Bulleh Shah also said, 'I do not know who I am'.
Until you acquire the teachings of spirituality,
until you go through the process of purification of the spiritual heart and purgation of the lower self,
then you are like a treasure in which...
Who Are You?
Bulleh Shah also said, 'I do not know who I am'.
This question arises in the human mind early on, when one is not aware of their own being.
Who am I?
This question arises in your mind when you do not have self-realisation.
And then, when you become united with the Lord and your reality switches between you and the Lord, you once again wonder: who am I?
Let's discuss this.
Who are you before you become united with the Lord?
So, my friends, until you acquire the teachings of spirituality,
until you go through the process of purification of the spiritual heart and purgation of the lower self,
you are like a treasure that potentially consists of different types of raw material.
For example, let's say that all the ingredients and tools for cooking haleem are placed inside a kitchen cabinet
as well as all the ingredients and spices for korma, biryani and pilau.
All that is needed is a cook who knows how to prepare these dishes.
He or she would then use those ingredients to cook the dish.
As long as the lentils, wheat, chillies, lemons, etc. are individual ingredients, it cannot be called a 'dish'
but when all the ingredients are combined in a specific way
and placed on the hob and blended properly, then it can be called 'haleem' once it is cooked.
Only once it is prepared.
But before that, the lentils, lemons, salt and spices were separate ingredients
but once they were all combined, they became haleem.
In a similar way, what is your reality?
You are like the kitchen.
You have the subtlety of the spiritual heart in you which relates to Alam e Malakut.
You have your main human soul in you which comes from Alam e Jabroot.
You have the subtlety of Ana in you which relates to Aalam e Ahdiyat (Realm of Divine Oneness).
You have the Akhfah and Khafi in you that relate to Aalam e Wehdat
and the curtain behind which is the Empyrean of God.
However, all of these things are locked up in the cabinet of your bosom.
Now, you need a chef, meaning a divinely accomplished Spiritual Master.
One who will utilise your raw material and transform you into a complete human being.
One who connects you with God.
One who transforms you into a friend and lover of God
and makes you such a Complete Human that the Holy Ka'aba begins to circumambulate you.
Bait ul Mamour begins to circumambulate you.
Even the Empyrean of God will begin to orbit you.
And when all these things begin to happen, that's when you will ask, 'Who am I? What is happening?'
Bulleh Shah also wrote in his poetry:
'I am not the believer in a mosque, Nor the pagan abiding false rites,'
'I am not the pure amongst the impure, Neither am I Moses nor the Pharaoh'
'I do not know how I am'.
As one advances in their spiritual journey and embarks upon self-exploration
and they eventually become united with God.
Once they become united with God, the divine colours become dominant on them and they lose their own identity.
And then they ask once again, 'Who am I?'
The same question, just like Bulleh Shah said, 'I do not know who I am'.
So, who are you right now?
Well, I do not know whether or not you are practising Spirituality
whether or not you are a Zakir e Qalbi or have a Spiritual Master, I do not know.
Therefore, I will give you a general example. If you are not practising Spirituality and you don't have a Spiritual Master,
and if your souls have not been enlightened and taken to their respective realms, your lower self has not been purified and taken to the Prophet's court
until this happens, you are a treasure box filled with raw material
just waiting for a cook to come and prepare all the dishes.
So, what is your reality right now?
You are the raw material of the divine proximity.
You are the raw material of divine love.
You are the raw material of a Momin.
You are the raw material of sainthood.
You are in need of a cook.
You are in need of a chef, an Accomplished Spiritual Master
that is able to properly assort and align all the tools and aspects of spiritual life, in a way that you are annihilated within the Beauty of the Lord.
So that your inner and outer become united.
You become the mouthpiece of God, your sight becomes the sight of God.
Do you understand?
When you acquire this spiritual rank, you will become a true Muhid.
A Muhid is one who has become annihilated with the Lord.