SELF DISCOVERY
SELF-REALISATION IS GOD-REALISATION
DISCOVER THE PEARL OF YOUR EXISTENCE
You are unaware of the treasures hidden within you! With spirituality, unlock your full potential and discover divinity within your own being.
TO CRITICISE OTHERS IS VERY EASY. Even if you are aware of the faults and disorders in your personality and character, it is never easy to change yourself. Those who can successfully change themselves are truly brave.
According to the Bible,‘ God created man in his own image.’ [ GENESIS 1:27 ]
Similarly, the Koran asserts,‘[ God ] is hiding behind the veils of yourself. Why don’ t you peep into yourself? [ KORAN 51:21 ] Prophet Mohammad elaborated on this verse.
He explained,‘ One who has recognised himself has recognised God.’
This is the theme of spirituality. Self-realisation is factually and actually God-realisation. The famous poet of the East, Dr Allama Iqbal, said,‘ Take the level of self-realisation to a degree where God recognises you.’
When you set out to explore God, you actually explore yourself.
The question is: how do we explore ourselves and what is self-realisation?‘ Self’ has different meanings but here it refers to the wholeness of your being. Let’ s assume the Self is like a house that you want to know fully. You’ ll need to learn how many bedrooms, reception rooms and bathrooms there are; you’ ll have to be aware of the size of each room, which bedrooms are en suite and how many people they have the capacity to hold. You also want to know about the kitchen, dining room and garden. Knowing everything about your house is‘ house-realisation’, so to speak.
In self-realisation, the first thing you want to know is how many souls there are in your body. Then you’ ll want to know their functions, their reach and ability to access different realms.
You want to know how to strengthen and make every possible use of the spirits in your body. If only one soul is active and the rest are in a dormant state, you need to understand how far in God-realisation it will take you and how spiritual you can become with that one activated soul. For example, if any of your souls are diseased and knowing that this disease could deprive you of that particular soul, you should know what measures need to be taken in order to cure it.
MESSIAH HERALD / ISSUE 01 / FEB 2017 7