Saturday, December 8, 2007

Reading the Qur'an

Reading and reading--the approach. The book itself has very little meaning unless one looks into one's heart. Battles, religious prejudice, punishments all are the words written but one must overlook the words and look inside the heart for the humanity...the fusion of the heart and the Qur'an to create the love and understanding that creates truth, light, clarity, love, wisdom...sifting and re-sifting.
But why can't this be said about the Bible or any other sacred book? To read the outer in order to get into the inner is just a key to the door which can open the heart. Why can't this be said about beautiful poetry, or beautiful music, or just a beautiful day in nature? They are all keys to the door of how beautiful life is and how one can reach this unity with God and with peace and with love--wisdom is created.
Entering this sacred space allows one to understand life in a different way---its true meaning...the Nur, the wisdom, the interpretation, the understanding, the water of faith...the love, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood.........
One could interpret this inspiration and light and suggest that it can come in many different forms and many different sources...Van Gogh, Beethoven...great inspiration coming to people in moments or lives...and watch it come in many forms. To someone who is less receptive, it may never come. To others it may come seldom. To a few, it may come once or twice. To some it lives with you all the time.
Or...is the heart the key to seeing, hearing, sensing...and if the heart is not ready than the senses are not ready to understand..??