As we know, the second prayer in the Spiritual Healing ceremony is: O Thou, who art the light of our souls, the inspirer of our minds and the creator of our bodies, we humbly pray to be of service to Thee and to all of humanity as instruments of Thy divine love and light.
Reflection
Read or say this prayer several times out loud, slowly. As you do so, focus particularly on how we address God in a very intimate way as “the light of our souls, the inspirer of our minds and the creator of our bodies.” Take a moment to notice what you experience when you attune to and acknowledge God in this way.
Then read and reflect on Murshid’s teaching on Consciousness (Vol. 8, Sufi Teachings, Part 3), in which he explains that:
"… the universal consciousness sees through the eyes of every being on earth. It is looking at one and at the same time through the eyes of all the millions of beings upon the earth. … It is not that God looks down from a distance and sees all the creatures on earth; he sees through the very eyes of the beings themselves. One might ask if God is not limited by this, made helpless and dependent; but if it seems so to us, it is because we have reduced God to a part of His being. We take a part and call it ours, our self, while in reality it is all God, the one Being. A Hindustani poet has said,
‘What shall I call my self?
Whatever I see it is all Thou;
body, mind and soul, all are Thou.
Thou art, I am not.’
Whatever I see it is all Thou;
body, mind and soul, all are Thou.
Thou art, I am not.’
What light does this teaching throw on addressing God as “the light of our souls, the inspirer of our minds and the creator of our bodies”? How does this help to prepare us for our Spiritual Healing work?
With Loving Greetings from Shakti and Shamsher
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