There used to be a man
who was shown beautiful damsels in the ethereal realm
and he was told that they were all for him.
They had been rewarded to him.
A Trial: the Damsels or the Lord?
Only human beings were created by God for the purpose of trials.
No other creation was created for trials.
God created the damsels in the Unseen World.
They were servants there.
Then, when God decided to create creation,
he also decided to gift the damsels to his creation.
People come up with a lot of stories regarding the damsels,
however, the damsels are not yet in paradise,
they will come to paradise [from the Unseen World] when it is time.
People have even fabricated narrations about the damsels’ figure.
But they have not come out from where they live yet.
As for interest, the truth as per the Qur'an
is that everything that the lower self could desire shall be found in paradise.
Therefore, technically,
paradise only has to offer carnal desires.
What are the desires of the spiritual heart?
Nothing but the person of God.
God has only created one level of paradise, out of seven,
for the desires of the spiritual heart.
Below this level, all levels of paradise offer the desires of the lower selves. What desires are those?
The very same desires you have in this world.
But remember,
the desires you have in this world
and the intensity of those desires shall not be the same in paradise.
Why?
Because out of all the desires of the lower self,
the prime desire is showing off.
You will not have such an opportunity there [in paradise] hence you will not find pleasure.
If I buy a Bentley and I am told that I must remove the emblem
and paint it a different colour
so that nobody can know that it's a Bentley,
only I would know, so I wouldn’t enjoy it, right?
The cars which are a status symbol,
the pleasure isn’t in driving them
but to see people turn green with envy.
So the prime desire is that you want to show it to people.
And when people look at [what you have], that’s when you enjoy it.
Now, if you go to paradise
and everyone has the same homes and the same damsels,
who will you show off to?
Everything is the same.
Therefore, the desires of the lower self are a great deception
and that is the truth.
It's so temporal and in the end, you will just regret it.
But the trouble is this is the case for one who is a momin,
whereas the worldly individual,
one who chose the luxuries of the world in the Primordial Times,
finds pleasure solely in the luxuries of the world.
Those in whose souls have entered the particles of Ishq,
those through whose souls pass the divine manifestations,
such a soul no longer has desires or inclinations towards any other thing.
You may say that you are not interested in any luxuries,
however, it is just a statement.
You shall only attain the truth of this statement
when the divine manifestation passes through your soul
and all other desires are incinerated.
At that point, you won’t even have to say anything.
And God is very clever.
Before God grants you any designation or spiritual rank, he tests you
and he does not tell you that it is a test.
There was a man who was very close to HDE Gohar Shahi.
He was shown beautiful damsels in the ethereal realm
and he was told that they were all for him.
They had been rewarded to him.
Before he could ponder and reply,
he saw HDE Gohar Shahi standing in the distance
and he left those damsels and leapt towards HDE Gohar Shahi.
When he ran towards HDE Gohar Shahi,
the Lord smiled and said, 'What are you doing here?'
He replied, 'Some archangels came,
and said they were rewarding me with these damsels.
Lord, why are they giving them to me?'
HDE Gohar Shahi said, 'Those whose hearts are not content with Gohar, they are rewarded with damsels'.
The man said, 'God forbid! Is that so?’
He did not turn back and said, ‘Lord, I will stay with you’.
Now, when this happened,
HDE Gohar Shahi told him, 'This was a test for you,
whether you find solace in my company or in the company of damsels'.
This is also one form in which you are put on trial.
Now, let me give you an example to explain this.
It’s quite a vulgar example, so pardon me.
You see, those who are homosexuals,
all those make-up artists in the film industry,
or fashion designers, most of them are like that.
Now, female celebrities feel comfortable with such make-up artists.
Why are they comfortable?
Because although they are men,
they have no interest in women, they are interested in men.
So, they feel totally relaxed while they have their make-up done.
Therefore, a man who is a homosexual
will feel no interest in women no matter how many women come in front of him, no matter how beautiful they are.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful the woman may be,
he will not be interested because his interest lies elsewhere.
In the same manner,
those who have the light and manifestation of the Lord within them,
even if they are placed between hundreds and thousands of damsels,
they do not possess the substance that shall pull them towards the damsels.
They possess divine beauty within them.
Those in whom the divine manifestation passes through,
believe me
when the divine manifestation passes through someone,
that person changes.
Ask me what happens to him then.
Whether standing beside him is a fakir
or Ghaus e Azam or a prophet,
he feels nothing
because his heart and inclination are towards God alone.
And he shall not be satisfied until he witnesses the divine splendour.
This is for something that shall occur later on,
and you too shall deal with this later on.
But some people have already started feeling this way.
I have seen it in many people.
When [the divine manifestations] pass through [you] and people tell you about a great saint,
you will say, ‘Really? That’s great’.
There is no inclination towards anyone from within.
And if you’re still remembering this saint
and that saint then it just means you’re a stray dog,
you don’t belong to anyone
because when one belongs to someone, one only remembers them and no one else.