Light upon Light

“So represent your needs constantly, and never be without remembrance of Him. For the remembrance of Him is strength and feathers and wings to the bird of the spirit. If that purpose is wholly realised, that is Light upon Light. By the remembrance of God, little by little the inward heart becomes illumined and your detachment from the world is realised.”

From Rumi’s Fihi Ma Fihi (“In it what is in it”) tr. Arberry

The lower self (the nafs) is the veil between the Throne and the heart. When this veil is torn and a door opens in the heart, like springs toward like.
Light rises toward light and light comes down upon light, and it is “light upon light”*.

Najmuddin Kubra
*Holy Qur’an Surah 24 An-Nur (Light) v.35

True ecstasy is the conjunction of light with light, when the soul of man meets the Divine Light.

Abdul Qadir al-Jilani
(Above Quotations sourced from Travelling the Path of Love, Edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee)

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Love and Heart

Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim
In the name of God the Infinitely Compassionate, the Most Merciful

The way forward is twofold. On the one hand, develop an appreciation of the things which are of greatest good in guiding you towards the light.

Love is, of course, foremost. And love is expressed and experienced in many ways, great and small, throughout one’s daily existence. It is necessary at all times to be deeply aware of one’s heart’s centre for this is the seat of love and clairvoyance. So centre your experience on the voice of your heart, let your heart guide you moment by moment. Light-filled responses moment by moment will enable you to begin to truly understand