Meditation on Divine love

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"Out beyond the ideas of
wrongdoing andright doing, there is a
field. I will meet you
there"

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Rumi~

"O my Lord, Sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee"

- Isha Upanishad

mediation on Divine Love:

I used to do the following meditation, and I remember, these became the most memorable and joyous moments of my life. In the last few hours of night, before breaking up of the early morning. It is the time when the blessings and mercies of Allah can be felt showering on the world at a close distance.. and very fresh feeling can be caught on by the normal senses (even though if the mind was tired and sleepless whole night). The place feels to be filled with freshness and cool light (or Nur) peaceful to heart, which can be seen with the open eyes of heart. The freshness of such night-time multiplies in the sacred month of Ramadan.

Such silent hours are replete with resplendent moments of timeless ecstasy and full of the pleasures of the Divine intimacy. These proactive moments can be made great by offering prayer (Salat Tahajjud) to Allah. As prayer is a devotional meditation, in which the man is in meeting with Allah and he can whisper share his secrets and intimacies with the Allah. Reading the holy scripture Quran, or Sufi writings is also enlightening. Sufi or slow instrumental - like whirling dervish's flute, or sitar music may also be used to elicit the spiritual feelings, contemplation on the true love of Allah, and meditation on the Divine manifestation.

Rise early at dawn, when our storytelling begins.
In the dead of the night, when all other doors are locked,
the door for the Lovers to enter opens.
Be wide awake in the dark when Lovers
begin fluttering around the Beloved's window,
like homing pigeons arriving with flaming bodies.

~Abu-Said Ibn Abil-Kheir

Afterwind's story: Happiness laughed in my ear

Sorrow looted this heart,

and Your Love threw it to the winds.

This is how the secret which saints and seers were denied

was whispered to me.

  - Abu Said Abil Kheir

 

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Love came and emptied me of self,

every vein and every pore,

made into a container to be filled by the Beloved.

Of me, only a name is left,

the rest is You my Friend, my Beloved.

 - Abu Said Abil Kheir

that will make you forget our love one day

"fear"

i told you

i told you

i already told you

you haven't reached the meaning of love

whatever you have toward me is nothing but ego and greed

in fact you never truly loved me

the tears you shed were the tears of a babe for a toy only

you don't know to sacrify, you just need to be gratified

with pleasures, words,,, lies and world!

i told you

i told you

i already told you

tonight

the last night before separation

when the withering heart needs compassion

when i need you

to soak my tears

to lower my soabs

in the very time when you are supposed to be with me

you are indulged in the pleasures, in the partying, in the lights

you say, let me enjoy, still i am yours!

now i also want to say

i don't want to come in between you and your happiness

but what should also i do!

from me, they are stealing you

busy, busy, busy

even on the last night

you don't want to listen to my heart cry

this time, even you don't want to be mine!

and still you say, "i love you"

i told you

i told you

i already told you

The light of enjoyment, taste of delicious food and happy puns of rich friends will make you forget our love one day

i told you

i told you

i already told you

if you keep on doing this,

how can you become mine?

~+~

"Sure"

No matter wherever you move away

I know, on your cheeks tears will have a sway!

The pain of separation makes you crazy

it will change a stone heart into daisy

no matter, to wherever you face, 

but if your hand is in my hand,

 

i shall take you into my cottage!

© afterwind

image sources:

fisrt,         lights in last night's rain storm by Zombie37 [external link]

second,     Rain Tapping On My Window by Thomas Steibl Photography [external link]

third,       Rain on the Train (Not in Spain) by jessamyn.n [external link]

fourth,     Rain wave - Muddy water by Yatzi [external link]

what is love..!!!

photo by dreamtwine

The way where we used to meet in past,

dust swirls over there now..

because there is no more vibrations of your sound there!

life has abandoned that way,

thus making my heart dusty and full of sorrow!!"

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But life can sometime be a circle
we leave sadly from one point,
and soon we find ourselves reached at the same point again happily

every pain has a cure, because
God is the Great!

Preservation: Loving regardless of the meeting face-to-face..

photo credit: by kaycatt

"Although we have lost physical contact and never seen each other since months"

the girl wrote in the chat window in the computer,

"I dont know how come are we going on until now!"

the lover replied:

"I know about God since my childhood

without having seen Him

and still I am going on with Him! -

  This is a matter of belief!"

- Tariq Rasheed

Forsaken by The Wordly Beloved!

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(c) afterwind

Try to Feel!

'Flaming Mountains 火焰山' originally uploaded by Melinda (chanmelmel)








Life is always surrounding all round us
but our eyes and minds are narrowed down
by our greeds, selfishness
hate, misunderstanding
fears and ignorance!

Lets just open our eyes!
Look on the sky
together
Peace of mind is there!

Try to feel it!
Open your eyes!
Open your senses!!


'HBW (Grape 葡萄)' originally uploaded by Melinda (chanmelmel)

baby.... you are love!!

Kingston, originally uploaded by Richard M..

love is a holy bliss from God..!!

once love came to me
when i was sitting in a small evening street
and kissed lightly on my cheek
it seemed like a chubby small baby

i held him in my hands
then lifted him and then swirled around me
he laughed and laughed
in a very melodious tone
i played with him till many hours

then he stopped
in a silence
and then asked..
'can you feel love?'

i said..
'no'

'and now?'
saying this he ran away
and disappeared somewhere

since then..
'I can feel him!'

"Being": Questions & Answers

lonely child
Originally uploaded by nadiralamrad

What is your name?
I.. I don't know. But I know that I am me
Are you sure?
Yeah. I think so!

Why do you think so..
because my heart tells so
why do you follow your heart?
because it tells the truth
why?
because it is very close to me
why?
because it satisfies me..
why?
because it is my being or near to it!!
are you sure?
yes. I think so... .

what is heart?
i don't know...
your heart knows... learn from it!

Clear... !!!

Desert, originally uploaded by shenxy.

free..
let the bird be flown
let the wind be stopped
let the sky become clear
let the eyes be filled with tears

stop...
and now
take a deep breath!

silence...
peace of this last moment...
yours,
in sha la*



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in sha la:
inshallah (Arabic) : if the Will of God!

Wish..

Nature's wrath!, originally uploaded by undernier.

Language: Urdu/English:

AasmaaN k dono taraf
Jb bhi mohabbat ka parinda urra
Uskey pr kaat diyey gaey
Wo gira aor aakhri bar tarapta mara

On both the sides of the sky
Whenever the bird of love flew
His wings were cut down
He fell down and at last fluttered to death!

...

A Khuda nikal la mujhey in chakkaron se
Mot, gham, uljhan or becheyni k... Agar haiN to

Kaash,
Mujhey parinda mat banana
Bana deyna mera dil ik aasmaaN
K jis k neechey khalqat jee sakey aaraam sey
Or pyaar krney waley hmesha salamat rahein

Mujhey parinda mat banana.. mujhey aasmaan bana dena
Khushi ki sunehri roshni se bhara.. aasmaan
k jis meiN tum rehtey ho!

Oh God take me out of these circles of
Death, sorrow, confusion and uneasiness... If there are any

Would that,
Don’t make me bird, that whose wings were cut down
But make my heart a sky
That who’s under humanity can live in peace
And lovers would remain safe forever

Don’t make me a bird... Make me a sky!
Full of golden light of happiness… sky
where you dwell in!!

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Agar mein hoon sachcha apney pyaar main
To mujhey mera pyaar mila dena
Agar mein jhoota hoon to mujhry parinda bana dena
K jo urr sakey azeem aasmanoN meiN
Aankho main aansu liyey
Sachhey aansuooN ki talaash main

Aansoo..
In khuloos key motiyoon mein
heeroN ki chamak na ho shayad
magar wafa ki roshni hogi

aor agar aeysa hi ho to isey insaan bana dena phir sey
wo sab kuch deykar k jis ki arzoo thi isey !!

If I am true in my love
Then meet me my love
If I would be wrong, then make me a bird
Who could fly in the great skies
having tears in eyes
In the search of true tears

Tears...
In these pearls of the sincerity
There might not be sparkle of diamonds perhaps
But light of faith there will be

And if such happens in reality, then make him a human once again
Along with bestowing with all what he had wished!

7/15/2008 4:41 AM

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a small box of clouds, a thermos flask of blue-sky*, originally uploaded by Oℓivia.

where are you...!!??

The way where we used to meet in past,
dust swirls over there now..

because there is no more vibrations of your sound there!
life has abandoned that way,
thus making my heart dusty and full of sorrow!!

31 May !

A Final Summer's Sunset, originally uploaded by kosmothesynner.

True happiness is a gift for true hearts!

Whether beloved lives in eyes or heart,, no matter what!

What does really matter,, is a true heart!!

Whether an observant or a stray drunkard,, whatever!!

true heart manifests only in selfless thoughts!!



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Ever have you heard a slow instrumental music?
and that time


the feeling of timelessness and non-being!!


have you ever imagined what would it look like if your beloved may reveal his beauty from the golden veil?


Have you ever thought about sweet ionic taste of losing something in his love!!


May Allah mercy over our hearts and drench our eyes with pitter-patter of His true love!



~+~



January, February, March, April.. All full of hate, anger, lust and sorrow and like them many other idols!!


'May'.. you started breaking each idol..
and at last broke the last one!!


Hence preparing a Free Hot Summer for only yours true Love!!

June is for you Oh my beloved..

None other than you!!

ignorant

The streets of Turpan, originally uploaded by ddefranza.

Remember oh Friend, when You did not utter any word!
and we thought that You had went away..

We couldn't see You in front,
so we got puzzled
because we were ignorant
of that You were always guarding on us
from our backs..

we tried to break Your idol..
but there was no idol of You!
so we broke ourselves..

So much idol-worshippers we were!

Allah..!!


@ afterwind

Air

silhouettes, originally uploaded by derbaron.

I tried to hold air on my hand
I couldn't
but it was still there
above and
aound it

I took a long breath
then this air entered into the nostrils
and freshened my mind
clearing away perplexities

Although You were not the air..
but air belonged to You!
and we could feel Your essence through this reminder !

@afterwind

Two!

faces up, originally uploaded by atplayr.

I got two flowers in both my hands
red one and green one
one has rose smell and other one menthol
which one should I offer you
that is my confusion!!

Red is my passion,
Green is my heart!

May You take both of them..

@afterwind

Bird rescued!

غضب الهي: عاصفة رملية God's Anger: A sand storm, originally uploaded by البصراوي.

The Lord of Garden of Mystics has always proven Highly Honoured ~~



He was always chasing
the bulbul who had got lost into the deserts
after having left the garden!



And at last -
at every climax of enigmatic sadness
at the point when despair got to the strayed bulbul



At the last moment,
he appeared behind the sand dunes
As a last hope of thirsty bulbul~~



At last, He got the bird,
then offered it some water and grains



And took it back to the garden of Happiness

Now the Bird has reached back to same old garden, fragrant flowers and singing springs ~~ Old flute, eternal melody and deep pleasure giving pain of music of True Love!



@afterwind

What really matters is how you take it?

Dubai Desert, originally uploaded by cocolinda.

"J"

( Geem / "ج" )

Once upon a time, a king imprisoned a mystic saint. The cell was so much small that the saint could not even stand straight and had always to be in a little prostrate position. His three disciples were always waiting out the other side of wall of the cell in order to receive some message or order to come from the wall closet. A stone was cast out of wall hallow and it fell outside on the ground. The tree men picked it and found only one alphabet "J" written on it.
The three people further interpreted it and took their own three separate meanings according to their own prudence.
According to the first man's interpretation: he took "J" for "Jila Watan" (in Persian means: Migration) , So later on he moved to the other country for preaching.
The second man took "J" as "Jabal". (in Arabic  means: Mountain). So, he went on the mountain and adopted asceticism.
But the third man took a very separate meaning. He took "J" for "Junoon" (in Persian means: Extreme Passion and madness). So he inflicted a self-imposed infatuation upon himself and became a mad.

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Don't Break Hearts

Yellow Sky, originally uploaded by grafosecondo.

Don't Break Hearts

Once Bulleh Shah, the Sufi Sheikh of Qadri Shatari hierarchy was giving a sermon over fasting while he too was fasting himself. During the sermen, a devout woman came whose prayer was accepted and she had brought along with her some sweets to offer him out of celebration at her happiness. She was so much happy that she wished him to eat and he ate it hence dissolving his fast. Someone inquired him reasons about dissolving the fast, he replied that he did this to save her heart from breaking.



مسجد ڈھادے، مندر ڈھادے، ڈھادے جے کُجھ ڈھیندا اے
اِک بندے دا دل نا ڈھاویں، رب دِلاں وچ رہیندا اے (?)
Masjid Dhhaa dey, mandar Dhhaa dey, Dhaa dey j kuj Dheynda e
ik bandey daa, dil naa DhaaweiN Rab dilaaN wich rahenda e

Demolish mosque, demolish temple, demolish whatever you can
Don't break heart of a man, God lives within hearts

- Bulleh Shah
Punjabi Poetry



(Thanks to my friend Hasan Raza Advocate who told this story at a juice corner in F8 Catchehry Islamabad)

Real Love, Right Love, Love of The Real

Yellow orange sky, originally uploaded by paper by design.

Real Love, Right Love, Love of The Real



Do the right love.. O' heartbrokens

Give your heart to the Real One who does worth of it

and fills it with the fresh wine of love



Don't give it to ones who don't deserve it!



Why not you love The Real !

~+~



عاماں بے اخلاصاں اندر گل خاصاں دی کرنی
مٹھی کھیر پکا محمد (رح) کُتیاں اگے دھرنی
Aamaan bey akhlaasaan andar khaasaan di gal karni
mitthi kheer paka Muhammad, kutyaan aggey tharni

Telling the talks of special ones among the insincere commons,is like cooking the sweet, O' Muhammad Bukhsh!, and then serving it before dogs

- Mian Muhammad Bukhsh,
Punjabi Sufi Poetry






نیچاں دی اشنائی کولوں فیض کِسے نہیں پایا
کِکّر تے انگور چڑھایا، ہر گُچھا زخمایا
neechaaN di ashnaai koloN faiz kisay nahiN paya
kikkar te angoor chaRhaya, har guchha zakhmaya

No one got wisdom from the acquaintance of the mean people
as if the grape vine was raised over (thorny) acacia, and every bunch got wounded

- Mian Muhammad Bukhsh, Punjabi Sufi Poetry

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کھیر پکائی جتن سے چرکھا دیہ جلا
آگیا کتا کھا گیا، تو بیٹھی ڈھول بجا
Kheer Pakaei Jatan se charkha deeya jala
aa gaya kutta khaa gaya, tu bethi dhol baja

You cooked sweet, while the soaked stove got cooking fire after much painstakingthen the dog came and ate it, and now you have nothing left but getting sad over

- Ameer Khusro, Hindustani (Local Indian Urdu or Hindi) Sufi Poetry