Contents: Alam al Mithal, Alam al Jabur, Al Malakut...

Pir Vilayat Khan

Contents: Alam al Mithal, Alam al Jabur, Al Malakut & Al Lahut Lahut . Ars Regia & the Psyche...

* As one rises from one plane to the next ('alam al mithat'---> 'alam al malakut' & 'alam al Jabur'), one encounters counterparts that become less personal and more universal. 'Alam al mithal': One discovers one's dream personality as being very different from one's familiar terrestrial one. 'Al malakut': One's counterpart appears in the form of an angel. 'Aljabarut': Pure splendour beyond form. 'Al lahut lahut': One discovers the sphere, the universal and perfect dimensions of one's being. Hazrat Inayat Khan: This is the level at which our divine inheritance originates.

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* The work of the spiritual adept is somewhat of the nature of that quintessential alchemical work at the level of the psyque called Ars Regia, the royal art. The Sufi dervises attune their consciousness to the levels described as typifying the celestial spheres descending in sequence:

Alam Al Hahut: Recollecting one's pristine condition, somehow stirring out of deep sleep in the night of time. This si somewhat like the original state of the embryo. All the potentialities of the universe are virtually present, the condition of the divine perfection, our divine inheritance.
Alam al Jabarut: At this stage our essence exists as pure splendor. It can be sensed when contemplation is carried by allowing oneself to be aroused by the emotion that moves the universe. The Sufis refer to a condition where the soul perceives a non physical reality.
Alam al Malakut: The Sufis look upon it as the place where the divine treasures hidden behind their display as the universe are manifested and activated as beings prior to conception and after death. It can only be reached by the break-through of ectasy at the moment of 'aha': discovering the divine intention behind what we interpret as events.
Alam al Mithal: Our imagination projects images that are not a replica of the perceived. This is where we have the full extent of our choice, our FREE WILL. participating in the dive act whereby the physical world is shaped to manifest the sublimity of the emotion driven the universe. Should one maintain onself on the threshold between day consciousness and sleep, image formation will project on the psyche expressing our attunements or moods, premonitions and misgivings in a pictorial form. Hence the meditation techniques fostered by the Sufis gave rise to visionary narratives as those of Shihabuddin Suhra Wardhi, Ibn 'Arabi, elucidated by Prophet Mohhammed's recount of his visit of the heavenly spheres.