tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167814.post111064969731691656..comments2023-10-16T05:38:22.472-04:00Comments on Sufi Amanesis: Experiencing OnenessAnab Whitehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349433166342161304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167814.post-1141719599689579362006-03-07T03:19:00.000-05:002006-03-07T03:19:00.000-05:00What one see in a statement, whatever it is, can o...What one see in a statement, whatever it is, can often be a reflection of what one 'is'.<BR/><BR/>I have 'faith' in the fact that Ghazzali attained indeed such a level of spiritual realisation. I can not tell for sure, but it's not the point of my comment anyway.<BR/><BR/>If one read the writings of a mystic, for exemple, and can not see anything else in it than a demonstration of false humility and vanity, maybe one is judging upon what those words would be if they would be coming from his own mouth. <BR/>Personally, I know myself enough to know that I could not say these words without sounding 'false', at least in some way. But I do know that humans may have a potential wich, if attained, 'authorize' them to say these words without engaging their lower self, without blinding themselves with vanity desguised under false humility.<BR/><BR/>It's fine to see that in a world where new-age religions are gaining more adepts everyday, there are still some people who are somewhat warry of falsehood and illusions created by the false-ego. But there must be a balance somewhere. <BR/>Of course one will not see the need for such a balance if he thinks that mystical realisation is an impossibility in itself.<BR/><BR/>The truth on those things is not a matter of opinions, but if one do not believe it to bo possible, then, one have the right to have such beliefs.<BR/>This is a question of faith, but faith can be in accordance with Truth to varying degrees...<BR/><BR/>and as Anab said it so well :<BR/><BR/>Authentic faith is a form of seeing which is rooted in experience even as faith points to that which has not been experienced. Authentic faith is a form of interpolation and extrapolation which permits one to correctly connect the dots of experience even though a certain amount of evidence and demonstration may be absent in what one is experiencing or has experienced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167814.post-1126995186379664012005-09-17T18:13:00.000-04:002005-09-17T18:13:00.000-04:00False humility and vanity!False humility and vanity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com