Insaan Ki Azmat Ka Raaz!

It is said that human beings are the greatest of all creation, but how and why? What is it that we must do to unlock our potential as human beings, and is there a way to ascend from humanity to divinity?

Main points:

- God said, those who don’t do Dhikr (Invoke the name of God) are worse than the creatures on four legs. All these animals are God’s creation, but it is said that man is the greatest of all creation. What sets man apart from animals is the presence of the celestial spirits in him; if they are not enlightened, then he is no better than an animal. Man will become a human being when he realises his potential to become a human being; when he knows the source inside him that will make him a human being.

- A religious man whose religiosity does not include purification of his heart, purgation of his Self, clearance of his mind and enlightenment of his conscience, is worse than an animal. You are a human being not because you have two legs. You are a human being not because you have a pair of eyes. You are a human being not because you have a nose or a mouth or that you speak. You will be a human being when you have found union with God.

- One who has established connection to God is a human being; one who has seen him is a perfect human being. When you see God, this is when you become a true Momin (believer). Before that, when you are enlightened with the divine energy of his name, you are a Momin of his name, not him personally. Whoever God wants to make his friend, he puts in them Jussa-e-Taufiq-e-Ilahi or Tifle Noori. Then he says, ‘I will become his hands with which he holds things, the legs with which he walks.’ Now whoever troubles him, I will declare war on them.’

- Now, God has sent all his knowledge with his prophets and messengers. So what sort of knowledge will Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi bring? Now, you can become a Momin of Imam Mehdi (one in whose soul the sublime divine name, Ra Riaz, has entered). In the beginning, your soul will be given Ra Riaz; at the culmination, Aks-e-Riaz (The Reflection of Lord Ra Riaz) enters you and everything else in you leaves.

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Self-Realisation is God-Realisation

We’re trying to change the way people believe in religions. We are trying to change people and the way they live their lives; we are trying to change the wavelength upon which their thought-process is based. Before we can successfully do that, we are going to try and change our own selves. 

Sometimes you like others and sometimes you don’t. To criticise others is very easy. However, even if they know who they are and how bad they are, it is never easy for individuals to change themselves from bad to good. You are aware of defects in you; you are aware of any disorder in your personality, in your character. You are aware of your flaws and faults; however it is never easy to change yourself. Those who can successfully change themselves are real men.

A Tradition of the Prophet Mohammad when he said, ‘One who has recognised himself has recognised God,’ is the theme of spirituality. 

Self-realisation is factually and actually God-realisation.

Dr Allama Iqbal said, ‘Take the level of self-realisation to a degree where God recognises you.’ 

When you set out to explore God, you actually explore yourself. Now the question is: how do we explore ourselves? What is ‘Self-realisation’? ‘Self’ has different meanings; however, here, self means the wholeness of your being. You. 

To put it into simple words, let’s assume the Self is like a house and you want to know the house. What do you want to know about the house? You want to know how many bedrooms, reception rooms, toilets and family bathrooms there are. You want to know if the bedrooms are en suite and if there is a front garden or backyard. You want to know the size of the bedrooms and how many people can stay there. You want to know whether or not there is a weather control system in the house. You want to know where the kitchen is and if the dining room is attached to the kitchen. Knowing everything about your house is ‘house-realisation.’ 

In a similar way, when you want know who you are, the first thing will be to know how many souls there are in your body, their functions, their reach and access to different realms. You want to know how to strengthen them and how to make every possible use of those souls and spirits in your body. If only one soul is active and the rest of the souls are in a dormant state, [you want to know] how far in God-realisation you will go and how spiritual you will [possibly become] with that one active soul. All these things are self-realisation. 

The more souls in your body are active, the more you will know of yourself.

If any of your souls are either dormant or diseased - knowing the fact that this disease can deprive your being of that particular soul - what measures should be taken in order to cure that soul of that disease? Knowing what your spiritual calibre and level of spirituality is and then, with that level of spirituality, where in the spiritual world you will access and how far in loving God you will progress – this all depends on how well you know yourself.

Now, you don’t even know how many souls in your body are actually active and how many are not active. You want to know yourself but there is a barrier; a complete blackout.

Self-realisation is not possible without a Universal Spiritual Guide. All you know right now is what you can see in a mirror. That’s all you know about yourself. What is inside you is hidden from you and only God has the keys. 

There are keys in spirituality. With those keys, you activate your soul and then reach its realm when the soul is strong enough to fly. For example, your heart is active, it is strong and it is now able to perform a spiritual journey - so with the help of the heart, you will reach its respective realm in spirituality. When you visit that realm, a new door of secrets will open upon you. A new door of realization opens up in you and you begin to know more of your abilities, capabilities and spiritual calibre. Then you will be triggered into activating your other souls as well. Then with another soul, you will have more access into the spiritual realm; you will know more of yourself. 

You will feel satisfied and special that you had this ability in you [all along] but you were not aware of this; but now, since the activation of the soul has taken place, access of that spiritual realm has been given to you. You will be proud of yourself. Then with another soul activated you will have more access in spirituality and you will reach more realms in spirituality. Then you will realise, ‘Oh, I have another key.’ With the help of this key, you will progress further in spirituality. 

This is how you will arrive at the station of God one day, when all your souls are activated. You will arrive at the Station of God-Seeing; the Station of Union where your being and the supreme being of God will mingle into each other in such a spiritual chemistry that there will be no mark of distinction between the two. 

This is the Stage of Union. When you have obtained union with God, you become the embodiment of God on Earth. Thereafter, sitting with such an individual is spiritually equal to sitting with God. Talking to such an individual is equal to talking with God. This is because that person has the presence of God in him and God speaks through his mouth. God can see people through his eyes. When he is walking, it is like God is walking on two legs. This is self-realisation. 

Quote of the Day: God is Far From the Reach...

'God is far from the reach of human intellect. The only way to God's nearness is God's love as when it settles in the human heart.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar

Quote of the Day: When Man, After Union with God...

Today's Quote of the Day is from The Religion of God (Divine Love) by His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi. 'When man, after union with God, becomes Light, then he too enters the Religion of God.' 

Messiah Foundation International in Northern Israel

On the 28th of February, a delegation from Messiah Foundation International travelled to the north of Israel to present the message of the divine love from the Awaited Messiah, Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi. Our team went to the Galilee City of Safed (Tzfat), which is considered the hub and focal point of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). The delegation visited the Zefat Academic College and the Ascent Institute of Safed, where they gave students the message of divine love.

Mr Steve Bell, the President of Messiah Foundation International, states, 'The rabbi [present at the Ascent Institute of Safed] was keen to find out about Messiah Foundation International and liked the message of love. He compared many of His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi's teachings to those of Kabbalah.'

On the 1st of March, during their last day in Israel, our team also went leafleting in Tel Aviv and suburban areas. They visited Lod and Ramla as well. Over 1000 leaflets in Hebrew were distributed and the response was very good!  

View the full Flickr album here.

Read about Messiah Foundation International's activities in Jerusalem here.