Part 7. Worlds before our World. The Man of Light and the Black Double
Allah created every thing according to the degree of its own acceptance of being (its answer in the first creation, the world of Zarr), that is, the way it chose for itself, and the one who chose the form of obedience – He gave it to him, and the one who chose form of disobedience – He gave it to him.
This is the interpretation and mystery of the words of the Messenger of Allah (S): “The feathers dried up, and the predestinated was fulfilled.ˮ He was asked: “And what then acts?ˮ He said: “Do the deeds, because everyone will be facilitated what he was created for.ˮ That is: everyone will be facilitated for what he was created for in accordance with his own choice. And this is the word of Allah: “But they were not to believe in that which they had denied before” (10: 74) – that is, in the world of Zarr.
And it is also not the case that Allah created good people out of light, and evil people out of darkness, but the truth is that Allah created everyone according to the degree of his acceptance or rejection of the light, that is, depending on his own answer in the world of Taklif… Submission to Allah returns the light from which all creations were created to its truth, and disobedience, on the contrary, turns this light into darkness. In other words, Allah made every good person good because of his own goodness and made every evil person evil because of his own evil.
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Part 6. Man as Haikel of Tawhid. Mystical Experience. Monotheism and Paganism
This Haikel of Tawhid is the prototype of man, in the image and likeness of which he was created. Christians say that man was created in the image and likeness of God. But this is not true, because God has no image nor likeness. Man was created in the image and likeness of the highest creation of God, from the reflection of the radiance of His light… This is true. And here is the source of Adam.
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Part 5. Time. Its Nature and Meaning
Now let’s talk about, perhaps, the most mysterious phenomenon that we can only meet in our experience. Time. What is time?
When this question arises, an ordinary person, a layman, would say that time is a clock… The hand is ticking, this is time… It was yesterday, it is today, then it will be tomorrow – this is time… Obviously, what the clock shows us is not time, it is just a means of measuring time…
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Part 4. Death and What Comes Next. The Nature of Sleep
Now, what is death? We have said that our body and our brain are filters that limit our true consciousness, the center of which is located in the “speaking intelligent soul”. The brain filters what this soul sees, feels and thinks. It’s as if we are all wearing sort of a diving suit, through which we come into contact with the world around us. So, death is like taking off this suit, after which the world appears before us as it is. Death is a reset of filters.
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Part 3. Soul and Spirit in the Quran. Holy Spirit (Ruh al-Qudus)
Allah says that, He breathed into Adam from this very spirit. Spirit is nafha, inhalation from Allah. What does “inhalation” mean? This is one of the symbols of the Quran. It is clear that Allah has no mouth and no breath, so that He breathes something into a person in the literal sense. No, “inhalation” here, means that from something, of some foundation, a line stretched, as if a ray. Therefore, Allah says: “And breathed into him – into Adam – of My spiritˮ. Not the whole spirit, but some part, some spark of (or from) it. That is, Allah directed a ray into a person from this foundation, from this common Spirit, which He tied to Himself, saying: min ruhi – “of My spirit”. Of (or from) this great Spirit. There are, as it were, many rays going in opposite directions from one light source…
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Part 2. Nafs and Ruh. What is Soul, and what is Spirit?
So, there is consciousness, there is reason, there is a rational soul, responsible for the formation of meanings, and there is self-awareness, there is spirit, Ruh, responsible for managing them. We not only form, grasp the meanings, but also contemplate them, organize them, manage them. It is the spirit that is responsible for moral evaluations, for the choice of a life strategy.
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Part 1. Man and Reality. Consciousness and Brain. Soul
In this lecture series we will discuss issues related to man (humans), his life and death, his structure and composition. These matters in principle, will interest everyone, whether Muslim or not. Where did we come from? What is the meaning of life? Where are we going to? What is death and is there life after death? And if so, what will happen there? How does a human being function? What is soul and what is spirit? How does a person think? How does he get to know the world around him?
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