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The deepest mystery

We have to take the plunge ourselves. No one can do it for us. Someone else can bring us right to the edge, but only we can drink from the fountain; only we can make that final act of commitment. To make that commitment requires courage, and integrity, and a pure motive, and, most of all, the passionate yearning to know God. Nothing less will suffice.

'Polish the mirror of your heart' is a great Sufi saying, but it is difficult to polish a heart that is full of remorse, anger and bitterness. Such a heart needs to be 'free' and then it is up to us to keep it polished so that it can reflect the needs of the moment. Practices such as conscious breathing, concentration on light and visualisation of beauty can help clear the pattern of the past as well as providing a suitable polish, but it is our responsibility to do the work. No one else can do it for us.

Even if our motive is good, it is rare that we ever fulfil our original intention. The power of the original intention will diminish if it has been deviated by negative emotions or feelings, which get in the way of what we set out to do in the first place.  Then there can be wastage of energy, and energy is surely needed to make any decision.   Energy follows thought, and unless the thought is directed in a straight line, there is bound to be deviation of the energy as it spreads itself out along the lines of thought. Obviously, the end result achieved would be small indeed.

If we are on top of the breath, then we live in the ever-present moment and that is what a healer is here for. As I have said, we are all healers in our own way. We must be conscious and awake. We need to be present at every breath we take. Freedom lies at the exact point between the in-breath and the out-breath and at that moment, grace may enter. We never know when this might happen.

Breath is Life! We breathe in only to breathe out and thus we learn to balance the in-breath with the out-breath. We watch the breath and see how it enters us, and how it can be used for good. We visualize as we breathe. We breathe for others in times of stress. Through visualisation and breath, we gather the beauty and energy we need in order to be of service. As Ibn al'Arabi, a great Sufi mystic, once said, 'All is contained in the Divine Breathe, like the day in the morning's dawn.'