What is Muraqiba (Spiritual Journey)?
Nojeeb Ahmed from Karachi says, 'Greetings. I would like to know whether we need permission from the Spiritual Guide to perform Muraqiba.
It's not just the Spiritual Guide's permission you need for Muraqiba
The things which need to perform the Muraqiba must also be revived and strengthened.
The biggest problem is that people have been extremely misguided when it comes to Muraqiba, even in Pakistan.
I have two groups in my mind even now.
One is from the Punjab side of the world, there is a man called Ahwan who teaches people to perform Muraqiba
They misuse the name of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to deceive people.
And the second group is from an area called Sakhi Hassan in Karachi
There was a spiritual dignitary there called Hassan Barkhiya
Azeem Hassan Barkhiya from Sakhi Hassan
He is famously known as Qalandar Baba Auliya
Shamsuddin Azeemi was his disciple
I believe he is still living.
He used to publish a digest called 'Rouhani Digest' in Karachi.
He established 'Muraqiba Halls' in various places in Karachi.
The Muraqiba he taught was based on visualisation.
Visualisation is not spirituality.
Visualising yourself as a king does not make it reality.
If you visualise yourself roaming in paradise, does it make it true?
This is why people have been misguided when it comes to Muraqiba.
In a similar way, when we travelled in the West and went to different places
we found out and read in the magazines and newspapers that the people in the West; America, Canada, Australia, etc. are taking an interest in spirituality
and becoming distanced with religion.
We were happy to hear it.
And we also read that meditation was gaining popularity in the West.
Even better.
But when we actually went there
I mean, we went to many different places to learn what others were saying about spirituality and Muraqiba.
I was astonished.
I thought, 'What is going on here?'
Number 1, they are completely ignorant of spirituality.
You understand?
Basically, they have absolutely no clue what spirituality is.
Secondly, they talk about Muraqiba.
But they have no idea what it is.
The word 'meditation' which is used in the West
- the true representation of Muraqiba is not done by this word.
Because if you open a dictionary and read it
If you are knowledgeable about the English language, you will know that the word 'meditate' means to concentrate.
What is it? Yes, to concentrate.
But Muraqiba is not about concentration.
So what is Muraqiba?
The actual literal meaning of Muraqiba is 'radar'.
What is it? [Audience: radar]
Radar.
What does a radar do?
It detects things.
Similarly, we have different spirits inside of us
One spirit is called Spiritual Heart and it relates to the Angelic Realm
You are in the Terrestrial Realm and if you wish to know what transpires in the Angelic Realm, how will you do so?
God has placed a spirit from the Angelic Realm in your body.
Awaken it and prepare it.
Revive it, prepare it and strengthen it.
What happens once it is empowered?
Your Spiritual Guide will tell you to perform a Muraqiba through the Spiritual Heart.
What will happen in the Muraqiba? The sub-spirit of the Spiritual Heart shall travel to the Angelic Realm
When it reaches [its destination] then the Muraqiba is complete.
Therefore, Muraqiba is actually a spiritual journey.
Muraqiba is for your to stay in the Terrestrial Realm with your body while your spirits perform the spiritual journey.
If the destination is the Angelic Realm, the sub-spirit of the Spiritual Heart travels there and you see everything happening there through the radar.
If the Muraqiba is being performed by the soul then you will be able to reach Bait ul Mamour from here.
'When I established the Salat of Ishq, I forgot the mosque and temple.' What did Bulleh Shah mean by that?
When it was time for Salat, he would close his eyes and his soul would reach Bait ul Mamour; the place where the Tawaf never stops.
That is the true Salat.
Your body stays here [and your spirits perform Salat]
But what did he mean by forgetting the worship places having learnt the Salat of Ishq?
It means that the Salat of Ishq is not established here in the mosques and temples
It happens in Bait ul Mamour in the Realm of Jabroot.
So when he obtained this Salat, he didn't need to go to any worship place. He would go directly up there.
Koran 94:7-8
This is what God said to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH): when night falls and you are tired from completing your duties as a prophet
then establish a Muraqiba and you will feel the same spiritual ecstasy as you did in the Ascension.
God says, 'Come to me with all your spirits.'
Koran 94:8 'And come to your Lord.'
Muraqiba is actually for you to enlighten and empower your subtleties and enable them to reach their respective realms.
If you think [Muraqiba] is to imagine you are roaming in a lush green garden
Come on, this is a joke.
Why are you asking for God's wrath?
There is adulteration and corruption and lies in everything today.
Muraqiba is not about your thoughts
Muraqiba is to enlighten and empower your souls in order to enable them to reach the realms from which they hail.
Furthermore, there is a Muraqiba called 'Muraqiba tul Mout' (Journey of Death).
What is it called?
Muraqiba tul Mout.
What happens during this?
The Soul and the Ana perform a spiritual journey together.
To witness the divine splendour.
It is a joint journey.
This is the kind of Muraqiba Abdul Qadir Jilani would perform.
Whenever he would perform this Muraqiba in the jungle, his body would be left like this for 2 weeks or more.
His spirits would be performing the Muraqiba.
Oftentimes when people would pass through the jungle, they would see a body lying on the ground, motionless, they would begin preparations for burial.
And just before they would bury him, Abdul Qadir Jilani would stand up and say, 'What are you doing? I am alive!'
So that was a Muraqiba tul Mout.
You can perform a Muraqiba but it is only done so in the initial days.
And then a time comes when you no longer need to perform Muraqiba
So what happens then? You just have to think and your spirits will reach the place where God resides.
You become the master of your spirits.
You are able to control them with your thoughts. You only have to think about what Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is doing and they reach the Prophet.
Now, many people claim to love HDE Gohar Shahi
many others claim to be beloveds of HDE Gohar Shahi
Forget about beloveds, let's talk about being a servant of HDE Gohar Shahi
A servant of HDE Gohar Shahi is one who is able to close his eyes and reach HDE Gohar Shahi's feet no matter where He is.
What do you say?
And then there are the servants who just think about HDE Gohar Shahi and they are able to see His Divine Eminence.
And His Divine Eminence speaks to them.
A servant of HDE Gohar Shahi does not spew nonsense and become a hurdle in the propagation of Imam Mehdi.
It is impossible to suss out a Fakir.
A Fakir will prompt you to curse him
and beat him.
It's all about what's inside.
*Urdu poetry*
So a Spiritual Guide -
The Spiritual Guides of today are imposters
They don't know about Muraqiba.
They will just tell you to recite Durood Sharif 200 times and give them donations, earn lawfully and serve your parents.
However, Muraqiba is the next stage
The first step is to enlighten the seven subtleties.
The lowest form of Muraqiba is performed by the Spiritual Heart after the Purgation of the Lower Self.
It's is the lowest Muraqiba.
There is no Muraqiba lower than this.
If the Lower Self is not purified, you cannot perform a Muraqiba.
How can we believe that those in Pakistan who have opened Muraqiba halls are actually performing Muraqiba?
What they are doing goes agains the teachings of the Koran, Prophetic Traditions and the saints.
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