Imagination in the exercises suggested by you bear a significant importance. What is actually meant by imagination? Do we have to suggest ourselves that we are beholding an ocean of light and the whole world is submerged in it, as is done in autosuggestion or something else is meant by it.

Answer: It is one of our routines that we go to the market or the office. When we reach there if somebody asks us: “What did you see on your way?” Well very naturally we will be telling him we didn’t notice much. This tells us that if we are not fully attentive to our surroundings we remain ignorant as to what, how and when something occurred. This example clarifies that if we are attentive to something it has some value otherwise it has no importance at all. We can only perceive something when we are attentive to that thing. On our way to office we see so many things but since we seldom pay attention to them we hardly allow them to leave lasting impression on our memory. So, it is the law that when we pay attention to anything the meanings of that thing appear on the screen of our mind otherwise it remains beyond our comprehension.

When we study something which is interesting, because of our interest in that we lose track of time and many hours pass by. When we notice that we had been studying this book for the last two or three hours we find it difficult to believe hut since the Watch is telling US SO we are constrained to believe. Contrary to this when we study a book whose contents do not match with our interest we feel bored and even the study of ten minutes appear to be lasting for hours. This starts causing dullness and finally the book is abandoned unread.

Another law that can be deduced from this example is that if besides concentration our interest is also there then the task becomes easy.

As far as the interest is concerned if we try to understand it, it would be better to determine its limits. Interest, like every other thing of the cosmos also has two aspects. Taste for something and fondness or the predilection. This is to say on one hand curiosity to know or the quest to find the meaningfulness and on the other predilection to acquire something resulting from that quest and curiosity. When someone adopts a path with predilection and tastefulness the yielding results are always positive.

The purpose of imagination in the exercises of telepathy is that one should have ability to focus one’s mind concentratively with predilection and tastefulness which would eventually result in acquiring the innate knowledge. Since this knowledge is not found in books therefore for learning this knowledge such methods are essential which are superior to those in practice. Soul, in fact, is the light and the spiritual sciences are also light. The knowledge of a very subtle light and waves can be transferred through light and waves only. When we attempt to imagine the light the waves of light, or to say, the lights of spiritual science start transferring to our mind according to our taste and fondness.

To have the best results and for taking full advantage of these exercises of imagining light, it is necessary that one should be so absorbed in imagining that he should be forgetful about

his surroundings. His lostfulness must be so complete that the ties of spatio-temporal restrictions should start cracking. That is, one’s engrossment should be such that the feeling of passage of time does not bother any longer. Just as one loses track of time when an interesting book is read.

It is of vital importance to understand regarding the imagination that if you are exercising to imagine me light then do not try to see or visualize any particular type of light. Just try to think about light. Whatever the actual form of the light is it will come before you automatically. The basic purpose is to have concentration by focusing your attention in a particular direction on any one point and to get rid of scattered thoughts after that the innate knowledge of the soul starts transpiring on the mind step by step. Generally that state which is called absent; mindedness is achieved which is very close to that which is intended to be explained.

In a bid to imagine something when we try to visualize it after having Its Imaginative picture in our mind this process does not come within the purview of mental concentration. By concentratively focusing means that one must become oblivious of seeing or hearing anything consciously.

It is the law of nature that man cannot be detached from his senses nor can he transcend from his sense even for a fraction or a moment when the conscious senses are not prevalent upon us, the unconscious senses take over after becoming activated. And having acquaintance with the unconscious senses is the cognition and gnosis of meta-physical sciences.

During the exercises of meditation or muraqbah we are required to ponder over something so engrossedly that we become oblivious of our surroundings. This would enable us to be free from the spatio-temporal restrictions. When we are busy in contemplation and the realization of time is not there we start our journey into the unseen realm. In the exercises of Meditation we are usually told that we have to imagine something. When we imagine we are required to imagine so absorbedly that we should lose our contact with the phenomenal realm around us. If the absorption is not there the exercise of imagining anything would remain incomplete. Initially, the exercises of Meditation are done with closed eyes but in later stages one become such an

expert in imagining any particular thing that it could be done even with open eyes.

This is the stage which is known as the activation of the third eye. This third eye is the inner eye and has nothing to do with the physical eyes. This is the same eye which is also known as the spiritual eye.

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Posted by I R F A N on May 18, 2011 in azeemi, khwaja shamsuddin, learn telepathy, TRUE DEFINITION OF IMAGINATION

Qalander Baba Auliya

01 May

Hasan Ukhra (named by Hazrat Muhammad P.B.U.H.)

Syed Mohammad Azeem Barkhiya,

known as Huzur Qalander Baba Auliya

is the founder of the Azeemia Sufi Order.

Definition of a Qalander:

A Qalander is a person whose perceptive faculties go beyond the physical realm. He ascends from the material realm to the heights where he witnesses the Divine Unity. This is the zone of Taqveen or the Divine Administration. The Qalander experiences the ecstasy and joy of the nearness of the Creator (Whole). Thus he perceives the whole Truth. Such persons are called the friends of God. The Qalander can free himself from the grip of time and space. All creatures become subservient to them. Since the Qalander is connected with the Divine Being, they are perfected beings. They do not experience negative desires of greed, power and control. They have the conduct of the prophets and serve humanity according to the Divine Will.

‘Hasan Ukhra‘ is the Title granted by the Prophet Mohammed (SAW).

‘Mohammed Azeem‘ is the name given by his parents. The Azeemia Spiritual Order or Silsila-e-Azeemia is named after him.

‘Burkhiya‘ is the pen name, which he used as a poet.

‘Qalander Baba Auliya’ is the alias with which most of the people are familiar. The terrestrial and celestial angels know and address him using this title.

BIRTH:

Qalander Baba Auliya was born in Khorja, Buland Sheher, which is in the U.P. province of India in 1898.

EDUCATION:

Qalander Baba Auliya received his primary and religious education in a local school. He went to high school in Buland Sheher. After completing his education in high school, he went to Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, now in India.

During his stay in Aligarh, Qalander Baba Auliya became inclined towards learning spirituality. He spent a lot of time at the tomb of the Sufi Maulana Kabuli. It was in those times, when he went to visit his maternal grand father, Tajuddin Baba Auliya Nagpuri. Teacher of the teachers, Knower of Divine Secrets, Baba Tajuddin instructed his grand son to stay with him in Nagpur for Spiritual training. Upon learning his son’s intention to learn spiritual knowledge, Qalander Baba’s father came to Nagpur to persuade his son to complete his academic education. Baba Tajuddin replied to his father that if he would receive academic education any more, he would not be useful to him. His father left his son to his own liking.

Qalander Baba Auliya stayed with Tajuddin Baba Auliya, whom he called grandfather (Nana), for nine years. During this time he received his spiritual training from him in an arduous manner.

FAMILY:

Qalander Baba’s mother died leaving six children; one sister was older and all others were younger to him. Tajuddin Baba advised him to get married. He married the daughter of one of the followers of Tajuddin Baba Auliya in Delhi. In 1947, during the partition of India and Pakistan, Qalander Baba Auliya migrated to Karachi in Pakistan with his father, siblings and his family. He rented an old house near Lee Market. The Commissioner for Rehabilitation, who was also one of the followers of Tajuddin Baba, requested him to lodge an application with him so that he could be allocate a house to him. He did not take any notice of his suggestion and continued to reside in a rented premise.

Qalander Baba seldom washed his hands with soap. He washed his hands with lukewarm water until all traces of grease were removed. He was very meticulous and organized in his day-to-day life. He did not sleep for more than two to three hours. He went through phases of silence and spiritual ecstasy and selflessness.

OCCUPATION:

After marriage, Qalander Baba settled in Delhi. He became a freelance journalist for different newspapers and magazines. He also proofread and corrected the works of the contemporary poets. People who were interested in Tassuvuf (spiritual knowledge or Sufism) approached him and held discussions with him on the subject.

After migrating to Karachi he opted repairing of domestic electrical appliances till he had the job as the sub editor of the daily newspaper Dawn. He also worked for the monthly Naqqad for some time. He edited many magazines, and also published many stories in serial form.

INITIATION:

In 1956, the then Master of the Sohrwardi Order, Hazrat Abul Faiz Qalander Ali Sohrwardi visited Karachi. Qalander Baba Auliya went for an audience with him and requested to be initiated. Hazrat Abul Faiz asked him to come at 3 O’ clock in the morning. In the bitter cold of the early morning, he sat on the steps of the Grand Hotel on McLeod Road, Karachi; exactly at 3 O’ clock Hazrat Abul Faiz opened the door and asked him to come inside. He instructed Qalander Baba to sit in front of him and then he blew on Qalander Baba’s forehead 3 times. With the first breath the realm of spirits was revealed. With the second blowing of the breath, angels and the Divine Attributes was revealed and with the third breath the highest realm was revealed to him. Hazrat Abul Faiz Qalandar Ali Soharwardi imparted spiritual training to him in three weeks time.

After that, Qalander Baba’s spiritual training was taken over by the soul of Sheikh Najmuddin Kubra. When the training was completed He transferred the spiritual knowledge to him and presented him to the Divine Presence of God.

During this period Qalander Baba Aulia did not sleep for ten days and nights. He prayed and chanted the holy verses all the time.

To spread and to be benefited with the teachings of His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya, following three books have been inherited by Silsela-e-Azeemia.

1- Loh-o-Qalum (Pen and the Scripturum) A treasure of divine knowledge of mysteries and secrets of nature.

2- Rubaiyat-e-Qalander Baba Auliya a valued collection of enlightening mystic verses.

3- Tazkira-e-Tajuddin Baba (Blessed be he) An authentic work of metaphysical sciences and scientific interpretations of divinations and wonder-workings performed by spiritual people.

Additionally, Qalander Baba Auliya left countless maps and diagrams of the visible and invisible realms. He also started the publication of the monthly magazine called Roohani Digest. He also formed a Trust called The Azeemia Trust. The Trust acquired land and constructed a mausoleum over his eternal place of resting in Shadman Town, North Karachi.

Time favors you or not Bewail not Don’t relume that have passed away

Waste not The few breaths that have been Granted to you (Qalander Baba Auliya)

Possessor of Insinuated Knowledge, knower of the secrets of the Command ‘Be’ and its implementations, Proclaimer of reality, His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya was a man of signs and wonders but by nature he was a very cautious person and avoided performance of wonder-workings (karamat). But despite his careful attitude many wonder working took place by him. Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi wrote these wonder-workings in his book “Tazkara Qalander Baba Auliya (R.U.A)”.

A Virtual Visit of HIS Shrine

WONDER WORKINGS

Pigeon that came to life:

I loved pigeons and pigeon keeping was my hobby. Once a dove joined the flock of pigeons and started living with them. The dove was crossed with one of the pigeons. When she laid eggs and the chicks hatched out they were extraordinary pretty. They had black wings. Rest of the body was pure white. They were so attractive that every one would praise them for their beauty.

One day, one of these pigeons fell prey to a cat. I chased the cat. By the time I reached the cat on the roof, the cat had killed the pigeon and was busy in devouring on the prey. Tears came to my eyes with grief and anger. In that state of shock I came to His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya and in a very hurt tone told him that the cat killed my pigeon, which I adored the most. He calmly commented, “It happens so.”

I feeling grieved even more, said, “I am at loss to understand that how a cat could dare to prey on my pigeon in your presence,” I was quite desperate, I went to the kitchen with a heavy heart. His divine Grace, Qalander Baba Auliya called out my name twice. Grief and anger had made me arrogant and I ignored his calls. When I came out of the kitchen, I saw my pigeon pecking in the compound. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I ran upstairs and found feathers and blood spots on the roof. I felt ashamed of myself. Came down and fell on the feet of His Divine Grace and apologized for my indecorous behavior. Before evening I distributed all the pigeons to my friends and decided to stay away from the hobby.

Deaf and Dumb Girl:

A born deaf and dumb girl was brought to His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya. Those who have been close to Baba Jee know it well that he was a very cautious person by nature and avoided any performance of wonder working. God knows in what state he was at that time. He addressed the girl and asked her name. The dumb girl naturally remained mute. He asked her again. Now this time more commandingly “Tell, what is your name?” She kept staring in silence. Now he was angry he lifted his hand as if to hit her and said in an enraged tone, “Tell what is your name?”

And to the surprise of all those who were there, she uttered her name and started speaking normally thereafter. I think she was sixteen or seventeen at that time.

Spiritual Healing of Tumor:

Once a lady visited His Divine grace Qalander Baba Auliya and told him that there was a tumor preventing her to bear children. She said, “I am otherwise a contented person but due to my inability to bear children my husband is insisting on for second marriage.”

And, after saying this all she started crying desperately in sobs. In that fit of crying she drew near to Qalander Baba Auliya and placed her head on his chest. Tears not only soaked the shirt but affected his heart as well. Getting up, he told her to lie down straight. Recited something and blew upon his index finger and made a cross where the tumor was supposed to be. When the doctors tested her they found that tumor was no more there. Allah, the most exalted also blessed her with children after that.

URS (Death Anniversary):

Qalander Baba Auliya died on 27th January 1979 in Karachi. Every year on this date his Urs is celebrated which is attended by thousands of people from all over the country and abroad. During Urs many seminars and workshops are held. There are organized sessions of meditation under the instruction of the present Master of Silsila Azeemia; Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi.

Qalander Baba Auliya left a widow, two sons and two daughters.