I will repeat the same message
until it appears crystal clear -
not neccesarily for you
but for the present writer here.
I will keep repeating it
so it might burn into my psyche,
and will thereby help me
even if it is only slightly.
Small consistent steps
may also lead to the goal -
every single poem
can play an important role.
I write to remind myself
that worldly pleasures are deceptive,
and more often than not
make you forget your main objective.
I came into this existence
to attain Divine Recognition;
I will repeat this same message
to remind me about my Mission.

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It is said that gnostic death
actually occurs as a confluence -
there is both death and life
with 'Izra'il and Israfil's influence.
There is certainly annihilation
but it's for the purpose of merging,
and then there will be a restoration
or ontological resurging.
The spiritual resurrection
is an elaborate process -
pseudo-spirituality
is unable to concoct this.
If this resurrection is complete
it can go on for 7 nights and 8 days,
and the one who undergoes it
conquers death in unimaginable ways.
Even if this resurrection
is just a minor one,
it expands one's understanding
of the entire one.

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Ma'arifah starts, where intellect stops

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In addition to the esoteric books
that you're reading to get theosophical knowledge,
there are also other important methods
that are so neccesary for you to acknowledge.
Complete all of the rites and rituals
your religious tradition might prescribe;
engage in dedicated meditation
through which you try to journey inside.
I don't mean just any meditation
I'm talking about the theophanic kind;
the kind the Prophets performed
so as to open your inner eye that's blind.
It should increase your knowledge and reverence
for The One that you're trying to recognize;
the eye of the heart brings a certainty
that's far better than one through regular eyes.

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Consider this a reminder
to all you seekers of gnosis;
I say a reminder because
I know you already know this.
But if you are like me
it helps to be reminded,
to prevent from being
temporarily blinded -
blinded by distractions,
I mean attractions of the earth;
all the different things
that delay your spiritual birth.
So consider this a reminder
as I know you already know this,
but in case you tend to forget -
this serves as a written notice.

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Your boy is back with Sufi styled rhymes -
I guess that's a topic to which my soul inclines.
Sufi wisdom is all about the esoteric dimension -
an invitation to follow a more specific direction.
But why does one even need to seek that which is esoteric?
It's kuz there are great secrets in matters which are generic.
Take for example the story of the Burning Bush and Moses -
the Blessed Fire that he saw was the inner Fire of Gnosis.
Moses represents us as true seekers of esoteric wisdom -
Jesus confirms to us that within us is the Heavenly Kingdom.
We are microcosmic gnostics meant to be awakened -
not just meaningless beasts destined to be forsaken.
The Messengers were sent to remind us about this potential -
to attain our true state esoteric knowledge is essential.

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Beseech the Lord of the Spiritual Kingdom
to reunite with your "Higher I";
indeed you will experience this miracle
if you should "die before you die".
Those wise words of the Prophet
signify the "gnostic death" -
it requires spiritual annihilation
and a revival through God's Breath.
The All-Merciful Breath can raise you
to an everlasting form of existence;
merging with the Univesal Soul
can only happen with the Lord's assistance.
The Lord's luminous support is needed
to be reconnected to the higher dimension;
follow the esoteric Prophetic path
to be resurrected through the required ascension.

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Compared to spiritual life,
physical life is kind of like death -
the way to resurrect
is to be inspired by God's Breath.
But how does one receive it
in this dismal situation?
Is the modern world conducive
to inner illumination?
It actually depends on you -
if you have the will to strive for it;
the spiritual life is for you -
if you are willing to die for it.
I don't mean ordinary death -
that happens to all by force;
I mean the gnostic death -
that connects you to your Source.
The gnostic death is difficult -
it requires much physical sacrifice;
but you are sacrificing death -
to acquire your personal paradise.

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The presence of the Divine
is in each and every breath;
so remember Him all the time
'till the moment of your death.

Perform all your actions
with the Divine on your mind;
these are the words of Krishna
that in the Gita you shall find.

Always be speaking
with the knowledge of Allah;
according to Ismaili teaching,
that is the esoteric of salah.

If you are always aware
that God is always there,
then you will have attained
what this poem has explained.

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The real work of alchemy
is your soul's transformation.
As a matter of fact
it's your soul's restoration.
Your "Perfect Nature" is in you
waiting to be discovered.
It's the knowledge of self
that only needs to be recovered.

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