Which Saints Were Granted the Knowledge of the Soul?
It is not necessary for you to be alive for Zam (Spiritual Infusion)
because it is your soul which is spiritually infused, it’s not going to be your body.
It will be your soul and your body will remain here [after death] so it will not be your body that is spiritually infused.
The reflection comes down then the soul and the reflection mix together
just as when tea leaves are infused in milk and sugar, it creates tea when mixed together
and then the milk and sugar cannot be separated.
So it’s neither milk nor the tea leaves, it becomes something else entirely.
Understand?
In a similar way, when a reflection of your Lord enters your soul,
it will mix with your soul in such a way that you will no longer be just you nor will you become the Lord.
You are neither you nor the Lord.
If someone calls you ‘Lord’, they will be wrong.
But if someone says you are you, that will also be wrong.
So then what should be said? Nothing, stay quiet and observe.
You are neither you nor are you the Lord.
Bullah Shah, 'Bulla! I know not who I am'
'Nor am I the believer in mosque' 'Nor am I in the rituals of the infidel'
'Nor am I the pure in the impure' 'Nor am I Moses nor Pharoah'
'Nor did I create adam-eve' 'Nor did I name myself'
And those who become spiritually infused and completely lose their identity cannot distinguish themselves.
Bulleh Shah did not go through Spiritual Infusion, there was a shadow over him.
What was that shadow?
Now, this is a different type of knowledge and if I am ever given the opportunity, I will tell you about it.
Just as the heart is a mirror
The heart is a mirror in Tariqat (spirituality)
and the mirror in Haqiqat is the soul.
A vast majority of the saints only brought with them the knowledge of the heart.
The knowledge of the soul has been scarce.
Even the Holy Qur’an states that there is very little knowledge about the soul.
God said, ‘I have granted the knowledge of the soul to a select few individuals’.
A Prophetic Tradition states, ‘Al Insaan mirratul Rehman’
meaning a human being is the mirror of God.
But what is being referred to as ‘human being’ here?
The Spiritual Heart is an angelic entity so it is the soul that is the human being.
The soul is also a mirror.
The issue with Bulleh Shah, Mansoor Hallaj, Bayazid Bastami was that
they were granted the knowledge of the soul and they enlightened their souls,
for instance, when the soul of Bayazid was enlightened
and the Sifaati Tifle Noori (Body of Light of Divine Attributes) would come before him,
his soul would think it is God.
And that’s why he said, ‘My flag is higher than Prophet Mohammad’s flag’.
And that’s why he said, ‘My grandeur is the greatest’.
The same thing happened with Bulleh Shah.
His soul was enlightened so when he would meet Prophet Mohammad, his soul would look like the Prophet.
Why?
Because his soul had become a mirror and Prophet Mohammad’s beauty would reflect in it.
When the soul became enlightened, Prophet Mohammad’s beauty would reflect in it.
The onlookers would think that it is Prophet Mohammad who is standing before them.
And when Bulleh Shah’s soul would be present before God,
since his soul was a mirror as the Prophetic Tradition states, ‘A human being is the mirror of God’,
so his soul had become a divine mirror and it would reflect the image of God.
But what would reflect in the mirror when he was not standing in front of anyone? Nothing at all.
So when did he write his famous poetry?
When he stood before Prophet Mohammad and looked at his soul, he saw Prophet Mohammad reflecting in it.
When he stood before Adam, his soul reflected Adam.
When he stood before God, his soul reflected God.
And when he was not standing in front of anyone, his soul did not have any reflection on it,
it was empty and that’s why he said, ‘I don’t know who I am’.
‘Nor am I the believer in mosque’ 'Nor am I in the rituals of the infidel'
'Nor am I the pure in the impure' 'Nor am I Moses nor Pharoah'
'I know not who I am'
Whoever I meet reflects within me.
So why does this happen? It’s because you have become a mirror.
The mirror of the heart is different from the mirror of the soul.
The mirror of the soul is different.
And then, this knowledge of Spiritual Infusion is totally different.
[In the mirror of the soul] only a reflection [of the Lord] can be seen but [in Spiritual Infusion], you become the [the Lord].
In the teachings of HDE Gohar Shahi, you become the Lord.
It’s not that the Lord reflects within you momentarily and the reflection disappears when he is not there.
No!
The Divine Reflection of the Lord adheres to the soul.
Now, whoever you are seeing is the one who is sitting there.
It is the Lord sitting there because it’s not just an image of God being reflected there
but rather a Divine Reflection is permanently situated there.
You are not required to make efforts for Spiritual Infusion, you do not have to do anything at all.
For that, you just have to please His Divine Eminence
and once He becomes pleased with you, He will insert one of His reflections within you
and your soul will mix with the reflection.
Once your soul is mixed then it will be able to access the Unseen World.
Automatically.
There is no permission for this.
It is solely upon His will and accord.
But it’s not like you just sit pretty at home and wait for Him to choose you.
You have to do something to please Him so that He can choose you.
What can you do to please Him?
It means to become an active part of this mission.
Engage in Parchar e Mehdi.
Give people the Activation of the Heart
and the more people whose hearts become enlightened,
the more chances there are for you to come under the merciful glance of His Divine Eminence.
When you come under the merciful glance of His Divine Eminence
then all the desires of your heart will reach Him directly
and He will know you desire nothing but Him and He shall bless you.
No one else can do anything like this.
No one except His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi has the power to perform Spiritual Infusion.