Dear Friends,
These days when we will be preparing the Christmas celebration, we ask your attention for words of Murshid about the Light in ourselves which needs fuel:
“Man is likened to the Light”
“The purpose of the life of an individual is to perfect the light in him, which is his very being. Whatever may be the qualification of a person, whatever be his resources, position and rank, if the light within him is not brilliant, he cannot fulfill the purpose of his life.
In the Bible, in the allegory of the ten wise and foolish virgins, the same idea is explained. The foolish ones did not keep oil in their lamps, the wise virgins kept it. The wise ones, therefore, answered the purpose on the day, which was promised and the foolish ones repented. Ten means one, zero meaning nothing: a wise soul and a foolish soul. The wise soul collected all material in order to make his light more brilliant for that day which was the day of the promise. The foolish soul wasted it, and found it absent at the time it was needed.
When we think of our life in the world, in our material strife, in our spiritual struggle – what do we need? We need that light, the spark of which is within us, which is our being. Every time when we are without it, when we lack it, it causes us all failure and distress in life, since our health, our balance and the clearness of our vision, all depend upon the light that is within.
As every light needs fuel, so the light, which is ours, which is ourself, needs fuel also. The fuel for the physical part of our life is what we call food, but for the life of the mind intellectual sustenance is necessary.
If the body is fed and the mind is not, then naturally that light becomes less. The sustenance of the soul is the divine ideal, which is both love and light. If the soul does not receive that nourishment which is necessary for it, then the soul is starved. The body may be nourished, but it is not sufficient.
That is why we see before our physical eyes many famine-stricken souls, but if we saw with the spiritual eyes we would see still more famine in humanity. What do we learn in Sufism? We learn in Sufism that mysticism which teaches us how to collect the fuel which is necessary not only for the body, but for our mind and soul. By concentration, by meditation, by all other ways of contemplative practices, the purpose accomplished by the Sufi is that purpose which is the longing of every soul”.
The Sufi Message, Volume VII, The Privilege of Being Human, Part 6
We wish you all happy Christmas days and may the new year for you and your beloved ones be full of light, love, harmony, beauty and good health.
Moreover may these words give us a better understanding of the world around us.
Loving greetings,
Sattva van Dorssen, Secretary of the Spiritual Healing Activity
Shamsher van Hees, Assistant Secretary, Spiritual Healing Activity
