Self-Improvement :: ZIKR - Sufi Meditation
Zikr means the remembrance of God. Zikr according to the book Fiqh-Us-Sunnah by Sheik Sayyed As Sabeeq, mentions that, "All words of praise and glory to Allah, extolling His Perfect Attributes of Power and Majesty, Beauty and Sublimeness, whether one utters them by tongue or says them silently in the center, these are known as Zikr or remembrance of Allah."
In the general sense, we use Zikr as discussion or mention. But here the Zikr is manufactured pure by the discussion or mention of God, which is mostly found in Muslim and Sufi
connotations. Zikr actually means remembrance. This remembrance much like the leaders with the Muslim and Sufi faith ought to be there constantly. As per them, one thing to be done is always to ask for forgiveness by yourself as well as those that have whom you are annoyed or hold any grudge. I understand becoming a process of purifying oneself together gets more detailed the purna or complete consciousness. Zikr leads to happiness and closeness to God.
The Quran says that only within the Zikr of Allah you will discover peace. In some places, Zikr is pronounced as Dhikr. It can be considered to be a synonym of simran as utilized in Sikhism. In Sufi parlance, the Circle of Zikr may be the garden of Paradise. Practice of Zikr includes fasting, night vigils, restraint in speech, compassion for created beings, remembrance, reflection, living on permitted things and avoiding forbidden things.
The followers of Jalaluddin Rumi, referred to as the Mevlevis, or Whirling Dervishes perform Zikr ceremony which externally seems as a dance. Internally, it's a meditation on Allah. As they turn, they sub vocally repeat the Name. A musical
Zikr is recognized as sama. Zikr that's always performed in the dergah is good for the first time being brought into the open with the album ZIKR by mystic Master Anandmurti Gurumaa herself.The opening track call with the heart calls for utmost attention from the listeners simply because this can be the beginning on the path for those who are drunk with Love.
The next track wajjad - The divine union brings a person nearer to his heart. And when one listens to the humming from the heart, it is already singing the melody of love! The next track rooh-e-parwaaz - flight of the soul opens the seekers heart for Love as the next track tariqat - Breath Taste instills a sense that every breath is life, every breath is a gift each breath may become a mode of bringing the wandering iubire heart to real home.
The last track Jannat - The Paradise brings sheer celebration from the divine union which includes happened; there is no word which may do justice as to the happened inside inner recesses from the heart. As per Gurumaaji, "It would have been a call of heart which took us to Turkey, up to Konya where finally we located know that the messiah of Love had called us there; facts are being said in all humbleness!"
