What Is Ascension?
Invoke the aid of three witnesses to verify thy 'station'
The first witness is thine own consciousness
See yourself then, with thine own light.
The second witness is the consciousness of another ego
See thyself then, with the light of an ego other than thee.
The third witness is God's consciousness
See thyself then with God's light.
If thou standest unshaken in front of this light,
Consider thyself as living and eternal as He!
That man alone is real who dares
Dares to see God face to face!
What is 'Ascension'?
Only a search for a witness
Who may finally confirm thy reality
A witness whose confirmation alone makes thee eternal.
No one can stand unshaken in His presence;
And he who can verily, he is pure gold.
Art thou a mere particle of dust?
Tighten the knot of thy ego;
And hold fast to thy tiny being!
How glorious to burnish one's ego.
And to test its lustre in the presence of the Sun!
Re-chisel, then, thine ancient frame; A
nd build up a new being.
Such being is real being;
Or else thy ego is a mere ring of smoke!
Muhammad Iqbal - The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
ArtWork by Sermed Berktav
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