Today's incantation of "At-theem" means The One Who is greatest, mightiest, grandest and above all He has absolute greatness in both his attributes and self. All His actions are Perfect. He is the one deserving the attributes of exaltment, glory and purity from all imperfection. His Might and Grandeur is surely beyond our grasp.
The spiritual path wrecks the body;
but afterward restores it to health:
it destroys the house to unearth the treasure,
then with that treasure builds it better than before.
The water is stopped and the riverbed cleansed,
so that purer water might flow.
The flesh is cut open to draw out the arrow—
So that fresh skin might heal the wound.
(Mathnawi 1: 305-308,
The esoteric teachings in Sufism show that every human being is born whole, with Divine Light illuminating in each of our hearts. No matter how deep the trauma and how ingrained psychological reactions are, that place of wholeness can’t be contaminated. Rather, it is a place that through spiritual healing one becomes whole again. #eradicatenegativityfromthecore #spiritualcleanseistheuniversaleantidote #amongstmyfriendsthereshallbenosadnessmourningorgrief
