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But the ego is so quick to say, “I don’t need to listen to anyone. They were hearing and speaking with the Divine, and we are not hearing and speaking with the Divine. That was a station for the Prophets, not for us. Don’t think that you can obey God’s command so easily. We must “.enter houses through their proper doors” (2:189).
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It comes against pride and it comes against arrogance by pointing out to us that we are in need of support, and by teaching us that there is an etiquette in how we approach the Divine Presence. That is why Sufism is a way of humbleness. “Obey God, obey the Prophet (s) and obey those charged with authority over you.” (4:59) These three levels of obedience teach us a great deal about the Sufi path because God’s first command is to obey Him, and Sufism comes and teaches us to step back and humble ourselves and realize that we can never truly obey God. That is why all Prophets were saying, “Samina wa atana” (2:285), which means “we hear and we obey”. This concept, “obedience to God's will”, is the religion that all Prophets brought to humanity.
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Now give it back to me,” and that is the test of our life, to give back our free will out of love for the Creator. It is most difficult on the ego and it is most pleasing in Divine Presence. The highest level is to become a servant. Therefore, tariqat / Sufism teaches that the highest level to achieve is not a PhD or a lawyer or an engineer. But what is standing in our way is our ego.
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This comes through obedience to the Divine, and obedience opens servant hood, because a servant must obey their Master. Mawlana is teaching us that if we hold to these three mighty trees we will quickly reach to our Lord’s satisfaction.Īs Prophet Jesus taught in the Lord’s prayer, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” For the gnostic and the knower of these Heavenly realities, this supplication encompasses the entire spiritual path, which is to surrender our will back to God. And you see many times on the news that people who are able to reach and hold on to the trunk of a tree are able to survive the flood. In times of natural disasters, when floods and tsunamis are washing everything away, what remains are the trees. They are like mighty oaks which protect us from the storms and floods of this life. “Obey God, obey the Prophet (s) and obey those charged with authority over you.” (4:59) We are asking, and always Mawlana Shaykh is teaching us, to be under the shade of these three trees of authority. For every door there is a key, and the key for unlocking the door to the heart is through obedience to the Divine will. The Divine asks us to “.enter houses through their proper doors” (2:189).