Sufi Road : Obedience and the 3 States of Matter
www.nurmuhammad.com Obedience and the 3 States of Matter From The Teachings of Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Qabbani 3 Levels of Obedience: The Divine asks us to �...enter houses through their proper doors� (2:189). For every door there is a key, and the key for unlocking the door to the heart is through obedience to the Divine will. �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. They are like mighty oaks which protect us from the storms and floods of this life. In times of natural disasters, when floods and tsunamis are washing everything away, what remains are the trees. 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. Mawlana is teaching us that if we hold to these three mighty trees we will quickly reach to our Lord�s satisfaction. As Prophet Jesus [a...