Sufi Meditation and Contemplation by Scott Kugle

Author:Scott Kugle [Scott Kugle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9308729-8-4
Publisher: Omega Publications Inc.
Published: 2012-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Morsel 13

When this second vibration, which is continuous and sustained, becomes known to the seeker, it begins to spread through the body part by part depending upon the purity of its constitution and the intensity of the vibration. Some people may feel this vibration in only one part of the body. In any case, the manifestation of this vibration should cause one to keep focusing upon God, the true goal. If one is unable to focus upon God, then one should concentrate upon the heart without conceiving of the word Allah or any divine name. If it is difficult to focus upon God without conceiving of any divine name, then one should do this through conceiving of a divine name. But at this stage, focusing only upon a divine name without realizing the reality signified by the name is very detrimental. To turn back to a later stage when one has progressed to a more advanced stage is infidelity! As the proverb says, “The good deeds of the righteous appear as sins to the spiritually realized.”48

The perception of the vibration is quantitatively equal to the vibration itself. In other words, the extent of perception should increase with the intensity of the vibration. I can offer these tricks in order to help the seeker increase this perception, for dependent upon this perception are reward and punishment, intimacy or distance, presence or estrangement. Since the source of both kinds of vibration is the heart, one is helped to perceive the vibration by concentrating on the heart rather than on any other part of the body. Observe that concentrating on any part of the body except the heart means concentrating less on other parts of the body. But this is not the case with the heart. Concentrate on the heart, for concentrating on it means also concentrating on all other parts of the body. At this moment, three things are in complete accord and conjunction: first, the vibration throughout the entire body, and second, the object of meditation which is denoted by the name Allah and the reality that it connotes, and third, knowledge of the object of meditation. One then realizes the vibration and time itself, which otherwise come under the category of phenomenal object that are conditioned and limited. At this stage, one is overwhelmed by an onslaught of self-abnegation and un-self-consciousness, and one is taken up into the state of obliteration of obliteration (fana’ al-fana’).

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