
Six Powers of the Khwajagan Masters
Khwaja Muhammad Nazim says,
"Only he who abandons the covetousness of this life
and the next will be given pleasure that no one can
imagine. A murid becomes eligible for these powers
when he becomes free of his ego's tyranny. When they
are granted, he is a free man, forever free from the
limitations of time and space. Time and space are
illusions which now bind us. When we are free they
are at our command.
The Power of Attraction
The Power of Attraction is the power which enabled the
saintly advisor of King Soloman to bring the throne
of the Queen of Sheba to Jerusalem from Yeman in the
same time it takes for an eye to blink, or less (Holy
Quran, Chapter 34). This is the power that enables
one to draw anything to himself. Inanimate objects
are the easiest, people the most difficult.
The Power of Emanation
The Power of Emanation or Outpouring is the Power to
be the means for the transfer of the experience of the
Divine Presence to the murid. It is all embracing
light that overflows the brim which these Divine
favors the brim of the vessel. The Holy Prophet is
the vessel in which these Divine favors are poured
and, as they are without end, they flow from his
heart, to the hearts of Saints and from theirs to
those of murids.
The Power of Connection
The Power of Connection is the power to connect at all
times to this chain of transmission of Divine power
and favors. For Saints it is the intimate knowledge
of the Prophet's realities and those of the chain of
Shaykhs leading to him. For those who are yet
aspiring to that station it is the daily invocation of
the names of those Grandshayks leading up to the Holy
Prophet. In our time, the time when the advent of
Imam al Mahdi is anticipated, many more people will
have access to this power than ever before.
The Power of Alignment
The Power of Alignment enables the Shaykh to turn his
heart towards the hearts of his murids at any given
time, and to turn their hearts towards their
destinations. If he cant do this then it is
meaningless to say that he is a Shaykh. The first
step is in his turning the heart of the murid towards
his own; after this it will be possible to turn it
onwards.
The Power of Guidance
The Power of Guidance is the power to lead one on his
way to his destination once he has been turned toward
the direction through the Power of Alignment. For
example, if you arrive at Heathrow Airport it is not
enough, you must be lead or given directions to arrive
at your specific destination in London. Therefore,
being turned in the direction is only the first step,
the door of the maze; you must be helped on through
it.
The Power of 'Folding-Space'
The Power of 'Folding-Space' is the power to travel at
will anywhere in the Universe without actually
traveling the distance, but rather by "rolling it up"
like a parchment. Such a thing is unattainable except
for those who have subdued the physical body
absolutely. Presently our souls are encased in our
physical bodies. The secret of this power is that, by
bringing the physical body under control it becomes
encased in the spiritual body, and the movement of the
spiritual body is not cumbersome like that of this
body. What is the speed of a donkey compared to the
speed of Light? The speed of light is like a donkey
compared to the speed of the spiritual body.
(Mercy Oceans' Lovestream: Shaykh Nazim Al-Qubrusi)
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