Next time you feel jealous remember that persons blessings mean something personal to them & have nothing to do with you / your blessings are yours entirely because you know what it takes to receive them / if you see someone else win something you want in life / trust that -
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive."
In the beginning we think of God as a concept, a distant word, a traditional idea, the universe (!) or a vague sense of some cosmic entity.
Yet through purification we gradually surrender our idea of God and enter the Presence of God who is “closer to us than our jugular vein.”
At some point you realize that criticizing the world is not enough, complaining & resentment is not enough; dreaming about a romantic past is not enough; you have to magically intervene with truth & beauty. You are not here to witness the curse — you are here to break the curse.
There is power in giving voice to your heart in praying without interupting with “what if” or “but” — Create a space where you can speak freely and pray without doubt.
Ancient wisdom teaches that the light we receive from the Divine settles in our intellect (“aql”) — It is by praying that the Divine light (“Nur”) reveals to us spiritual common sense and awakens in us intuitive intelligence.
The most beautiful realms of knowledge are veiled for our own protection, so we might grow in strenght and faith to knock on doors, pray, ask, persevere, purify and let our eyes adapt to the gradual increase in light as veils are gently moved away.
Sometimes it is enough to simply sit with God; like you sit near a river, a fireplace or a lover.
You don’t always need to ask God for things. You can sit in gentle amazement, breathe and enjoy the luxury of Divine Presence.