Carpet weaving has been an art in the Persian lands since
times immemorial.
Art flourishes openly in all stable governments and empires. Before the lure of unbridled commerce, almost every art, craft and trade was handed down through generations by the system of apprenticeship. A printer’s apprentice would be a master printer before he sprouted whiskers, a blacksmith’s apprentice would be strong and proficient by the time the master advanced in years, and so on for almost every conceivable way of life, including thievery. Thus learning was a part of growing up. Hands, head, body and soul were all used in equal measure, and the successful apprentice was one who finally acquired all his master’s expertise, and then some more. And the level of learning steadily advanced in each profession.
Art flourishes openly in all stable governments and empires. Before the lure of unbridled commerce, almost every art, craft and trade was handed down through generations by the system of apprenticeship. A printer’s apprentice would be a master printer before he sprouted whiskers, a blacksmith’s apprentice would be strong and proficient by the time the master advanced in years, and so on for almost every conceivable way of life, including thievery. Thus learning was a part of growing up. Hands, head, body and soul were all used in equal measure, and the successful apprentice was one who finally acquired all his master’s expertise, and then some more. And the level of learning steadily advanced in each profession.
The carpets of Persia
Did I say perfect?
No! Some little pattern, some spot of colour, some
inexplicable intricacy, was deliberately left amiss! Because Perfection was
only for The Master Craftsman, the one who crafted all the worlds and every
grain of sand, ALLAH!
Yes! Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!
Call Him by any name, Allah WAS perfect, IS perfect, and
ever SHALL BE!
“The Heavens declare His glory,
and the firmament shows His handiwork......” Psalm 19.
He and I are not separate entities. THERE IS NO I ! It is
only God, by any name, religious or non-religious, worshipped or not worshipped.
The world is full of boils that erupt, sores that fester
and balms that soothe and heal. This is a big rejuvenation centre for the
One. Whatever any part of the Soul lacks or needs, it gets through this great processing
plant.
Some scriptures give a total of 8,400,000 types of
reincarnations for the processing and purifying of a soul to be reunited with
the One. These are species, half of them attributed to aquatic life and half to
terrestrial. Some lasting for seconds, others for centuries.
Each creature walks a perfect earth. Each one gets the
suffering and comfort that he or she needs. When ALL cravings and needs are satisfied,
each bit of Soul, merges again with the One.
The amount of joy and suffering in the world is always
counterbalanced. One person’s evil can terrify thousands, but one person’s good
can succour thousands too. Demons and saints.
The trick, the stipulation, is to remain detached,
unaffected by the glory, the power, the strength, the suffering, the praise,
the accolades, and keep following one’s destiny. The aim is absolute
dissolution of the I, followed by acknowledgement, then overwhelming awe, then
merger with One.
The Truth is Perfect. The Beauty is Perfect. The Love is
Perfect. The balance is Perfect.
Perfection IS Allah! God, by any name, religious or
otherwise! Allah IS perfection!
Rest easy in His world, wonder at His work, recognize the
beauty in the wag of a puppy’s tail, the flight of birds, the turn of fish, the
bloom of a flower, and glow, Glow, GLOW from within!!
Dear Zeina Glo,
ReplyDeleteYou say Allah is Perfect and Perfection is only for Allah. . . . I find that a welcome and plausible explanation for the existence of an entity called God, who has different names for different people - Allah, God, Ishwar, Waheguru, etc.
There would be many, like me, who do not believe God exists. This concept of a perfect being, however, could be accepted as God by another name or rather, a nameless God.
It would mean that every species in the universe is striving, in its own way, to achieve perfection and that perfection, which all of us aim to achieve but which, by definition, can never be achieved, is what we can call God.
God, then, would be the most beautiful, powerful, strong, intelligent, healthy, kind, gentle (plus all other desirable qualities) creature in the entire universe. No wonder everyone worships God and a prays to God for help in all situations or thanks God for all his blessings!
Yes, God does exist, after all, but only as a concept, an ultimate aim, an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, Almighty entity we all imagine we could one day become if we put in enough effort. . .
Good seed for thought you provided. Even Charles Darwin would agree.
Our Key 'mid Ease.
Insightful post Zeina and yes, it answers my earlier query... if I am the Almighty and He is Me, then there is no I, reminds me of something that Rumi said:
ReplyDelete"Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.”
Libris!
DeleteRumi of Balkh dedicates some of his works
"....for the compassionate heart within the mind, the light within the body.....".
Zeina Glo roots for the inner glow...!!
More Rumi....
"Why should I seek? I am the same as
he. His essence speaks through me.
I have been looking for myself!"