His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi once stated...
that there are three things that come attached with their love.
Which 3 Things Bring Along Their Love With Them?
The first is your children.
The second is wealth.
And the third is God's name.
When one obtains God's name, one develops love for it.
Love for the name of God is permissible.
Love for your children should be limited.
Love for wealth is prohibited.
The [last] two have been mentioned in the Qur'an.
'Innamal amwalukum wa aulaadukum fitna'
God has joined these two things.
'Your wealth and your offspring [at some point, one way or another] could potentially destroy you'.
'Innamal amwalukum wa aulaadukum fitna'
'wallaahu 'indahooo ajrun 'azeem'
However, those who are protected against these two things by the grace of God,
they are awarded great rewards by God.
Now, these two things, wealth and children...
How does one successfully [pass this test]?
Because God has said, 'wallaahu 'indahooo ajrun 'azeem'
That God has kept great rewards for you if you successfully pass [the test of] these two things.
You will only pass through these two obstacles successfully when you are equipped with the third thing.
The thing which is discreetly accompanied by God's love.
That is the personal name of God, Allah.
Those who have been granted the name of God, their spiritual hearts are imprisoned by God's name.
The name of God grabs hold of the heart.
If you look closely at your hand, it is actually in the shape of 'Allah اللہ'
[Your thumb] is Alif...
It is in the shape of 'Allah اللہ'
[The thumb] is Alif (A), then Laam (L) and another Laam...
In the same way, the points of God's name (Allah اللہ) - like your fingertips - grip the heart like so.
If you do not possess the name of God, the love for wealth and children will destroy you.
And if the name of God is echoing in the beating system of your heart, all other forms of love succumb to the might of God's name.
So, [the love] for wealth and children strengthens your ego
whereas, the name of God [in your heart] weakens the ego.
It is the spiritual attention of the Spiritual Master that demolishes the ego.
For the love of human beings and wealth to exit the heart, for the ego to be demolished is what constitutes Spirituality.
One who has to get an injection anticipates the pain that comes from the needle pricking the skin, so he forbears it.
Abdul Qadir Jilani (ra) stated, 'No blessing comes without trials'.
You must forbear the trials before blessings are showered upon you.
This is why Spirituality requires one to be courageous and fearless
because one undergoes frequent [spiritual] operations [on the spiritual path].
When you undergo a physical operation, they put you to sleep with local anaesthesia, and you are completely unaware of what is happening.
That's why you feel no pain.
However, for the process of purification of the heart and lower self, all the negative vices are first brought to the surface.
Forbearance is [a tool] used [most commonly] in spirituality.
Then comes a time when one's lower self reaches an elevated state of forbearance and one is able to endure any pain...
and that is when one undergoes an [spiritual] operation.
This is why God said in the Qur'an that God does not burden anyone with anything more than the lower self can handle.
So these are the three things - first, the personal name of God comes attached with its love,
second, your children also come with their love, and third, wealth.
Wealth too brings its love.
His Divine Eminence declares that if you have wealth, you also have love for it.
[Wealth] is not God's grace.
However, if God bestows wealth upon you without its love, then it is a divine blessing.
Now, there is no use in asking you whether you love money or not.
Whether you love this mission or money becomes evident when you give funds for this mission.
We live in a practical world.
And talks do not cook rice.