The Different Stages of the Lower Self and Spiritual Heart
Mohammad Amir asks, 'Assalamu Alaikum. My question is about Heart Activation.
Also, what does the Lower Self look like? Does it become a human from an animal?
And how do we find all of it out? Kindly explain.'
Now, the
Spiritual Heart and Lower Self
The two have a reciprocal relationship.
Let's imagine this is the Lower Self
and imagine this is the Spiritual Heart.
You have not yet adopted spirituality
so your Lower Self will be the Commanding Self
and your Spiritual Heart will be 'Snobar' (Senseless).
Not only does the Commanding Self compel you to do bad things but it also has control over your heart.
Do you understand?
They are both parallel to each other.
What are they? Parallel to each other.
If there are any changes in this [the heart]
then this [the Lower Self] will automatically change.
You understand?
Right now, your heart is Snobar.
Snobar means senseless.
Without any sense or understanding.
Snobar means senseless.
Such a heart has no sense whatsoever.
It cannot differentiate between good and bad.
Absolutely
I mean, absolutely senseless.
Now, when you obtained the Heart Activation
then all the 180,000 evil webs surrounding it were burnt
and now God's name has entered your heart.
Now divine energy emanates from it due to the presence of God's name.
The divine energy reaches the souls in your chest and even your Lower Self.
The divine energy being generated from the Heart Activation is entering your chest
and the same divine energy also extends towards the Lower Self.
As the divine energy reaches the Lower Self, it weakens the Lower Self.
What will happen? [Audience repeats].
After being weakened, the Lower Self transforms from the Commanding Self to the Blameworthy Self.
The mere presence of divine energy transforms it from the Commanding Self to the Blameworthy Self.
How does it transform? [Audience repeats].
So what does it mean? Now, if your Spiritual Heart has been revived with God's name
then your Lower Self cannot stay a Commanding Self.
Due to the influence of divine energy, the Lower Self will transform from the Commanding Self to the Blameworthy Self.
What must you do now?
Although your Lower Self has now become the Blameworthy Self it is still not purified.
What should you do in order to transform it further?
No matter how much divine energy you possess, it will not move past the stage of Blameworthiness.
Regardless of how much divine energy you have in you, the Lower Self does not change its state.
The only thing that will change its state is when the Spiritual Guide forces it to recite the Kalima (Declaration of Faith).
Only when the Spiritual Guide forces the Lower Self to recite the Kalima.
When it begins to recite the Kalima then the divine energy of the Kalima will transform it further.
And from the Blameworthy Self, it will become the Inspired Self.
Now, it is purified.
Now, the Spiritual Heart.
When God's name entered the heart, it transformed from Snobar (Senseless) to Saleem (Secured).
When the Lower Self became the Inspired Self, the Spiritual Heart becomes Muneeb (Heart Directed to God).
Did you understand?
It becomes Muneeb and this stage is of a Devout Believer.
A Devout Believer's Lower Self is the Inspired Self
A high ranking Devout Believer
Their Lower Self is the Inspired Self and the Spiritual Heart is Muneeb.
Now, Snobar meant that the heart is senseless.
Saleem means that now the heart is secured from Satan.
And Muneeb means that the direction of the heart is now towards God.
It no longer needs a Qibla.
Now, it's direction is towards God.
Similarly, the Lower Self was a Commanding Self and it is what the disbelievers have
it doesn't matter how rigorously you practise your religion, the Lower Self will not accept it.
The Commanding Self.
But when it becomes the Blameworthy Self due to divine energy, it will become flexible.
It makes you feel terrible after you commit a sin or do something wrong.
You can check yourself: do you ever regret doing something wrong?
If you do then it is a sign of the Blameworthy Self.
Now, what do these stages look like spiritually?
The Commanding Self looks like a dog
and the Blameworthy Self
will either look like a horse
or it will look like a bull.
Okay?
Why does it have two appearances?
This is the stage where the Lower Self's nature changes.
Some people have a mischievous Lower Self and others have a gentle Lower Self.
Those who have a mischievous Lower Self
their Lower Self resembles a horse.
Those whose Lower Self is gentle, it resembles a bull.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
When it becomes the Inspired Self then it resembles a goat.
A goat is a permissible animal [for consumption] so now your Lower Self also becomes permissible
which means now it will not let you do anything which is prohibited.
Once it becomes the Inspired Self...? [Audience repeats].
Now, it has become a goat.
When Abraham had to sacrifice his son
the narrations state that a goat appeared from the skies
Right?
No, it wasn't a goat. It was the Inspired Self of his son
and that is what was sacrificed. This is why you sacrifice goats on Eid ul Adha.
So it was his Lower Self
The sub-spirit of the Lower Self came out and that is what was sacrificed.
This here is the esoteric aspect of Hajj and sacrifice
Those who went to perform Hajj with an Inspired Self, their Hajj was accepted by God.
Those who possessed this knowledge sacrificed their Lower Selves
and those who didn't possess it sacrifices animals.
They say that that goat came from the skies. How many goats can you see in the sky?
Do you think God has a farm up there?
They say that the goat came from the skies. There is no farm in the sky.
It was his Lower Self.
It was the Inspired Self.
When the Inspired Self was sacrificed, it transformed into Mutmaina (The Contented Self).
God becomes content with you.
When it is the Inspired Self, it is a goat and now it will only change
when God wants to make you a saint.
What happens when he wants to make you a saint?
This is the heart here
and below it is the Lower Self.
When the divine theophany falls upon your heart, your heart will become Shaheed (Witnessing Heart).
When the same divine theophany falls on your Lower Self, it will transform into the Contented Self.
And from a goat, it will begin to resemble a human being.
While the Spiritual Heart will begin to resemble the Spiritual Guide.
That's what happens after the Lower Self becomes Mutmaina.
When this happened with Hazrat Ali, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) asked him, 'What's the matter?'
He replied, 'I just saw you sitting inside me.'
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said, 'That's not me, it is your Spiritual Heart.'
It begins to resemble the Spiritual Guide.
When you have a Witnessing Heart, it will resemble the Spiritual Guide.
It is [my] Witnessing Heart which grants Dhikr to people and people say that His Divine Eminence arrived
but it was actually the Witnessing Heart.
But it looks like the Spiritual Guide.
It looks exactly like the Spiritual Guide.
So these are the different stages of the Lower Self.
I think you must have understood what I said.
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