Accompany my zeal on the path, O Ta'ir al-Quds,
The path to the goal is long, and I new to the journey.
Leave not this stage without the company of Khidr,
There is darkness ahead; be afraid of losing the way.
You know, we muslims are alot more exciting than just a few fatwas and stonings. There is so much to know but until one passes through the requisite stages that seem to be drudgery and self denial, one doesn't get to understand the phenomenal states of consciousness that cannot be related (very well) to anyone who hasn't experienced them. It is the Not Yeti, maybe later! type of thing. Until you actually know the Yeti, you will inevitably fail to establish the existence of the Yeti to others. And no...the Yeti is NOT Allah. Not at all! Sure...it is possible to hint and tantalize those who haven't achieved certain abilities (an audience), but more often than not, it fails in one way or another to convince. Achieved...for lack of a better word because at the end of the day, clearly.....getting to the peak of success isn't something one chooses to do. Completely the opposite...it is the Why Me? Why Not Me? type of thing...one is chosen. One doesn't know why necessarily but one may begin to know why over time...that one is taken into another realm which inevitably changes their human perception into something vastly different that the ordinary "frame of mind", "worldview", etc, etc, etc.
Here is more about Irfan from the Shia perspective. Knowing this or at least reading this might assist some to understand how many things on this blog work. How the poems differ from other types of things and how seemingly meaningless events can actually make sense if put into the right perspective...say...in short stories. Short stories are great for demonstrating Irfan in a practical way. Poems on the other hand....or rather "poets" tend to abuse their rights of gnosis. It could actually be said that this is the negative capability that so evades description even by the most well read and well educated of writers and poet spooks. The abuse of gnosis by poets or rather, the imitation of gnosis by those without the spiritual preparation for actual gnosis, results in a state of poetic confusion.
This is a link for the Ahl Bayt digital library which I use probably more than use anything else save for the Boolean Quranic search engine out of Stanford (because of its convenience but not for its accuracy in translation):
"In the spiritual methodology of 'irfan, much mention is made of the heart and the states and happenings it will experience, and these experiences are known only to the wayfarer of the path during the course of his struggles and his journey on the path, while other people have no idea of these states and happenings."
Al-Kafi relates that one morning after performing the dawn prayer, a young man (Harithah ibn Malik ibn Nu'man al-'Ansari) caught the Prophet's eye. Lean and pale, his eyes sunken, he gave the impression of being unaware of his own condition and of being unable to keep his balance. "How are you?" inquired the Prophet . "I have attained certain faith," the youth replied. "What is the sign of your certainty?" the Prophet asked.
The youth replied that his certainty had immersed him in grief. It kept him awake at night (in worship) and thirsty by day (in fasting), and had separated him from the world and its matters so completely that it seemed to him as if he could see the Divine Throne already set up (on the Judgement Day) to settle the people's accounts, that he together with all of mankind were raised from the dead. He said that it seemed to him that even at that moment he could see the people of Paradise enjoying its bounties, and the people of hell suffering torments and he could hear the roar of its flames.
The Holy Prophet (S) turned to his Companions and told them, "This is a man whose heart has been illuminated with the light of faith by God". Then he said to the youth, "Preserve this condition you are in, and do not let it be taken away from you." "Pray for me," the youth replied, "that God may grant me martyrdom."
Not long after this encounter, a battle took place, and the youth, taking part, was granted his wish and was martyred.
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