Noble Qualities of Man are Divine...

[bluedes]

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I've taken this text still from "An Introduction to Suf Doctrine", by Titus Burckhardt, p. 37-38

An insight into how true inspiration works thru the soul of man.

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To show how discrimination of the soul is inspired by cosmological principles, certain very general criteria of inspiration (al-warid) may be cited by way of illustration.

It must, however, first be made clear that inspiration is here taken, not in the sense of prophetic inspiration, but in the sense of the sudden intuition normally provoked by spiritual practices. This inspiration may have very different sources, but is only valid when it comes from the centre of man's being outside time or from the "Angel," in other words from the ray of Universal Intelligence connecting man to God.

It is deceptive when it is derived from the psychic world, 1) whether it comes on the one hand from the individual psyche, or the subtle medium in which the psyche lives, or, on the other hand, 2) through the human psyche from the sub-human world and its satanic pole.

Inspiration which comes from the Angel, and so implicitly from God, always communicates a new perception which illuminates the "I" and at the same time relativises it by dissolving certain of its illusions.

When inspiration comes from the individual psyche it speaks for some hidden passion and so has something egocentric about it and is accompanied by some direct or indirect pretentiousness. As for inspirations which emanate from the satanic pole, these go so far as to invert hierarchical relationships and to deny higher realities. Impulsions which come from the individual or collective soul insist tirelessly on the same object-the object of some desire-whereas the satanic influence only makes use provisionally of some lure of passion: what it really seeks is not the object of passion but the implicit negation of a spiritual reality; that is why the devil routs discussion by changing his "theme" every time his argument is destroyed. He argues only to trouble man whereas the passional soul has a certain logical consecutiveness so that its impulsions can be directed into legitimate channels by dint of sufficiently decisive arguments, whereas satanic impulsions must simply be rejected in toto.

The three tendencies in question respectively correspond 1) to reintegration into the Essence, 2) to a centrifugal dispersion and 3) to a "fall" into sub-human chaos, and they have their analogies in the universal order. Hinduism calls them sattva, rajas and tamas.

[miyay]

nagpitok pitok akong mga mata sa pagbasa aning mga pulonga. i find this one interesting:

Inspiration which comes from the Angel, and so implicitly from God, always communicates a new perception which illuminates the "I" and at the same time relativises it by dissolving certain of its illusions.

[bluedes]

nagpitok pitok akong mga mata sa pagbasa aning mga pulonga. i find this one interesting:

Inspiration which comes from the Angel, and so implicitly from God, always communicates a new perception which illuminates the "I" and at the same time relativises it by dissolving certain of its illusions.

ako pud.. hehe.. the objective is to make your small "i" transparent to make the "I" shine thru..

[miyay]

ingon ka, sir, lighthearted ra ang sufism. intro palang gani, nosebleed na

bitaw, basig lang sad ang interpretation is more complex than the original text. which could be true for other original texts. why can't things be simple and uncomplicated, no?

[bluedes]

ingon ka, sir, lighthearted ra ang sufism. intro palang gani, nosebleed na

bitaw, basig lang sad ang interpretation is more complex than the original text. which could be true for other original texts. why can't things be simple and uncomplicated, no?

actually, compared to other text i've read.. i find sufism to be very technical so easy to understand na, coz iya man gud gi-decipher ang symbolism..

if puros symbolism, its harder to understand the "real" meaning, kay arbitrary man ang makuha nimo na interpretation.. but with sufism, its clearer iyang mga symbolisms.. technical lng jud kaayo pagkasuwat..

introduction pa ni hinuon.. hehe..

[miyay]

^hahaha..di nalang ko moenter ani, ma lost in translation ta

onT: that which makes you feel awe is divine.

[bluedes]

^hahaha..di nalang ko moenter ani, ma lost in translation ta

onT: that which makes you feel awe is divine.

i agree.. but for how long? if it only makes you feel awe for a moment, divine japon?

[miyay]

^yup. divine still. if only for a moment. afterall, a moment is all we have. char!

[bluedes]

^yup. divine still. if only for a moment. afterall, a moment is all we have. char!

mao ba.. hehe.. okay..

[miyay]

^hahahaha...pang char ra na, sir. musta na diha sa georgia, divine ba?