Now, the knowledge of all five ethereal spirits has arrived,
prophethood has been terminated,
so now ponder upon the arrival of Imam Mehdi…
the knowledge has been completed
so what will Imam Mehdi now bring?
Which Doctrine Shall Imam Mehdi Bring?
There are two types of Bayt (pledge of allegiance),
in fact, there are three types of Bayt.
Prophet Muhammad (s),
since he is a prophet
and the job of a prophet is to establish a religion
and the law of the religion (Shariah),
therefore, due to common folks,
everything a prophet does has to be in accordance with Shariah.
So, in the capacity of a prophet, Muhammad (s) performed physical Bayt on his followers -
- which means to place his hand atop theirs.
However, there is also a spiritual Bayt.
In this, the spiritual heart pledges allegiance to the spiritual heart.
This is a spiritual Bayt.
This does not require any physical contact,
it is performed by the spiritual heart automatically.
The greatest Bayt is that of the soul,
which the Prophet (s) performed upon Hazrat Owais Qarni.
Similarly, Imam Mehdi (as) has never performed a physical or ‘Shariah’ Bayt upon anyone nor will They.
There are two types of Bayt that Sayedna Sarkar Gohar Shahi have performed.
There is the one with the spiritual heart, which is common
and then the one with the soul, which is extremely rare.
HDE Gohar Shahi did not take a physical pledge of allegiance
because They are not here to establish any religion, rather to establish the spiritual system.
As for, 'what about all those that have departed the world?' -
- all those that have departed the world,
and if God had written the benevolence of Imam Mehdi into their fate,
then there's nothing to worry about.
Imam Mehdi will summon the departed souls and bless them as well.
Q: Will all those who believe in HDE Gohar Shahi reap spiritual benefits from HDE Gohar Shahi’s unique teachings?
Only those who are followers shall reap the spiritual benefits of HDE Gohar Shahi's unique teachings.
This question itself is incorrect:
will all those who believe in the unique teachings reap spiritual benefits?
Only those who are followers will reap the benefits.
And one who hasn't reaped the benefits is not a follower.
What is the unique doctrine of HDE Gohar Shahi?
This is the unique doctrine,
in which neither the Hindu nor the Sikhs and Christians have any objections against this.
Everyone is being rendered the love and nearness of God in the same way.
These are unique teachings.
Unique means it has never before been introduced.
Now, let me explain this to you.
Any spiritual dignitary that God sends
comes equipped with some form of doctrine.
Right?
What will he do if he comes empty-handed?
If he comes empty-handed, what will he teach?
Now, the knowledge of all five ethereal spirits has arrived,
prophethood has been terminated,
so now ponder upon the arrival of Imam Mehdi…
the knowledge has been completed
so what will Imam Mehdi now bring?
The knowledge has been completed.
With the arrival of Prophet Muhammad (s), the knowledge has reached its culmination.
Knowledge has peaked - there is no more knowledge to be delivered.
So when Imam Mehdi shall arrive, and that too for the entire humanity, what exactly are They to bring?
Knowledge has culminated.
Now They shall bring Ishq.
It is commonly understood that Ishq is very difficult,
that people lose their sanity in Ishq.
This happens in Ishq and that happens in Ishq.
But let me tell you that the personalities who have expounded on Ishq
have only been able to do so
because they themselves did not have Ishq
because those who are engrossed with Ishq have no time to explain it.
For instance, Mevlana Rumi said:
‘Ishq aamad aqal aawara shud -
- when love arrives, the intellect departs’.
The Bible also states:
‘you cannot love and be wise’.
Now, if love has arrived and intellect no longer remains,
then who are the individuals expounding on Ishq?
They are imposter Sufis.
Because, those that are absorbed by love,
they are not able to define it.
They don’t have the time.
So, love is neither easy nor difficult, it is bestowed.
When the Lord bestows his love upon someone,
it is neither difficult nor easy, it is simply bestowed.
So, HDE Gohar Shahi has come to bestow love.
For example, suppose this is a magnet.
If the metal is distant from it, it's fine.
Now, since this is a magnet, it will have a magnetic field;
the iron bars shall develop a magnetic field around it.
For instance, we have a bulb.
Where is the light?
There is a filament burning inside the bulb,
and the electrons, protons and photons
are being omitted and spreading, the field of light spreads as far as they travel.
Similarly, if this is a magnet,
it too shall have a field around it
and the iron bars shall be emitting from the magnet.
These iron bars are also found in plastic combs that we use to comb our hair.
So, there will be iron bars,
and if a metal comes into the circumference of that field,
it is attracted,
and if it is not, then who cares? It's not within the field.
However, if it comes into the field, it is pulled towards the magnet.
It was in light of this that HDE Gohar Shahi decreed,
'Those that have the smallest spark of divine light in them,
Imam Mehdi, the mammoth sphere of light, shall pull them towards themselves'.
Now, let’s understand what nearness is.
Listen carefully.
Let’s say this is the Lord.
Now, someone goes to meet him,
the point of witnessing him arrives.
This is the Station of Mehmood.
This right here is the Station of Mehmood
and this is the Lord.
When one goes to meet him,
stands at the Station of Mehmood,
the Lord then reveals his personality.
He opens his treasure.
When he opens his treasure,
there is a magnetism of divine light that is omitted from his being,
and this creates a field
and the one that is stood at the Station of Mehmood
comes within that field.
The Lord remains where he is -
- the Lord is in the Realm of Divine Oneness
and the individual remains at the Station of Mehmood,
there is a void of nothingness between them,
however, that magnetism pulls that individual in,
and that is known as 'Qaab Kausain',
that magnetic field.
And thereafter,
the individual is forever inside the circumference of that field,
even after he returns to the world, he remains within that field.
This is qurb (nearness).
Qurb e Ilahi (nearness of God).
Who is a muqarrib (one in God’s nearness)?
The one who is within that field.
So, this is the field!
Now you have entered that field.
When... -
- and this is a very special point,
which many saints object against,
but this is a very special point.
When you come within that field,
now God's verdict is
that when you have come into that field, you are no longer non-God.
This is the creed and faith of Goharian Sufis.
There have been other Sufis, such as Mevlana Rumi,
who say that if someone has the divine light of God’s attributes within them,
they are no longer non-God -
- they are right,
however, what we have stated is practical.
What we say is practical because it is the ideology of Wahdat al Shahood.
Only those are not non-God, who are within that field.
And those that are outside of that field,
even if they are of an enlightened conscience
or they are Moses...
What did I say?
Yes!
Those that are within that field
are the Party of God.
Those that are within that field
are the family of God.
Prophet Muhammad (s) has a family
but God too has a family.
God also has a party.
Who is in God’s party?
All those within that field.
To remain within that field, is Ishq.
Those that can tolerate the extremities of love of that field
are Mehboob,
and those that have to constantly exit the field, like those who leave the heat of the kitchen to catch fresh air, they are Majzoob.
And those that have developed the spiritual adaptability,
when they enter that field, they are careless of whether they shall be incinerated, they are steadfast.
They would prefer being burnt to ashes than leave the field.
Such are known as 'Mehboob'.
Only those are able to know God who are within that field.
Now, for those that are in that field,
God says in the Qur’an, 'I manifest myself every single day, with reinvigorated eminence'.
Now, who shall be aware of the daily new divine manifestations?
Those that are within that field!
The one who is inside that field shall give a live commentary.
You may study the book, whereas he is studying God.
You study the book and he studies God!
You study the book while he is observing the Person of God.
What is this? Study of God.
Study of God's temperament.
Study of God's characteristics.
This is the doctrine of taking you into that field,
which HDE Gohar Shahi have brought along.
This is why They said and penned in the book,
'If you seek the damsels of paradise,
then this doctrine is not for you’.
‘This doctrine,’ the Lord said, ‘is for those
that seek God's love and splendour from God'.
This doctrine of HDE Gohar Shahi is for them.
If you seek the damsels of paradise and the heavens, then go and worship, you do not need to come here.
This doctrine is for those that desire to witness and love God.