Levels of Consciousness"Do you pass through a number of levels to arrive at fana and greater consciousness of God?" I asked. He nodded. "Your state changes from one level of consciousness to another. Through your spiritual work, through your practices, you try to attune with the next level, and as you develop, the next level becomes your station. Then you move to another higher station, and your consciousness grows and grows. As you grow you become an instrument of God, so you have no pride in yourself, no arrogance, no sense that ‘I am doing this.’ You forget this ‘I’ which is a deception," Dr. Siddiqi responded. "But," he added with emphasis, "the scriptures and masters say that even at this stage, fana, a believer should not think too much about this negation of himself." Dr. Siddiqi cautioned, "At this level the ego, the I-sense, can feel that it is doing the job of self-negation and thus remain very strong in itself, very strong in its opinion that it is controlling the spiritual development. So, you have to negate the negation of yourself — truly humble yourself — and then comes the state of baqa, the preservation of the person. |
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