Meditation (Muraqabah) of colored lights

Author: Kwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (spiritual scientist & Patriarch of Azeemia sufi order)

Everything that exists in this world is dominated by one or more colors. Nothing is of no color. Chemistry reveals that any element goes through changes, it emits specific colors. This order of the colors is the basic characteristic of any element. That is why in every element the order of color is different. The same rule applies to humans as well. A well-organized system of colors and waves works in humans. The balance of those colors and waves controls the overall health of the individual. Changing of color affects the mood of the individual as well.
Colors also play an important role in the fields of emotions and feelings. It is our daily observation that when someone hears bad or tragic news, he or she gets pale. Fear also changes the color while during anger, eyes and face becomes red.
When color of room is red, it creates a feeling of burden or heaviness but if the same room is colored blue then peace and serenity is felt. Greenery and colorful flowers help us get rid of mental and physical fatigue. However, when the same trees become leafless during autumn our feelings change as well.
The theory of colors and lights states that those specific amounts of colors are prevalent not only in the physical body of humans but also in any specific color increased or decreased or their ratio is changed, it leads to a change of feelings and emotions in an individual.
In the spiritual sciences, the color code is intentionally changed in student so that his or her mind could come close to the sub consciousness. Continued practice of muraqbah also helps in improving coloration in the senses. It is imperative that changes in the colors be done solely to improve or to awaken any specific skill. When supplementing colors and lights are not used to improve any specific sense, then normal senses are affected by it. A spiritual master always keeps his eyes on the progress of his student. When needed he can adjust the ratio of colors using his spiritual discretion (tasarraf) so that the consciousness remains functional with those changes in colors and light.
On the other hand, when these changes occur in an individual abnormally then the body malfunctions and usually manifests in physical or psychological disorders. These disorders are usually labeled as general diseases or ailments like hypertension, anemia, asthma, cancer arthritis, nervous and sensory or emotional disorders.
According to the spiritual sciences, only an expert spiritual master decides what color of light needs changing. In these decisions the personality type, mental strength, way of thinking, physical form and other factors are taken into consideration.
Using muraqbah, the following are the different methods of absorbing lights of any particular color in an individual.

METHOD-1: sit in a comfortable position and imagine the waves of color of light and being absorbed by the whole body.

METHOD-2: during the muraqbah imagine that from the sky the waves of color and light are falling and are being absorbed into your brain.

METHOD-3: during the muraqbah imagine the entire surrounding environment lit with the same light.

METHOD-4: imagine that you are immersed in the river of that light.
Medically and physiologically, each color of light has its own attributes. When the muraqbah of a certain color of light is performed, it cause chemical changes in the brain, which enables it to absorb as much as possible the light of that color. Since medical and psychological disorders are not the subject matter of this book we are not going to discuss this matter in detail. However, we will present muraqabas of color and light for such psychological disorders that occur because of mental confusion and paranoia.
NOTE: The decision, of what color of light muraqbah is to be given must be made by no other than a spiritual master.

BLUE LIGHTS: Blue lights are instrumental in getting rid of mental disorders, neck and back pain, vertebra malfunctions, depression, inferiority complex, and weak will power. The correct way to do the muraqbah is as follows:
Imagine that you are sitting beneath the sky and the blue light is falling from the sky into your head and after passing through your entire body is going to the earth through the feet.

CASE HISTORY:
Ms. R. Sultana from Pakistan wrote:
For the last three years, I had depression. I used to get hopelessness all the time without any obvious reason. I was aware of happiness but my life was void of it.
The muraqbah (meditation) of blue light has turned my world upside down. Within six weeks of continuing muraqbah I am feeling happy after a long time. Obviously, the blue lights have turned away the waves of sadness from me.

YELLOW LIGHT: Muraqbah of the yellow light is effective is curing digestive disorders such as gas, intestinal pain, dysentery, constipation, pyria, stomach ulcers, and similar symptoms.

CASE HISTORY:
Ms. S. Choudry from Multan Pakistan wrote:
“I had stomach ulcer for over two years, you told me to do Muraqbah of yellow-light, which I did. I was imagining that I was sitting beneath the sky and the lights of yellow color were falling into my head and were finally being stored in the stomach and the ulcer was being removed by it. For two weeks, I sensed that those lights are gradually reducing the ulcer. On the third week while doing muraqbah, a thought crossed my mind that the ulcer had been removed and now only the bright yellow lights were in my stomach. It has been a month since but I still get those feelings during muraqbah. I m no longer taking medicine for the ulcer and doing only the yellow-light muraqbah. I do not know how to thank you. You have given me a new life.”

ORANGE LIGHT: Its best recommended for chest ailments such as chronic cough, asthma, ulceration of the lungs, and tuberculosis.

CASE HISTORY:
A female patient had chronic ulceration of the lungs. The disease had reached a point where she was vomiting blood. She was told to do muraqbah of orange lights with massage of orange-light oil. Within two months the frequency of the blood vomiting dropped. After six months of the treatment, she was completely cured.

GREEN LIGHT: Muraqbah of green light is given to treat hypertension, skin disorders such as itching, eczema, discoloration of skin, gonorrhea, and syphilis.

CASE HISTORY:
N.S. wrote:
“ I had itching all over my body. For three years, I got treatment at various places. However, often the itching turned into a wound and the pain was agonizing. Nevertheless after doing muraqbah of green-light for six months I was fully cured by it.”
N.H. from Mianwali Pakistan wrote:
“I had sever high blood pressure for a while. Sometimes it gets so bad that even performing daily routines would become a challenge. My small children were affected by the condition as well. By doing muraqbah of green-light every morning and before going into bed and having a green light bulb in my bed room at night, my blood pressure came to normal within twenty day.”

RED LIGHT: The Muraqbah of red-lights is given to treat low blood pressure, depression, anemia, arthritis, low energy, cowardice, nervous break down, hopelessness, fear of death etc.

CASE HISTORY:
Mr. Sibghatullah wrote:
“ My mind always had thoughts of hopelessness. There were no obvious reasons for it. For some reason, I was always thinking negatively. With red-light Muraqbah my thinking has now changed to positive.”

VOILET LIGHT: It’s given to treat male sexual dysfunction such as impotence, loss of libido and female uterine disorders.

CASE HISTORY:
A gentleman from DIG khan, Pakistan wrote:
“Because of erectile dysfunction I was not fit to marry anyone. Consequently, I had an inferiority complex. Muraqbah of purple lights and the massage of purple-light oil have pretty much this weakness for me.”
A woman from Chichawatni, Pakistan wrote:
“I have been married for five years but was childless. Doctors had told me that my uterus was swollen. I went through different treatments but with no results. Finally the muraqbah of violet light and the massage with its oil has removed the uterine swelling and I am now pregnant.”

PINK LIGHT: Hysteria, mental seizures, weak memory, paranoia, insecurity, negative thoughts about life, isolation, are treated with Muraqbah of Pink color Lights.

CASE HISTORY:
Ms. S, from Pakistan wrote:
“Constant fear and Paranoia had filled me with cowardice and an inferiority complex. Life after marriage was such a challenge for me, I was so mortified by my husband and in-laws that even when every thing was right I was afraid of something. With this, I also had the fear of God, Every act felt like a sin and I was always repenting with fear of His wrath. All this pressure made me weak and I always felt fatigued. My husband told me to do a Muraqbah of pink light. After doing it for two months, now I am confident that I will be cured.”

Mr. Salman Ansari, wrote:
“ I used to get seizures all the time. I went through some tough times. Often it happened while I was at the market. Because of falls, I was injured several times as well. On one occasion, it happened during a shower. After about an hour people took notice of that. Thereafter someone was with me all the time. God bless Mr. Azeemi who prescribed for me the Muraqbah of pink light. I have total confidence now that God willing I will be cured by it.”

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Benefits of Meditation (Muraqbah)

Author: Kwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (spiritual scientist)

Just as through physical exercises and other practical ways, like good diet and so on, the physical condition of the body can be improved, in the same way through muraqbah, mental activities can be improved as well. We are aware of the fact that thoughts and mental conditions have a strong impact on us. When we are scared, we tremble. Our body feels like a weightless mass on the other hand, vulgar and immoral thoughts leave a person incapable of utilizing his abilities and strength because of a lack of concentration.
Rest is only perceived as lying down, denoting activity in which no energy is used or utilized. However, this description is far from the truth. Many people seem to have peace and tranquility though they may internally be worried and depressed. By having a continuing non-stop flow of thoughts, our energy decreases tremendously. By being overly attached to the web of thoughts, the brain gets tired which results in the waste of stored energy. We all know that mental concentration is a key to good health and that over-worrying weakens the immune system, which results in sickness. This all happens because the waste of energy weakens the immune system and various diseases then attack that person. When a nervous strength gets weaker then the brain becomes slower, memory is affected and weakens.
Due to weak will power, success in life can not be achieved. Life experiences have shown that mental stress eventually leads to diseases and physical ailments. Mental complications directly or indirectly result in heart disease, and gallbladder and kidney stones. Prolonged stress could result in a breakdown of the nervous system. Negative thinking leads to stomach ulcers, hyperacidity (acid reflux) as well as constipation.
To get mental peace most people try those methods that often suspend the consciousness temporarily such as alcohol, drugs, and tranquilizers. These drugs do nothing but create a feeling of self-negation temporarily. These sources not only damage health but also the nervous system and speed up the aging process.
In psychological disorders such as psychosis, life becomes stagnant. Every action has a negative side. The patient feels comfortable in a closed room. He ends all relations and communications with family members. He avoids any contact with other people and becomes insecure. Even in extremely hot weather, the patient tends to sleep with a blanket. Interest in consuming food also declines, and as the consequence the body becomes weak and emaciated.

Schizophrenia
In this state, in influence of the subconscious on the consciousness of the patient increases to such an extent that the patient starts seeing things that are otherwise hidden from the naked eye. Sometimes has sees shadows and other times has sees himself free of physical constraints in the form of a flying shadow. The pressure drawn from this imaginary flying leads some patients to leap from height=rise building. They may start hearing voices as well. The patient confines himself to an imaginary world in which he sees beautiful gardens and sees himself as the center of attention of all the residents of the imaginary garden. However, some times negative feelings take over and the patient starts crying at some dreadful scene. In other words, his senses fluctuate rapidly. Sometimes he becomes a very intelligent, talented, articulate person while at other times he is senseless and his speech becomes incoherent or gibberish.

Mania
When an attack of mental seizures happens to a mental patient whether it starts slowly of instantly it increases the flow of electrical impulses inside the brain, and since there is no outlet the pressure causes the cell walls to be broken and the outlet somehow opens up. Often when the electrical flow inside the cells decreases to a level of zero (neutral) then the patient suddenly becomes free of any thoughts. Although this is not an ailment, when the space is formed inside the main frame of the brain, the electrical flow concentrates on one side of the cells, to a point when these cells lose all memory. When this happens, the patient no matter how hard he tries to remember an event or thing can not do so. On the one hand, the flow increases to a point where the brain stops functioning. On the other hand, the electrical flow between cells becomes so irregular that the patient becomes irrational. Sometimes he claims prophet hood while on other occasions proclaims himself king.
When this condition persists, the patient may become unaware of the need of clothing or food. In some cases, the patient would continue walking endlessly. He even runs but his body never gets tired or fatigued. Sometimes stars endlessly into the space totally engrossed in thoughts. His worldly life becomes inconsistent. The need of rest and luxury goes away as well. His body holds so much a\ energy that he has to be chained for control. The mental patient may keep on talking incoherently. His eyes become shiny and magnetic. Blinking happens very rarely. For psychosis , schizophrenia and mania both major and minor tranquilizers are used which results in the following side effects; dry mouth, weaker eyesight, low blood pressure, weight gain, increase in blood sugar. Some patients also are diagnosed with jaundice. Body temperature rises; Parkinson’s disease, paranoia, anxiety, distress and confusion also are common. With that low appetite sometimes the patient becomes bedridden permanently. Other side effects like these could also happen which may send the patient into a deep coma. Minor tranquilizers are used to keep the mind peaceful and calm.
The other negative effects of these medicines are that the patient becomes dependent on them as well. Prolonged use may also necessitate the increase of dosage since after a while the usual dosage fails to be as effective as the original dose. Tranquilizers should never be stopped instantly as this could lead to other serious ailments such as hysteria, insomnia, nausea, body pain, and loss of concentration, to name a few. On the contrary, if the patient is treated with Muraqbah under medical supervision he gets peaceful and calm. In addition, the negative mentality is also weakened by it and the flow of thoughts becomes uniform. Through Muraqbah, the natural link between mind and spirit is enhanced and the man gets new energy from his own spirit. The mental state at that time is different from that of wakefulness of sleep. Hence, the deterioration of nervous system stops and the cell division goes back to a normal rate.
Physically there are two systems work in our body; the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic system. The first mentioned system controls the high blood pressure and the dilation of cornea. The latter system handles lowering blood pressure, lowering of heartbeat and contraction of cornea and movement of matter within the body. This system works without our will or discretion. For example we are bound to inhale and exhale. Even if we hold the breath for a few moments eventually we are forced to breathe anyway. Heartbeat is also beyond our control. That is why these days there are some medical experts and spiritual scientists working to devise a method or exercise through which we would be able to control the functioning of the Parasympathetic system to defend our selves against diseases and ailments and some diseases may even be eliminated altogether. On the basis, scientists have created a system called ‘Bio Feed Back’ on which research is underway.

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What is Muraqba/Meditation?

"Muraqba is where we perceive our own selves. The past and future also become present before us, and with the help of these insightful rays, a happy and prosperous life prevails upon us completely." Khawaja Shamsud Din Azeemi

Muraqba differs from ordinary meditation, as practiced in some parts of the world, where the latter is a process in which the human mind concentrates on a spot materialistically, encompassing waves of light onto a central point, in order to induce its effect. For example, scientifically, a prism is used to refract light rays (consisting of 7 colors) resulting in producing extremely powerful rays, which can burn objects. Meditation is then a limited skill, which helps one to understand the material sphere.

Muraqba, as transcendental meditation, is a spiritual act, in which the focus of the act for mental concentration is the Almighty Creator (Allah/God), who is the most knowledgeable. We concentrate our thoughts to establish contact with Allah, so that we can be aware of all the knowledge present within the Universe. Belief is vital to all spiritual and universal knowledge, since every intention and every act is illuminated by the lights of belief.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him (PBUH), spent a large proportion of the early part of his life in the cave of Hira, upon a mountain. Here, he used to practice transcendental meditation (Muraqba) and his training by God was conducted through the angel Jib rail (Gabriel). It takes nearly four hours to reach the top of the mountain, to enter Hira. The Holy Quran is the book, which contains the laws of nature and prophet hood was declared at the age of 40.

Can we do Muraqba/Meditation?

Yes, we can. We need to look at the spiritual lives of the Prophets of Allah, who used to perform meditation regularly, for establishing and maintaining links with the Almighty. And, to know God, we need to concentrate on our thoughts. Thoughts reach us by means of light and we refer to them as thoughts, ideas, imaginations etc. What should be noted here is that the patterns of thinking in all creatures have one point in common. It is this common point or location which informs us of the presence of other creatures.

For Muslims, this common point is Allah. Prophets, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all, are our teachers and leaders. We have to follow their teachings and practices to be successful. Hence, the practice of Muraqba is simply an act of following our Prophets' (PBUH) teaching. We learn from teachers at schools and colleges in order to gain success in obtaining worldly knowledge, and important concepts and skills. Similarly, we are obliged to follow our Holy Prophet (PBUH) and practice his example, as he himself did for many years in the mountain cave. Even in the Holy Quran, the importance of Muraqba has been mentioned, as in the following verse:

"And remember the name of your Lord. Cut your attachments and devote yourselves entirely to him" (chapter LXXIII, Section 13-a1-Muzammil).

Every word and sentence of the Holy Quran is a law of nature for every human being, both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. These laws operate for the whole universe. There are many planets composed of different elements, but the fundamentals of law as described in the Holy Quran apply to all of them. However, its application depends on the nature and environment of the particular location in the universe, being distinguished by different compositions. This message has been mentioned in the Holy Quran several times. "There is no change in following God’s commandments"

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Law of Creation

Everything in the universe has one or the other name for it. Name of a thing displays that thing for us. It must be kept in mind that name refers to the body of an object only; actual body of an object is its Hiola (Halo graphic Existence, the astral body).

When, for instance, we pronounce the word ‘water’, a shape and form with certain features comes to our mind, which we name as water. Similarly, when name of a person, for example, Tom is uttered, the reference is made to those physical features of the person, which are before our eyes. In depth analysis of this thing is revealed that name is only a symbol to represent something. If this symbol representing the physical body is abolished, that thing ceases to exist in the manifested world. Or, in other words, noun or name of an object is used to indicate the body and not the soul or the life of that individual.

When we say ‘pen’ the spellings or the words, or the symbol or the physical form of a pen is not referred to rather a thing that writes come to our mind, that is, the properties of the pen come to our mind. Pen is the name of that thing which helps us to pen down the thoughts on a paper. Although the word ‘pen’ refers to a body of an object, but in actual effect, the property or the ability to inscribe, which is the spirit of the pen is mentioned. All the species and the individuals and members of all the species have to have a name.

For the sake of understanding let us take every individual of the universe as a moving particle having two sides. One of these two sides of the movement is bright, colorful and is known as body. The other side is colorless light, which is known, as nasma that is on the one hand is Time and on the other is the Space. Time is the soul and the Will of God. Time on the one hand is the Beatific Vision and on the other the Attributes of God.

It is one of the sayings of the holy Prophet (PBUH), “Do not condemn Time because God is Time.”
Time is that dimension of the movement in which there is no variation. And, Space is that dimension that is variable.

Nasma = Time = Soul = The Will of God

One aspect of Time is the Beatific Vision.

The other aspect of Time is the Attributes of God.

Two things are of primary importance when the universe is taken into consideration. The universe is kinetic and this movement is seen because of the features of the universe but the movement by itself remains invisible to our sight. Movements of the physical body are controlled by something else. The body is devoid of any movement at its own accord. One aspect of the movement is visible but the other one is invisible, which is the light, color, noor, nature, reality or the nasma. The visible aspect of the movement has variation in it and is known as space. The invisible aspect of the movement is invariant and is known as Time. The aspect having perpetual variation is the creation.

In defining the Creator, God has stated: -

1. “ O’ Prophet! Tell that God is one and the only, has no match.”
(When the creatures are mentioned they have to be in plurality.)
2. “God is free from every want.”
(Creatures have to be depending upon sustenance.)
3. “God has not begotten, i.e., He has no procreative source.”
(The creatures have to have parents and a procreative source.)
4. “God has fathered none” (Creatures have their offspring).
5. “God has no family” (Creatures have to have a family)

The properties of the creatures remain constantly changing. A son today is the father tomorrow. The needs and requirements also keep on changing with age and circumstances. The family norms also keep on altering. These five characteristics of the creatures are the space and are visible whereas the characteristics of the Creator are exactly opposite to those of the creature. They have a beginning; an ending, uncertainty, doubts and variation of all types are found in the creatures. Gradation and alteration in the light causes the different species and then different species have different forms and features particular for each one of them.

Time and Space have been exemplified as a passage and the passenger, in the book ‘Loh-o-qalum’.

Time is the passage and space is the wayfarer. No matter how engrossed is the passenger in himself and how preoccupied he might become in his thoughts, cannot travel if the way is not there. A passenger cannot dissociate himself from the passage at any cost and under any circumstances. A passenger is a passenger because of the passage. All the activities, all the norms and styles of life of the wayfarer remain within the confines of the passage because there is no variation in the passage whereas the passenger undergoes a change in every step that he takes.

The passage is the Unconscious and the passenger is the Conscious. We identify the Unconscious by means of the Conscious. Engrossment in the conscious activities slackens our attention from the unconscious. All the norms of life depend upon the passage, therefore, the more time is given to the passage (Unconscious), the more practical would life become.

Conscious Values and the World of Thoughts
In the physical world, we attempt to recognize the unconscious by means of the conscious though all the activities of life are related to with the unconscious. The more is one attentive towards the Conscious Life the lesser is the awareness of the unconscious. Since the life depends upon the unconscious therefore more attention in the conscious makes the life inferior in quality. Engrossment in the conscious is a proof of the active participation of the consciousness and when a person manages to enter the World of thoughts (Unconscious) by getting away from the conscious norms, the grip of the consciousness eases up. The unconscious constructs the spaces.

In the Created Realm or the Physical world the space dominate time, that is, the conscious life is spent under the control of the Conscious and the unconscious remains overpowered by the consciousness but when surpassing the space enter into the limits of Time, the Unconscious starts dominating and the conscious becomes dominated.

The origin of space is the Simple nasma but the space by itself is the Compound nasma. The Simple Nasma is fashioned in the Realm of Behest and the Compound Nasma is made in the Created Realm. Every activity of life is a combination of three movements, namely, Primary, Secondary and the Final movement.

The universe is based upon the movement of Attraction and Aversion. Everything is attracting the other and everything is repulsing the other things. Action of the Attraction and Aversion is responsible for the acts and deeds of life.

There are three circles of attraction and aversion.

1. First circle is composed of Latifa-e-Akhfa and Latifa-e-Khafi.
2. Second circle is made of Latifa-e-sirri and Latifa-e-Roohi, and,
3. Third circle consists of Latifa-e-Qalbi and Latifa-e-Nafsi.
Display of these circles is in the form of one or the other existing being whether it is of flesh and bones, of colors and of invisible lights (Noor).

The law of attraction and aversion is described in the verse of Holy Quran, “Everything comes from God and finally returns to Him.” Both the aspects of attraction and aversion have their own features, which are at times, are made of Noor, at times are of lights and at others are seen in the form of material bodies. Attraction and aversion, in the physical bodies, is the Compound Nasma. The bodies formed because of the interaction of lights are the Simple Nasma and the featuring of Noor is the Absolute Nasma. Man, animals and plants are the world of Compound Nasma. Jinn, angels of all cadres and the heavens are the world of Simple Nasma. The stations of Extolled Veil, Sublime Veil and the Grand Veil or simply hijabat are the domains of the Absolute Nasma.

These three aspects of the existents are found in every person. When the Compositional Realm is mentioned, reference is made to the Animal Soul. When the world of jinn, Erebus, Heavens or the world of angels is mentioned we refer to the Human Soul and when the Realm of Noor is mentioned we mean to indicate the Great Soul. This means that a person who gets to know the Animal Soul, becomes acquainted with the world of Compound Nasma (Spatiality), and one who happens to know the Human Soul is acquainted with the world of jinns, angels, Heavens, Paradise, Hell and the Day of Resurrection and Judgment. Similarly when a person knows about his Great Soul, he is able to behold the Exalted Angels in the Inhabited Dwelling and knows about the stations of higher degree.

The composition of the universe has three aspects, noor, light and matter. Time is the basis of all these three aspects. Time is the path that is being followed by the universe in its journey from Eternity towards the Infinity.

The person who cognizes the Animal Soul, gets to know in drowse, reminiscence, muraqba, intuition and revelation that the senses belonging to the Animal Soul are limited and confined. A person who enters the zone of the Human Soul after rising above the level of the Animal Soul, realizes that man enjoys the innate ability of liberating from the spatial restraints, he is not founded upon the space only but he is made from the lights and therefore his speed equals to the speed of light. And, when a person manages to enter the limits of the Great Soul, the mysteries and the secrets of the Holy Will of God are revealed upon him.

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Supremacy of man

The waves or the strings of light that are flowing in the lengths and widths of the universe are weaving the fabric of creation of this universe. All the movements of life are based upon these very strings of light. Particular characteristics are represented by the particular wavelengths of these waves and every characteristic is associated with one or the other form or feature, that is, every species, every individual, every characteristic, every shape and form of this universe is associated with a particular mode of movement. The combination of these very specific movements results in the form of individuals of the universe.

One aspect of the picture, which is made of lights upon the screen representing the warp and weft, is the picture by itself and the other one is the strings of light that are making the picture.

The universe and its individuals, in their existence in the realm of souls, do not have any classification of perception or sensation. All the ingredients and components of the universe exist in a state as if they are imaginations only. They do not know, what they are, where they are, why they are and, for what purpose they are?

In order to put an end to this silence and the static position God granted hearing to the individuals with His Voice. The moment the hearing transferred to the creatures, the first stage of Dimensions came into being, or to say, the first impression of hearing was incorporated in the individuals. And, besides having hearing they also had this realization that someone is calling upon them. The second dimension; the sight, came into being when they paid attention to the heard Voice of God. With the sight the sense of identification was also produced. And, when the dimension of understating was produced, it was expressed by means of the speech. And, with having the ability to speak the faculty of accepting or rejecting something was also produced in the individuals.

When two aspects become adjacent and many other aspects support these two, then, this collective form of various aspects is known as the Existence of a Being. In spite of becoming adjacent the different aspects are can be specified individually and this very specification is the time and space. Or, to say, the demarcation between the various aspects of the existence of an object is the time and space. Time and space do not exist in the Realm of the Souls. An object exists there in the form of an Edict (ammr).

One side of the motion is always dominating upon the other. The dominant side is called Persona Major and the side that is dominated is known as the Persona Minor.

The grant of knowledge of the Names to Adam, as mentioned in the holy Quran, actually means that Adam was granted the knowledge of the properties and characteristics of all the existents of this universe. This knowledge of properties and characteristics defines that what Appellations of God, after becoming potentials, are functioning in an object. The Knowledge of the Names means that God taught the knowledge of the structural formations, characteristics, qualities and traits to Adam and only because of this knowledge man enjoys the supremacy over all the other creatures of the universe. Man's status of the Persona Major is also due to the very same knowledge that enables him to act as a vicegerent of God. Man is superior to all the individuals of the universe whether these are the angels of higher ranks or of the lower cadre, jinns, animals, vegetables or inanimate objects. If a person does not have this knowledge then, he cannot have any superiority over the other creatures.

Elohistic Appellations

A close study of holy Books and Scriptures confirms this fact that God tells the same one thing in different ways and in different styles. When the narrations of the holy Quran are taken into consideration, it is observed that the one thing has been repeated time and again, sometimes even in the same words. Apparently the repetition of contents is not very appealing but actually the purpose of reiterating something is to enable the conscious to grasp the stated thing easily. In view of the ability of the human conscious one thing is narrated in different angles so that it could be learnt and memorized. This helps in having a developed consciousness. God wants us to ponder upon the creative factors from different angles, in different styles and with the help of various examples.

When God wants us to take notice of His Lordship and Creativeness, He gives the examples of the existents scattered upon the surface of the planet earth, sometimes the Heavens, High Throne and His Seat of Authority are referred, and sometimes, we are made to delve in the example of raining from the clouds. He invites the human conscious towards His Creativeness by giving the example of winds. Mentioning about His bounties and bestowals in Surah Rehman, it is stated 31 times, "And, of which favors of your Lord, will ye deny."

This is the style of God for narrating things, and it is such a way that does not alter or cease to take effect. All the prophets of God did say that they were not saying anything new. The Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) also said the same. When the teachings of the prophets of God are deliberated upon, it is observed that all the prophets proclaimed the same one thing. But, every prophet explained it by giving different examples in a manner befitting the approach, level of understanding and the intellectual needs of his people.

In order to describe the creative process of God, Christ told, God said, Light! And there it was.' Mohammad (PBUH) states the same thing in these words, 'God is the Light of the Earth and the Heavens.'

For denouncing the greed, hoarding and materialistic approach, Quran says, ' Inform them of a severe penalty who accumulate gold and silver.' The Bible states the same thing in these words; 'Tell your fellows, if they are told that a camel could pass through the needle hole, this might be true but if someone says that a wealthy person is admitted in the Paradise, this cannot happen. Here the same one thing is described in different ways. Obviously, a person facing 'severe penalty' will not be 'admitted into Paradise'.

Likewise, when the teachings of all the Holy Books are delved into deeply, it is observed that the main thing they all are preaching is the same one thing but the ways of stating things are different.
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Wonder Working

Wonder Working

If the Elohistic Knowledge dominates the thinking approach and the human conscious functions under the prophetic knowledge then a supernatural activity is made to happen then it is known as wonder working or karamat. And, if the prophets of God initiate the supernatural activity, then it is called Miracle but if a person who is under the spell of evil spirits, has a dubious approach of thinking, initiates the same thing then it is termed as magic, sorcery or witchcraft.

God has elaborated this thing in the story of Moses. The grand court of Pharaoh is in session. On one side are the magicians of Pharaoh and on the other, Moses; the prophet of God. The magicians cast their ropes and sticks on the ground to make them snakes and serpentines but when Moses threw his staff, it turns into a large snake and swallows all the other snakes made by the court magicians.

When the magicians performed their tricks, their aim was to win the pleasure of Pharaoh, that is, the worldly ambition and the desire of getting closer to Pharaoh was their primary objective behind this performance. Contrary to them is the holy person; Moses, who demonstrates not to convince people that he is an artist nor he is desirous of receiving any reward from Pharaoh, he is only interested in delivering the message of God to the people.

This historic event clarifies the difference between spirituality and the sorcery. If a supernatural thing is demonstrated for worldly gains and contains element of aversion from God then it is sorcery, witchcraft or magic but if it is based upon the only desire of seeking the holy pleasure of God then it is the Miracle or Wonder working.

The question is that how the sorcery, which cannot be named anything other than destruction came into practice.

As you all know, Beatific Vision is the actual root-cause of the universe. The origin of the universe is the Beatific Vision, which circulates through every particle of every creation in the universe in such a manner that it even passes through the innermost confined center of the objects.

'God is the Light of the Earth and the Heavens' means that the Beatific Vision of God is circulating through all the particles of every element used in the creations of the this universe. Or to say, a perpetual movement is taking place in every particle of this universe. If this movement suffers any unpleasant incident while it is passing through the particles, it gets excited that results in unbalancing of the movement. This unbalanced movement causes alteration in the specific quantities, which disrupts the system made by God. This disruption of the system is demonstrated as one or the other destructive effect.

Blood circulates in the human body and thoughts and thinking has direct bearing upon this circulation and the human body. If the thoughts are perverted and disgusting the blood circulation is effected accordingly. The conscious activities of life and the physical system of a person is bound to be affected if he uses putrid or stale foods or lives in such thoughts for which his conscience pricks him.

If the whims and uncertainty mixes with the Beatific Vision, its powers start functioning destructively instead of working positively.

Sadhoos clog their skin pores by rubbing ashes on their bodies. Choking of skin pores pollutes the delicate lights circulating in the human body and these lights become liquefied. These very polluted lights flow from one body towards the others and their destructive effects are produced in those bodies as well.

Bathing or ablution before worshipping rites and rituals are considered mandatory almost in every religion of the world. It demands profound deliberation that worships are related with the mind and not with the body then what is the need of bathing or ablution? Bathing or ablution is necessary because they purify and give a refreshing effect which helps in having undivided concentration during worships.

Law of Attraction
The Beatific Vision descends to take the form of noor and the noor descents to become light or the manifestation and it is an ongoing process that is taking place since Eternity.

The collective program pertaining to the species is centered in the Persona Major. And, when this program is activated in the form of different species separately it is called the Persona Minor.

Every species is produced from specific quantities; it lives with those quantities and ends up its cycle on particular fixed quantities. If these specific fix quantities are associated with the Persona Major, the life of every species is linked up with the collective point; the Persona major and the individuals of the species with the Persona Minor. When the individuals of the species are studied in their species' perspective and the urges of the species' life are analyzed, it is observed that urges, feelings, needs and activities of life are common in all the species. This commonality of the urges is the proof of the fact that the entire universe is set in one single point.

Man, in actual effect, is a manifestation of the information and the information is the knowledge. To wit, the universe is the knowledge an this knowledge is spread at four levels of consciousness.

1. The Cosmic Unconscious
2. The Cosmic Conscious
3. The Cosmic Will and,
4. The Cosmic Movement.

The Cosmic Unconscious is the Beatific Vision. The Cosmic Conscious is the characteristic (attribute) of the Beatific Vision, which is the Will and the movement of the will is the manifestation. These very four conscious are the basis of the universe.

During our conversations, we say that I wrote, I ate, we went there or we came here, etc, etc. Whereas the more appropriate words to express these actions should have been something like this that my hand wrote, food was taken by my mouth, my feet covered the distance from there to here. But, this is not the way of our conversations and the prevailing manner of speech cannot be termed as the real mode of speech.

In religious terms, actually God is the creator of good and bad, virtue and evil. But still God cannot be held responsible for any act or deed committed by the human beings because, besides creating them, God has granted man the right to have will and choose the right or wrong. This thing has been elaborated in the story of Adam. God made Adam to reside in Paradise and gave him freedom from the spatio temporal restraints. Showed him the Forbidden Tree and told him not to go near to that tree. Before forbidding Adam from nearing the tree, Adam was duly empowered to decide whether he should do as told or do otherwise. Therefore, any thing done good or bad, virtuous or evil is the personal act of Adam.

This knowledge defines this fact that nothing in this universe is beyond God's reach. The entire universe is the record of the knowledge of God. Ability to know this record and peruse it is cognizing God. Cognition of God is as old as God Himself. God's Attributes are ever existing just as God is Ever Existing. One of the attributes of God is the knowledge and when the attributes become a movement as God Wills, it takes the form of holy command of God. The attribute of knowledge of God is known as the Knowledge of the Pen and the Attribute of command is called the Preserved Scripturum. Both the records hint upon one thing that the Beginning of this universe and the Last Ending of the universe are based upon the Unseen. All the commands that exist in an unseen format keep on showering in this material world according to the attribute and the will of God. These four conscious are also known as channels. These channels and their originating points are: -

1. The Channel of Black Draught (Nehr-e-tasweed) ranges up to the limits of the Realm of Divinity (Alam-e-Lahoot).
2. The Channel of Abstraction (Nehr-e-tajreed) ranges up to the Realm of Omnipotency (Alam-e-Jabroot).
3. The Channel of Evidence (Nehr-e-tashheed) range up to the Angelic Realm (Alam-e-Malakoot) and,
4. The Channel of Manifestation (Nahr-e-tazheer) rages up to the limits of the World of Matter (Alam-e-Nasoot).

Realm of Divinity is that where the knowledge of God exists in the form of incalculable unseen tinny dots that emerge and expand to such a large circles that engulf the entire universe. This Realm is also known as the Beatific Vision or the Circle of the Beatific Vision. Every expanding dot of Beatific Vision is bigger than the first one. These countless circles are the bases of all the root-causes of the universe. These very circles give rise to the species of the universe. This whole circle is known as the Unseen of the Unseen (Ghaib-ul-ghaib).

Soul is the basis of creation is and the origin of the soul is the Beatific Vision. The Channel of Black Draft, which is also known as Realm of Divinity, is the basis of the Unseen of the Unseen. The stage when the universe is constituted into features is known as the Realm of Abstraction or the Realm of Omnipotency.

When the characteristics of the species and their individuals descend from the Realm of Omnipotency, another separate consciousness comes into being, which is the Channel of Evidence or the Angelic Realm. When the features further descend and come out of the limits of the angelic realm, foundations of the tangible world of matter are being laid.

Now, few words that seems necessary about the locations of the Subtleties. The Subtlety of the Self is at the naval point, the subtlety of the Heart is where the heart is, and the subtlety of the Spirit is in the middle of the chest, Arcanum Subtlety under the right hand side of the chest, the Obscure Subtlety is in the forehead and the Latent Subtlety is situated at the crown of the head. All these subtleties resemble to the rings of light when these are witnessed in the light of the gifted Knowledge of God.

Philosophy of Ego
Abraham managed to have his access to God by means of ponderous deliberations. It has been reported in the holy books that he saw a star when the night fell over him and seeing the brightness of the star he considered it be his Lord God. But, when the star sat down, he concluded that one that sets down and disappears couldn't be my Lord. And, when he saw the moon at its full bloom, which also sat down. Then he saw the sun, which was the brightest of all the things that he had seen so far. When the sun also disappeared and sat down he eventually concluded that anything that sets down couldn't be my Lord God and he turned towards Him who is the Creator of the earth and the heavens.

Besides providing guidance about the thinking approach of the prophets, it has also been highlighted in this story of Abraham that any variant and changeable thing cannot be worthy of worship.

Experiences of life are evident upon the fact that life is ever renewing at every moment and it does not stop.

God has stated, "Glory to Him who created everything in pairs of twos." For having a proper understanding of these pairs, we have to develop our understanding about the Conscious and the Unconscious senses. When we take the conscious things into consideration we have to face a non-lord at every step of our life and for spending our life, we associate ourselves with so many things other than our Lord God. Whereas, on the other hand, we are constrained to have an association with the One who is the Provider of the life, whether we want it or not. These very unconscious senses help in negating the non-lords and provide a basis for the maintenance of life and are the chief constituents of life.

Overall half of the life is spent under the Conscious and the rest of it is spent in the Unconscious. After one's birth, most of the time is lived in the Unconscious because up to the twelfth year of one's life one does not have the understanding or comprehension of things. If the period spent in sleeping in that age is also added to that, it comes to more than the time of awakening. In the rest of man's life one third of his life is also spent in Unconscious. The Unconscious part of life negates the non-lords and man has the power to use his right of negating the non-lords. If a person could spend his life in the unconscious more than that he spends in the conscious life, the control over the unconscious life is obtained.

" O' thou wrapped in clothes! Stand to prayer by night, but not all night, half of it – or a little less or a little more; and recite the Quran in slow measured rhythmic tone. Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing the soul and most suitable for framing the words of prayer and praise." (Quran: Surah Muzzammil)

In this verse we have been invited to enter the Unconscious, remaining in our conscious senses and to become attentive towards our Lord God, who is the Lord of the East and the West and no one is worthy of worship except Him.

In one phase of our life we become inactive when we are unconscious and make use of our limbs and body parts when we are awake. In this life we remain dominated by the spatio-temporal restraints, that is, we remain in the clutches of time and space at every step. In the state of Unconscious we are liberated from the ties of time and space whether it is in the form of sleep or otherwise.

The mid-night prayer is suggested for the very reason. It is that time when the confined conscious is liberated. This is the law that has been explained in the Surah Muzzammil.

One advances in the spiritual life when the non-lords are negated consciously just as the unconscious negation constructs the physical life.
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Time and Space

Time and Space

Students of Qalander Shaoor Academy must have developed this understanding by now that Nisbat; the Correlation, means transference of the thinking approach. The more a correlation is deeply rooted in the mind of the spiritual associate, the more knowledge transfers to him because of his rapport with his mentor. It is one of the characteristics of the adaptation of the mentor’s thinking pattern by the spiritual associate that the stocks of knowledge stored in the mind of the mentor, descend into the sabita, aayan and jowiya of the associate in the form of waves.

The basis of the universe that is sighted by our physical eyes is the light. It is such a light, which has fluidity in it. This very light and its fluidity have been termed as maa (water) by the holy Quran and gases by the modern sciences. Fluidity, in spiritual terms, is the property of formation of shapes because of combination and concentration of hundreds of gases.

Let us take a glass of water. Throw this water on a wall. The water after hitting the wall would spread over the wall. If this water were observed intently, different shapes and forms would be seen in it. Just as the water makes various shapes after colliding and spreading over a wall, similarly, when the descending lights strike against the screen of the universe, they form themselves into the shapes of countless creatures and the existents of the universe.

The basic ingredient of the formed shapes, after striking of water (maa) against the screen, resembles the mercury. The bodies formed from the flow and intermingling of lights with one another are known as animals, vegetables and inanimate things.

His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya has named the primary form of gases made from the light waves as nasma (aura), that is, the nasma is the name those basic waves and rays that initiate an existent. The waves of these lights in their flowing state can be taken as lines drawn upon the canvas of the universe. These lines, unlike the lines we are familiar with, are scattered in such a way that neither there is any distance between them nor these are infused into one another.

A movie film displayed in a cinema house can be taken as an example for understanding this thing. The light waves flow from an opening towards a screen for their display in the form of different forms and shapes. The lights rays emitting from the projector do not have any distance between them nor they are infused into one another and every line is carrying one or the other feature of a picture. Just as the lights after discharging from the projector turn into pictures after striking against the screen, similarly the nasma lines after passing through the space take the form of material bodies. These nasma lines are the basic component of the material bodies but unlike the rays emitted from the projector the physical eyes cannot sight these lines, these can only be witnessed by the inner or the spiritual sight. These cannot be seen even using the material gadgets although their effects have been notices by means of laboratory equipments. Reflection of the nasma has been seen and is named as aura but seeing the nasma using material equipments is still to be made possible.

Nasma are the waves responsible for the formation of the physical features of the creatures. These are of two types, simple and compound. The waves of simple and compound nasma are permeating the space and both contain forms and features. These not only transform into forms and features but also reflect these features for others.

Senses are produced from the effects of the waves of nasma. When these waves descend in the human mind, very mild pressure is produced, which remains imperceptible for the senses. This mild pressure, known as fantasy, can be related to with any activity of past, future or the present life. When this pressure increases, senses feel a vibration, which forms an out line or a sketch of a picture upon the screen of mind. This state, according to the Sufis, is known as thought.

When these waves sink deeper in their descent, the outline becomes more vivid. This is the state of imagination. Then the imagination gives rise to the feeling and when the feelings gain depth, the latent colors in the waves of nasma become evident, or to say, feelings become colorful. At this stage, the fantasy-cum-thought-cum-imagination-cum feeling takes the form of a manifestation displaying all the features in detail.

In terms of the worldly sciences we can define nasam as the lines drawn to make a drawing. If a drawing is made in such a way that only the vertical lines are used to depict a picture or a design then this is the state of simple nasma. In another case, a graph paper having vertical and horizontal lines is used for drawing pictures. The small squares of the graph paper are used as a unit of measurement for drawing the outlines and features in a sketch. Similarly the waves of compound nasam provide a base for the material bodies. Species and their specific features are formed from these very waves or lines of nasma.

According to the laws of the Preserved Scripturum, the colors transform into manifestation after filling the perception with colors, which happens only when the depth is produced in the feelings and until then these waves cannot be given the name of a color and for this reason the physical eyes cannot see them. In fact the colorless waves or the lines of nasma are the six main movements of the universe and the individuals of the universe. These waves, lines or the colorless rays multiply and divide according to their concentration at any one point. The gravity is result of the descent and dispersal of these very waves and the rotations and revolution of the very waves produce periods of time.

The concentration of these waves, on one hand, introduces us with spatiality and, on the other, with time, which is another name of the dispersal of these waves upon the mind. The descent, dispersal, rotation or circulation and their multiplication and division are known as absorption of nasma that is, the nasma takes the form and figure of a feasible object according to its requirements and physical demands. Feasible, in terms of Sufism is such a thing, which in its last stage or after its completion, can be sighted by the physical eyes. As long as an object does not start existing in the form of solid materiality, it is known as Reality (tahaqaq) or Illustrative Form (tamasl).

The spiritual sight witnesses the initial stages and the physical eyes see the creation in its final stages. Nasma, in fact, is that hidden light which can be seen with the help of the lights of noor.

BODY AND SOUL

BODY AND SOUL

When we analyze life, we see that every man or woman wants to live a happy life. But the materialistic approach towards life causes hindrance and dismay at every step of their life as every moment of our life is perishable, mortal and variable. Moreover, we also do not know, indeed materialistically, what real happiness is and how it can be achieved. It is necessary that we should search for our Real Base in order to know this Real Happiness.
When we were "nothing", we must have been something, because not to be anything negates our being. Our material life commences from the womb of the mother. When after inception and passing through a certain process, this matter reaches its climax a living picture comes into being from nothingness. Circumstances and surrounding of this ‘picture’ provides it with such a training that it remains ignorant of the meanings of Real Happiness, what to say of the method of its acquisition.

To embrace the Real Happiness, first of all one should have the knowledge that life is not based upon the body only but it is based upon that Reality which has adopted this material body as a robe for itself. After birth, the second phase encountered by us is that in which every moment of our life dies after giving birth to another one. The moment, which is our childhood at one time and boyhood at another changes into old age from the youth-fullness.(Top)

The Living Picture
Our access to this Reality is possible only when we know that this Living Picture is not a ‘body’ but a Conscious. We are not at liberty to call it conscious only because the conscious is that medium of our identification, which is holding the whole edifice of our life together. It is in our knowledge that the extinction of body uts an end to the material density and pollution and we are also aware of the fact that the extinction of body does not cause annihilation of the consciousness, but on the contrary it is transferred to some other world.
One thing mentioned in all the sacred books unanimously and reiteratively is that man is not merely a material body but a consciousness. When we discuss the life span --- birth to death period, we come to know that the consciousness, the foundation of which was laid in the mother's womb, decreases on one hand and increases on the other. The more the decrease in the conscious the more is man carried towards the past; the advancement of the consciousness results in moving towards the future. The age factor is determined because of the increase and decrease in the consciousness. One state of the consciousness is called the childhood, the other is termed as the Youth and the third one is given the name of old age. In short, the consciousness which is maintaining this material life and upon which this body is takes the evolutionary steps, itself remains intact and constant

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Study of the Self

When we study ourselves, we conclude that we have a perishable and a limited body, which is our identification. The tangible body, which we see, is composed of density, dirt, putrefaction and effluvia. Basis of this putrefaction is that every man in this world has been given to understand that he is matter; an offspring of the material world. This limited thought confine everybody in one place and every one finds himself incarcerated in the cobweb of restricted ideas. And thus results a confined and limited thinking. Every body living on this planet has categorized himself as a Muslim, a Hindu, a Parsi or a Christian though the soul cannot be denominated by any name. Because a light is only light, irrespective of its belonging to any part of the world whether it is in Arab, Europe or Asia.

The system of God is established in such a way that all His Messages which have ever come to this world are incorporated and prevalent in their own typical words. The words of Bible are the religion of the Christians, Quran is the foundation stone of the Muslim religion, Hindus worship using the words of the Bhagavad-Gita. All these books are the voices of the holy servants of God, which have spread all over the world, just like light.

When we contemplate about the creation of the universe, we eventually come to the conclusion that our universe itself is the Voice of God. When God said, in His Voice ‘Be!’ the whole universe came into being. God introduces Himself as a Friend of the creatures. Just as a father does not forget his son, similarly God, too, is never forgetful of His creatures. Allah or God, who is our lord Cherisher and who provides us with every kind of resources and make us undergo novel experiences at various stages of our life is, indeed, our Friend.

Study of the sacred books reveal that God never leaves His creatures alone, in solitude no matter how different they are in physical features from others. When we think in terms of genetics, we find that creation is taking place under a definite program. When a seed is sown it is nurtured by the ‘mother earth’ to finally become a tree. When the seed is put in the soil, it absorbs water from the soil and water after entering through the micropyle nourishes the dormant seed. Cellular division takes place in the plumule, hypocotyle and the radical of the embryo situated between the cotyledons. The hypocotyle grows to be the trunk and the radical grows into the root of the tree. The hypogeous growth of root causes it to enter the soil to absorb water and minerals for the germination and growth of the plant and its fixation in the earth. Contrary to it is, the epigeous and phototropical growth of the hypocotyle which gives rise to the trunk. The food stored in the cotyledons is consumed during the embryonic stage of the plant till it begins preparing food for itself by the photosynthesis then these cotyledons dry up and plant grows into a mature tree. In the same way, when a man puts his seed in to a woman's body, a seed like germination process is established and a notochord is formed which finally grows into fetus and then finally a baby is born - just like the sprouting of a plant from the earth

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Michel Nostradamus

(December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), usually Latinized to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous world-wide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.WorksCopy of Garencières' 1672 English translation of the Propheties, located in The P.I. Nixon Medical History Library of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.The Prophecies. In this book he compiled his collection of major, long-term predictions. The first installment was published in 1555. The second, with 289 further prophetic verses, was printed in 1557. The third edition, with three hundred new quatrains, was reportedly printed in 1558, but nowadays only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. This version contains one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called "Centuries".

Given printing practices at the time (which included type-setting from dictation), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same. Certainly there is no warrant for assuming – as would-be "code-breakers" are prone to do – that either the spellings or the punctuation of any edition are Nostradamus' originals.

The Almanacs. By far the most popular of his works, these were published annually from 1550 until his death. He often published two or three in a year, entitled either Almanachs (detailed predictions), Prognostications or Presages (more generalized predictions).Nostradamus was not only a diviner, but a professional healer, too. It is known that he wrote at least two books on medical science. One was an alleged "translation" of Galen, and in his so-called Traité des fardemens (basically a medical cookbook containing, once again, materials borrowed mainly from others), he included a description of the methods he used to treat the plague — none of which, not even the bloodletting, apparently worked. The same book also describes the preparation of cosmetics.

A manuscript normally known as the Orus Apollo also exists in the Lyon municipal library, where upwards of 2,000 original documents relating to Nostradamus are stored under the aegis of Michel Chomarat. It is a purported translation of an ancient Greek work on Egyptian hieroglyphs based on later Latin versions, all of them unfortunately ignorant of the true meanings of the ancient Egyptian script, which was not correctly deciphered until the advent of Champollion in the 19th century.

Since his death only the Prophecies have continued to be popular, but in this case they have been quite extraordinarily so. Over two hundred editions of them have appeared in that time, together with over 2000 commentaries. Their popularity seems to be partly due to the fact that their vagueness and lack of dating make it easy to quote them selectively after every major dramatic event and retrospectively claim them as "hits" (see Nostradamus in popular culture).

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