Every soul's pure intention on the path of self-realization is its signature on the constitution of existence.
And the degree of loyalty to the contract is measured by actions.
One should live to remember this each moment.
Because humans forget...
Derived from the word "nisyan" of Arabic origin, "insan" means forgetting, not remembering. We, the greatest project of the Creator, the single entity where all attributes are combined. "We," in which the entirety of the universe is contained, could not fit ourselves anywhere. Like a gaping black hole widening with every bite we take, we succumbed to our virtual comfort zones. We failed to know where we came from, where we are going. Even more frightening, we didn't even think about it...
Now is the time to remember. It is time to rise. There can be no more important issue than knowing our purpose in this world. Especially when humanity has reached this state, all the systems we knew, memorized, and submitted to without questioning have collapsed... We are experiencing the consequences of forgetting ourselves, our purpose, our reason for existence. It is now time to ask, time to see, time to know.
As you read these lines, please pause for a moment, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and listen to the subtle, steady sound of silence. Recall all the miracles of creation passing before your mind's eye; the warmth of the first rays of the sun touching your face every morning, the coolness of the waves gently lapping at your feet on a deserted shore, the sand beneath your feet moistening as it embraces your feet along with the water, the smell of the forest after rain or the scent of the sea mixed with the moss carried by the wind to your nose, the cry of a seagull there, and the beautiful face of a frail flower just emerging from under the snow on the mountain peaks... Inhale the scent of a baby brought from the garden of paradise, imagine the peace of where it came from. Try to remember...
Now, remember that all these beauties are within you and remember that you are also beautiful in this way. You, beautiful beings in your most natural state, in your most naked state, get rid of the layers you have put on yourselves, the shells that have burdened your existence for years...
See! How different you are from each other... Also how much the same... Each of you is different in your uniqueness, but the same in essence. It's now time to reunite, not to diverge. For this, we must first accept our differences. Because each of us is rich with our diversities.
Being human is a long and arduous journey. This path is the path of self-awareness, of finding Him. First and foremost, it is realizing that you are something far more than simple desires. Because only then can you embark on this path and walk on it. At its core lies that 'desire' that has been planted within us. But this time, the direction of desire is different; it is towards the essence, not towards temporary, distracting toys as before.
Knowing oneself is not an easy task. ‘Knowing’ is one thing, ‘being’ is another. What we say is; First, we must rid ourselves of our layers, our rust; our prejudices, our societal judgments, our fears and anxieties, our lack of trust, our deep-seated beliefs, our divisive, anger-filled perspectives. We must look at life with the eyes of a child; with love, boundlessly...
Our egoistic desires that hinder us from seeing with the heart draw the veil to our eyes. They cause us to stray from deep thought, from mindfulness, from enlightenment.
Today, there are many methods or teachings offered on deep thought, mindfulness, enlightenment. Even here, humans fall into the same misconception. The fallacy of "My method is right, yours is wrong" once again keeps us from accepting our differences. No matter what we do, don't we ever learn that there will always be diversity, that it should be, that we can be a perfect whole with them? While we are expecting a bird to swim or a fish to fly, we are not able to see that the essence, the whole, is in unity, in uniqueness, in being together and being authentic, and that we can benefit the whole only when we are together and authentic?
There are as many paths as the number of humans ultimately arriving at one destination. Luckily, there is only one center of the circle, the rest is trivial. Luckily, He is the One draws all the paths, He is the One opens them. As long as we are in a pure intention and effort. Let us stay in love, in understanding, in acceptance, in surrender...
