October
2001
Realize
the Gift of this Moment
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Realize the gift of this moment
its power of both fear and unknown can plunge us deeper into the self,
the heart, God
Human life is a magnificent invitation ... to be alive is to be in
the ocean of God where we can experience divine life…while we are in
the fragile house of the body we have the potential to unlock the treasure
of divinity which is inside us…it is like the moment of a butterfly
balancing on the tip of a flower opening its luminescent wings…the
next instant it takes off…a moment so precious that from it
springs eternity
at this time of tremendous transition, when events seem to be pouring
over Niagara Falls, we are grateful for our life…we participate in
the agony of other human lives and we breathe gratitude for our own…through
our own we are able to transform the life of the entire human family,
even those who have passed…through the courageous leap into the core
of our own life all life is advanced…how can we do this?…by
speaking the truth, even in the small things, for the small brings us
to the great…in this time it might be openly admitting our fears,
or accepting the different floods of emotions, or looking deeper than
the emotions to see what motivates them…asking ourselves what is
the meaning of our life…truth will unveil itself in us…we are
guided to make choices between what is truly important in our lives and
what is diversion…things are clearer now because we are looking at
the face of death, the death of all those in the buildings and planes
and also the possibility of our own death…and death is the great
teacher of life…in the presence of death we embrace the living in
a new way and we embrace every moment in our own lives as a gift…thanking
the one who gave us this gift…we are impelled to live what we already
know and to seek deeper what we do not know…eventually we come to
stand in the place of not knowing, no longer desiring to define or limit
or cling to an already experienced moment…living in the open space
of divine potential and complete commitment to the human heart…we
ally ourselves with genuine spiritual teachers of the heart, those who
have been working in the soil of human potential for the last ten, twenty
and more years…those who have themselves experienced the bond with
a living guide so that the flame of realization is passed on, heart to
heart…upholders of the universal wisdom teachings given to us through
the buddhas, the avatars, the prophets…we pray the prayers of love
received from them…we pray them together with others ...we pray for
all humanity and the entire beautiful creation…we pray for the leaders
of this country and all peoples to be guided by divine wisdom and compassion…we
meditate…contemplate…sit still in the ever unfolding moment
of divine mercy…learning to see every event as mercy and sharing
this seeing with others…we return to our parents in gratitude and
strengthen the bond with our family…we value and nourish community…we
leave off judging others, realizing that we cannot know what is inside
them and we cannot know how God guides them and loves them and what good
is brought to others through them ... we speak with people we had not
spoken to before…we live generously…we reach out to the homeless,
those in the street as well as the spiritually homeless…we cross
borders…we erase borders …we seek to become selfless, not by
force but through the natural unfolding of wisdom which teaches us that
we truly have no separate selves…that one being alone exists and
loves…and loves…and loves
Fariha Friedrich teaches at Masjid al Farah at 245 W. Broadway
in Tribeca in New York City. She is presently the sheyk (spiritual head)
of the Sufi lineage called Nur Ashki Jerrahi in America. Sufism is the
mystical path of the heart of Islam. For more information, contact Sufi
Books at 212-334-5212.
