Friday Khutba: Surah 1. Al-Fatihah (v.6-7)
Bismallah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
6. “Guide us on the Straight Path.” 7. “The path of those whom the Spirit has blessed. Not the path of destruction; nor the path of wandering.”
At every moment of every day we stand at a juncture. There are three paths before us. The first path is that of divine union with the Spirit. Before we incarnated on earth we were all literally before the throne, living in Presence. The first path is a call to return to Presence, to understand and achieve our own emanation from the Light, the Source. It is the path of the Messengers (e.g. Adam, Eve, Al-Kidr, Abraham, Moses, Lao Tzu, Zoroaster, Buddah, Mary, Jesus, Muhammad – Peace be upon them all), the Mothers (e.g. Khadjia, Fatima, Aisha) and the saints (e.g. Rabia, Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Francis, Teresa, etc.). This is the path of the divine unity of the Spirit and the greater assembly (angels, jinn, humans, animals, plants and all beings).
The second path is the path of destruction. This is the state of hell wherein anger, envy and violence dominate our souls.
The third path is the earthly path. Herein we wander between the Straight Path and that of destruction. Our thoughts, acts and being flow between heaven and hell, peace and violence, love and hate. We walk in a desert, lost, yearning for the Source, despaired at not knowing how to find the Oasis of Love.
The Rose Crescent uses the symbol of the trident as a tool of meditation on this passage.
The Sufi is one who struggles and relaxes each moment, with each breath, to be on the Straight Path.
Question: These three states you mentioned, are they figurative (spiritual/psychological) or actual?
They are both. The Rose Crescent teaches that we actually do inhabit different spheres at the same time (heavenly, earthly and lower world). The Sufi path is to unified the soul as much as possible so that our bodies are on earth but our unified soul is in heaven.
6. “Guide us on the Straight Path.” 7. “The path of those whom the Spirit has blessed. Not the path of destruction; nor the path of wandering.”
At every moment of every day we stand at a juncture. There are three paths before us. The first path is that of divine union with the Spirit. Before we incarnated on earth we were all literally before the throne, living in Presence. The first path is a call to return to Presence, to understand and achieve our own emanation from the Light, the Source. It is the path of the Messengers (e.g. Adam, Eve, Al-Kidr, Abraham, Moses, Lao Tzu, Zoroaster, Buddah, Mary, Jesus, Muhammad – Peace be upon them all), the Mothers (e.g. Khadjia, Fatima, Aisha) and the saints (e.g. Rabia, Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Francis, Teresa, etc.). This is the path of the divine unity of the Spirit and the greater assembly (angels, jinn, humans, animals, plants and all beings).
The second path is the path of destruction. This is the state of hell wherein anger, envy and violence dominate our souls.
The third path is the earthly path. Herein we wander between the Straight Path and that of destruction. Our thoughts, acts and being flow between heaven and hell, peace and violence, love and hate. We walk in a desert, lost, yearning for the Source, despaired at not knowing how to find the Oasis of Love.
The Rose Crescent uses the symbol of the trident as a tool of meditation on this passage.
The Sufi is one who struggles and relaxes each moment, with each breath, to be on the Straight Path.
Question: These three states you mentioned, are they figurative (spiritual/psychological) or actual?
They are both. The Rose Crescent teaches that we actually do inhabit different spheres at the same time (heavenly, earthly and lower world). The Sufi path is to unified the soul as much as possible so that our bodies are on earth but our unified soul is in heaven.
posted by rose-crescent at 7:46 AM
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