mantra has no meaning." (Diwali Puja, London, 6.
November 1983)
We must always remember that all SY mantras begin and
end with "Om
Twameva Sakshat ....... Shri Adi Shakti Mataji Nirmala
Devi Namoh
Namah." There is absolutely no shirk in supplicating the
Shakti for
help, no matter who the ........ are. Without mentioning
Her the
mantra just don't work. It is simple as that! Then how
can we regard
Her mantras as shirk?
Now regarding meditating on Her images when She is not
physically
present. But even angels have come down to pay homage to
Her:
https://al-qiyamah.org/angels_sent_forth_(al_mursalat).htm
According to Muslim theologians "Angels are invisible
beings created
from light. On the authority of 'A'ishah: The Messenger
of Allah
sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said, "Angels were created
from light,
jinn were created from smokeless fire, and Adam was
created from that
which has been described to you [in the Qur'n]."
(Related by Muslim)
They do not have desires of their own, nor do they eat
or drink. They
are honored servants of Allah, and never disobey Him.
They are
perpetually in His service, in prostration, in a
standing posture, or
through various other forms of worship. "And those who
are before Him
are not scornful of worshipping Him, nor do they tire
or get
bored.
They glorify [Him] night and day; they do not halt." [21
(Al-Anbiya'), 19-20] "They are honored servants, who do not
precede Him
in speech, and they act according to His command. He
knows what is
ahead of them and what is behind them, and they do not
intercede,
except for those whom He approves. [21 (Al-Anbiya'),
26-27]"
So if angels themselves are paying homage to the image
of His Ruh
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, who are mere humans to regard
this as
shirk? Moreover the Holy Qur'n tells us that during the
Resurrection
humans will be able to see the face of their Lord:
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness
and beauty)
— Looking towards their Lord;
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
In the thought that some backbreaking calamity,
Was about to be inflicted on them;
surah 75:22-25 Al Qiyamah
https://al-qiyamah.org/surah_22-25.htm
Thus i do not find anything wrong with wearing a
pendant. i am
sure "some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and
beauty)
— looking towards their Lord." i have a beautiful
pendant of Shri
Mataji glued to the monitor of the computer i work.
Every time i
look at Her i feel joyous and peaceful. So if the Holy
Qur'n upholds
this image of His Ruh, including His angels sent forth,
how can it be
shirk?
The Holy Qur'n is flawless in its message of the
Resurrection.
Innovations have plagued all religions. It is no
different now. If
there are minor issues like lemons, matkas,
foot-soaking, shoe-
beating etc., feel free to regard them as shirk, and
discard them
completely. Depend on the Source for all cures. The same
self-
reproaching Spirit that informs you whenever there is
transgression
will also heal you in mind and body. If you depend only
on His Ruh
within for guidance and meditation the question of shirk
can never
arise.
jai Shri Mataji,
jagbir
NOTE: Prophet Muhammad was meditating (doing Yoga) in a
cave when he
was approached by Angel Gabriel. How was he able to
learn such secret
rites when the rest of his tribe were still worshipping
rocks and
trees? i think this is worth investigating.
To take part in Al-Qiyamah humans have to again learn
how to
meditate. The question of shirk cannot arise as in
meditation all
forms are obliterated. It is the highest form of Tawheed
ever
revealed to humans. Rare are those humans who can attain
this
perfection, the Turiya state that no words can describe.
Allah (God
Almighty, Brahman) is the deepest and the highest vision
mankind
could ever conceive of or attain in sustained, daily
meditation.
Sahaja Yoga is second to none to attain Brahman during
the Last
Judgment and Resurrection.
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