O human you are struggling towards your Lord and striving until you come to know Him. " Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri.
In this work I have adopted and modified his Four Journeys to frame the poetry appropriately.
Mulla Sadra (d.1640 CE) described the journey of the seeker\'s ascent into higher consciousness in Four stages.
Numerous enlightened masters in the past have guided and helped humanity toward higher consciousness and happiness.
Those people who have reached that station are the appropriate guides and role models to be followed.
This is the complete person.
The illumined being also experiences the presence of Allah\'s mercy and grace; such beings can only be in ecstatic gratitude at heart, even when responding to earthly challenges.
They lived with inner certainty and contentment.
All prophets and messengers have travelled by trust and witnessed the light of Allah at all times.
Then comes the security, knowledge and experience of divine guidance through one\'s own soul and purified heart - a desirable destiny.
This is followed by a living faith and trust in God\'s perfect mercy and justice, irrespective of circumstance.
Acceptance of this fact is the first step.
Human needs and desires are endless.
Quality life begins when your direction is clear and you accept responsibility and accountability for your actions.
This experience is the outcome of leaving behind self-illusion, identity and duality.
Prophets, sages, imams and sufi masters have elaborated upon a life fulfilled by enlightenment and God-realisation.
Quran 84:6 "The notion of the complete human being or the \'Insan al-kamil\' was addressed by early Islamic scholars and masters following the model of the Prophet and his exemplary conduct.
O human you are struggling towards your Lord and striving until you come to know Him
