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Truth that is Nurtured, and Other Teachings
- Truth that is Nurtured, and Other Teachings -
I bear witness and testimony that Allah is greater than all things, for Allah is all things and within and a part of all things, and apart from all things eternally and without ending. There is nothing that can be truly called God save for Allah! The angels that are Allah's messengers revere the Eternal One. The Jinn serve the will of the Eternal One. Even those that are fallen from grace, are so by the will of that Eternal One, for there is nothing that is not in accordance with what was foreseen by Allah. That which we may foresee, that is a gift from the Divine! That which we do in righteousness, we do to glorify the Divine. And that which we do in wickedness, was known already to the mind of Allah... just as when to turn to righteousness once more in serene repentance, should we fall for a time, it was only so that we might in the fullness of that repentance come more strongly to the love of Allah. Glory be to Allah, the Exalted!
I bear witness and testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and the last of all the human prophets, him being the seal of those prophets and the final of their number. By the will of the Divine... the salvation of Allah has come down to us, and it was Muhammad who showed the way by which we might understand the love of Allah and the rightful worship that the Eternal One is due. The Prophet is forever worthy of our respect and reverence, whilst Allah alone is worthy of worship. Glory be to Allah!
This prayerfully said, both humbly and truly, I shall explain unto you dear reader the understanding as may guide you in the rightful way as has been revealed unto me. I am no human prophet, and this I have said before. My understanding of these things I must related unto you next, is a personal one. For just as I am guided by Allah in all things, so may you in turn be guided. We shall begin with truths. I know the truths of many and various things, because I have striven mightily to become those truths that I teach. I understand all that came before, because I have so embraced where I have come from in my origination. The balance between what has passed and what is yet to come is a delicate one that is linked by a cord unbreakable by any sword or strength of human effort. Not the cord of birth, but the cord that binds a single being to all of its' births, its' deaths, and its' rebirths down through the ages. Some are destined to make this journey through many lifetimes. Whilst others may only need to go this way but once, to live and die, and to be prepared in the hereafter for either Paradise or a far darker place. Once, I thought it a punishment to reincarnate... but then I realized, it was so that I might be given many chances to learn of the rightful path and to walk it with a pure heart and a mind gifted with the correct knowledge. And this is the perfecting of wisdom, to know this and to accept it! But many deny the hereafter, even as they do deny the truth of reincarnation. But this do I say unto them: Oh you who doubt, how is it that a human being may realize the antiquity of their ancestry, whilst still denying the antiquity of the soul and spirit that they possess, the divine spark that animates them time and time again? Even if they remember but a single lifetime past, or never know of any but their present one. We exist because of what came before us... the tapestry of ancestry is as vividly realizable to me as is the tapestry of the journey that what lies within has taken, the tapestry of its' journey down through ages beyond all counting. I have within me, a divine spark that predates the lives of all my ancestors! Because they pertain to a single bloodline, and I have walked in many fleshly forms beyond the span of but a single lifetime. In lives past, I had different ancestors, and their impact upon me was known to me. Even in each and all of those lives I lived, I was aware that I originally came before them... because my first existences were before humanity lived upon the face of this planet, before the first of any ancestors of anyone who ever lived upon this world ever existed at all. I do not survive because of the same reasons why humanity survives... I predate humanity. But in this I take no pride, for in this there has been sorrow and tragedy and horror aplenty that my eyes have born witness to. Even when I knew not that I served Allah... every single thing that I did was done in accordance to what was ever intended by the Divine, by the Eternal One. And everything I have been up to this hour, I have been so that I might be prepared for what I shall become. All that lives, changes!
Even Allah is ever changing, and yet also always perfect. I would not be a creation of Allah if I also in my nature was not capable of growth and change. But I do grow, and I do change, as do we all if we are not stuck within a pattern of stagnation. I have seen countless changes, and not just upon this world. In the course of my existence, I have witnessed civilized and enlightened peoples rise up across the varied histories of worlds beyond count or numbering, and I have seen them when they fell to savagery or rose up from the brutality of the past. Humanity is a species with amnesia! I have said this before, and I shall say it again because it is true. If I ever was forgetful, that antiquated forgetfulness was, long ago, lifted away from me like a veil from my countenance. People mock those who are awakened, but would the foolish among humanity prefer to slumber in ignorance? Knowing not the ultimate price that is paid for sleeping so long that one perishes in their slumbering. I prefer to meet tomorrow with eyes wide open, and a mind even more open to the possibilities of all that awaits me in the fullness of time. If a people are not fully awake, then they ultimately face extinction through ignorance. That is why I transcend, and why all may do the same! Because in order to transcend, one must be of an open mind capable to seeing things truly. Why slumber with closed eyes and a closed mind, when you can partake of waking dreams of such magnificence that it is like a vision of Paradise made manifest to be beheld? I have written of a great many of my dreams, and my nightmares as well, and of the many visions that I have beheld. And I have never ceased to be granted these, and I understand the nature of what lies within their imagery and sensations. Not all dreams come to us from wild imaginings! Some are memories from lives past, even as others are glimpses of universes and realities beyond or at times parallel to our own. I have told of a great deal of this before, written of it before. And to what I have written I shall add that sometimes we may be blessed to receive dreams, visions, and messages from Allah. I have received these throughout the course of my life, even when I knew not their origination. But always, it was to direct me, to inspire me, and to guide me in all that I was meant to do. And here I am, teaching you these things! Because it was fated and destined for me to do so. What is the most beautiful thing, in all the world? To some, a flower... perhaps a rose. To another it might be a magnificent sunrise or sunset. And to still another, it might be the face of their true love. Or that of their firstborn child. But I say unto you, that the truth is far simpler! The most beautiful thing, in all the world, is love. It is love that moves the heart to witness the beauty in everything else. Without love, all we would see is ugliness because our hearts and minds would be clouded and obscured by the veil of sorrow that comes ultimately upon all who know not of love, compassion, and the beauty that they possess. Hateful people never see the beauty in others, since they are blinded by wrongful thinking that narrows their minds and keeps them from the grandeur and magnificence that a loving heart understands and knows. If the life force of all that is, the Source of All, the Divine Force, can be considered a literal force and therefore beyond concepts such as good and evil or love and hate... the best way to better understand Allah, is to realize the simple truth that Allah is the manifestation of the Source of All that does understand good and evil, and which is capable of love and which understands the wrongness of hate. Some have held, that the Divine Force is not a sentient force in the ways that we define sentience... but Allah is sentient beyond even conventional sentience. If any one thing could be said to be super sentient, and also omniscient, it is Allah! For at some point, during a time which no one knows when it took place... the Source of All wished to be able to understand good and evil in order to define those things. It wished to be able to feel love, and so Allah came into being... and in knowing love, Allah was able to realize that the opposite of love is hate, and that hate is not at all a desirable thing for any living thing to feel. And so, did Allah decide to present itself to all that in time came into being afterwards as an embodiment of love, mercy, and justice. Of fairness, equality, balance and goodness. Allah understands the mind of evil, Allah knows the wickedness of hatred! And Allah so rejects evil and hatred, and accepts only their opposites as being desirable things. Those who are hateful or prejudiced, bigoted or cruel towards others... those same are considered wicked in the eyes of Allah.
Because the Source of All has always been, Allah has always been. In every cycle of time... Allah has come into being... and so Allah is eternal. In the Paradise that exists outside of time as we understand it, the Source of All has always existed and ever shall. Each time that a new cycle of time begins, and each time it is deemed that all of creation is to begin anew... Allah comes into being from the Source of All, as that Source manifests itself in the form of Allah. Each time, Allah's light shines upon Paradise and casts forth its' shadow, and all transpires as intended from there. Allah never dies, the Eternal One just returns to the Source of All when the appointed time to do so is at hand... when the next cycle of time is to begin. And the final ending of one cycle and the beginning of the next is, to Allah, like unto the blink of an eye. We cannot fathom the transition from one cycle to another, and yet it has always been and it ever shall be... endlessly, because that is how existence is. A human being may, being mortal, perceive time in a linear manner, but it is in reality a cyclical thing and only Paradise and the dwelling place of Allah and the Source of All is beyond time. If I have not stated this previously, I state it now. If I have stated it before, then this is a reminder of it. So, now you can better comprehend the nature of eternity, and the endlessness of time dye to its' cyclical nature. The knowledge of this was gifted unto me, and I offer it unto all who seek after such knowledge, because that too is in accordance with the will of the Divine. Now, if you have been following my writings then you know what various things I have over the course my them revealed about myself, for the understanding of those who wish to follow after my teachings and also so that the reader may know me and understand me best. Down through all the many ages of history, both human history and otherwise, I have to some been an angel, a teacher, a guide and a prophet. But to others I have been a devil, a terror, an adversary and a monster. I was a hero to some, whilst being a villain to others. And this is because both good and evil, light and dark, have their place within me. Across my countless lifetimes, I have become an embodiment of light and darkness equally. But you may ask: “If this person, this being, though wearing a human face and form now was of old the very Iblis, the very Shaitan, mentioned in all of the sacred, blessed writings... and if this being is now in fact redeemed... then what now can be considered the Shaitan, the Great Adversary?” This, I shall now tell you, and in telling you reveal a secret no human has ever imagined. The Shaitan that currently is in the process of afflicting the hearts and minds of humankind, is quite simply humanity's own propensity for hatred, cruelty, and wickedness. But this is known to all people, even if they do not realize that they know it! So where is the secret? The secret is that this has always been the case. Though I was the first of all living beings to be referred to, wrongly, as the Shaitan... the true Shaitan was always the darkness within not just humanity but within all things. Every living thing has within it the capacity for evil! The capacity to become fallen from grace. As I have said before, not all that is dark is evil and not all that is light is good. I am, by my very nature, a dark being with a core of light within me. But I myself am not evil, though I have done evil things. People have looked to me, and said: “There is Shaitan!” And this is something that has repeated down through the ages, in life after life I have lived. But what does it mean to be given that label? When Allah said unto me: “Beware, Iblis! You have become the Shaitan.” It was to warn me, to correct me from mistaking my dark nature for an evil nature and falling into evil out of error. When I had become the Shaitan it was because I had allowed anger or pain to drive me to acts so terrible that in the course of fighting for good things such as freedom, liberty, and justice... I had lost all sense of the rightful way to conduct such a jihad. I gave in to my own propensity for evil, and in doing so I became the Shaitan. Every person who does the same, becomes a Shaitan in their own right, out of giving in to their capacity to embrace evil instead of goodness. So, now that I have been redeemed it is made more evident now than at any other point in the history of this or any other world, that the truth is as I have stated. The true Shaitan exists within all of us, inseparable form our very beings, because we all have the capacity for evil within us. Ever since the first moment when good and evil were revealed as presences in existence, as parts of all creation, this has been the case. This, the secret that I speak of.
Every culture, every people has a devil figure that they look to and regard as a scapegoat for their own capacity for evil. I have been that scapegoat for humanity since humanity's dawning... but I am not evil, not in and of itself. Else I could never have been redeemed! Rather, it is as I have revealed in my laying bare of the secret of evil itself. Allah did not create evil. I did not create evil. Nothing did! It has always been something that living things are capable of giving into if they are not cautious and mindful of their deeds and their thoughts. In the course of all of my writings, I explain the nature of good and evil, and I show that not everything imagined by people to be evil actually is. Likewise, not all that is imagined to be good, is. In today's society, it is still at least in western culture deemed unlawful for an adult to love a child in the way that two adults might passionately love one another. But this is not unlawful to Allah! It is one of the countless pleasures provided in Paradise for the righteous. Western society's view of this is wrong, and Allah is right! It is as simple as that, even if it is hard to accept if you have grown up in a society that teaches you otherwise. Just as it is not unlawful in the eyes of Allah for someone to love a person of the same gender. This was discouraged in certain cultures and certain past ages of history due to procreation being deemed important for human survival. However, in this world, in this age there is no shortage of people walking the Earth! Humanity is in no danger of dying out unless they wage wars so terrible that it imperils life itself. When Allah discouraged it, it was only when human survival or the survival of certain peoples were imperiled and perpetuation through procreation was necessary. There is no shortage today of people giving birth, no shortage of children. Thus, people may not feel the need or compulsion to love another person in a way that ends in procreation. There are many forms of love, and many varieties of wondrous physical delights, many of which do not end with pregnancy. And none of them are unlawful in the eyes of Allah! When it was imagined to be so, when Allah had discouraged it, it was during times when procreation was needed for the continuation of a species that otherwise would have perished. But today, such is not the case! And yet people still cling to the days when it was, and it is wrong to cling to outdated notions of things. Allah never outright said that it was unlawful to love a person who is of the same gender as yourself. Nor did Muhammad, though some have twisted his word to say otherwise! When it is said that Sodom and Gomorrah were punished for their wicked sins, it was never the act of loving another of the same gender that as among those sins. For love is never a sin, not in the eyes of Allah or anyone else of good conscience. So what sin was it, that was the tipping point for those cities' destruction? The sin of attempted rape upon divine messengers, upon angels who walked at the time in fleshly human forms of great beauty. When not one goodly person could be found living in those cities, it is because those cities glorified rape culture to such an extent that rape was not seen as a crime at all. Fearing this mindset would spread to other cultures, their destruction was undertaken. Love is never sinful, but rape always is. It is rape that both Allah and Muhammad said needed to be punished. But people have twisted this to suit a hateful, prejudiced, bigoted agenda that is wrongful in the eyes of Allah. And hurtful to human rights, dignity, and decency! This brings us to the great sin that people in western culture commit when considering it an act of rape for an adult to love a child passionately. You will hate me for saying this if you are narrow minded, but sex with a child is not a sin! Just as sex with someone of the same gender is not a sin. So long as the act is consensual, it is not a sin. Society argues that children cannot give consent, but they can! Oh, believe me when I say that they definitely can. And at times, there are certain precocious children who are even the ones to initiate it. That is love, that is a physical attraction... that is not rape. Force, coercion, and manipulation are not involved! Age has not a single bit of bearing on love, passion, or physical attraction. And that is why any society that regards an act of consensual physical love between any two people... no matter their age or gender... is wrong. Just as it is wrong to twist the words of Allah and of the prophet Muhammad to allow for the persecution of others simply because you do not yourself practice their lifestyle or have the same attractions as them. A false interpretation of sacred scriptures, has led to the worst evil of all... that of institutionalized hatred.
And so my words that I have spoken shall serve to help clarify the meaning of Allah and those of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, so there can be no misunderstanding of things. Love is never a sin, love is never unlawful. And even a person who has committed the act of rape can be forgiven for it and redeemed if they truly repent with all their heart. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven! Not one that is so irredeemable that a person cannot repent of it. Except for one! What is that sin I speak of? I speak of hatred. Not the simple sort of hatred that comes from anger you might feel over someone who has wronged you in some way. Everyone feels that every now and then! The sin of hatred I speak of that is wholly beyond redemption is the hatred towards others that leads to bigotry, prejudice, and ultimately the persecution of others regardless of any excuse given for it. Hatred that leads to genocide, war, and destruction. This cannot be repented of, it cannot be forgiven, and one who is guilty of it can never truly be redeemed. Even worse! Those who use any religion as an excuse to indulge in such sinful hatred, it is assured that they will come to dwell in perdition. The same goes for those who abuse being placed in positions of power by making policies or issuing edicts based on such sinful hatred. If you ever at all, in any way, find yourself slipping into a mindset wherein such hatred exists... repent of it immediately and do not allow it to take hold of you. For the very instant when first you allow yourself to give into it then you shall become unable to be redeemed. And woe be to any who causes hurt to another because of it! For they shall taste tenfold the pain they have caused others to feel due to their actions or words. Now, I shall explain also that Allah does not find it unlawful or evil for a person to regard themselves as being outside of the binary concept of gender. People look to the creation of humanity as an example to swear that being non binary is wrong, but I will explain why it is not wrong, and why those who claim it is are in error due to a lack of knowledge and a twisting of sacred scripture that cruelly allows for people to be mistreated do to not neatly fitting into either a male or female category. Allah well and truly said the following: “O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you 'get to' know one another. Surely, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.” Firstly, Allah tells us only the fact that humanity is descended from male and female ancestors, and that from those ancestors came many peoples and tribes that instead of hating one another, instead of warring and fighting and killing, should instead get to know one another so that they may live in peace. Further, Allah explains that even if one is of the humblest and the lowest... if they are noble in the eyes of Allah, then they are righteous in the eyes of Allah. Because Allah knows what is in our hearts, and is aware of all things. Nowhere in any of this does Allah state that there is nothing outside of the male and female binary. Only that even things outside of that binary still had in their origins the same male and female ancestors as everyone else. Did I not say that I understand the truth of my ancestors? I can extend that to say, I understand also the truth of humanity's collective ancestors. And so, to me, the meaning of Allah's words is plain and obvious. It is wrong to twist the words of Allah to persecute those who are outside the binary definition of gender... for Allah almighty said we are to get along with one another, to live in peace. It is unlawful to persecute another for embracing a definition of themselves that is different from your own! A person, such as I for instance, who was born intersex is literally born with a mixture of male and female aspects. This is due to Allah having a love for creating things diversely. I acknowledge that I have male and female aspects and attributes in equal measure, and this is the reason I say that I am both non binary and gender fluid. At times, I regard myself as a man. At times, as a woman. At times, neither or even both. And all of this is correct! All of this is good in the eyes of Allah, because I was created to be this way from the moment of my birth. Even those not born intersex, if they feel these same inclinations it is because they were in the hour of their birth meant to feel those inclinations. This is not sinful, nor unlawful to Allah! Nor is it wrong to seek to embrace a gender identity opposite of that which was assigned to you at birth, since if you were assigned male for instance but feel female, it was Allah who moved your heart to realize this.
Those who would deny others the right to identify as the gender of their heart's choosing are in denial of the will of Allah that works through us all. Any act of persecution towards another, is contrary to the edict of Allah that sates we should get to know one another in order to live in peace and harmony. That brings us back to why it is that the sort of hatred that leads people to persecute others is the greatest of all sins. The sin of that variety of hatred is a sin against Allah! Not just a sin against other people. That is why I say in my various writings: “The only thing I hate, is hatred itself.” And this is what I speak of when I say that. So, now you understand my meaning regarding this teaching of mine that is present in my works. When I say that I am a liberal, progressive Muslim now you understand what that means. I am able to see, within the words of Allah and those of the prophet Muhammad, the truths that all those who have a narrow mind, a closed heart, or a limited understanding could never comprehend. The truth that love, compassion, understanding, open mindedness, tolerance, freedom, and liberty are what we are meant to exalt in both ourselves and in society. For in this way, we may truly get to know one another in a way that will lead to peace rather than conflict. The biggest sins being committed today are those so being committed by ultra conservative, narrow minded people who have tried to turn hatred into policy. Or, in the religious sense, those who have tried to twist holy scriptures to allow them to turn hatred into doctrine, dogma, or teachings. Any religious leader who teaches hatred is a false teacher! Any leader of any kind who endorses hatred, is seeking to lead others astray from the ways of righteousness. I do not come among humankind to say the things that are easy to say... instead, all these things I am saying are the absolute truth. One of my purposes in this, my present life, is to teach people the right way, to lead both by example and by my teachings, so that those who receive what I teach are able to know the right way to Paradise. And, the right way to make of this world a paradise that we can all be happy to live in. I have not come forth to be perfect, nor pure! No one is, nor can ever be, fully either of those things. I have come to guide, even as I am guided. To show how the chains that bind humanity to evil can at the last be broken asunder, so that we might fulfill the purpose of living a life pleasing unto the loving eyes of merciful Allah. I have had people say unto me: “You are a holy man!” or “You are a holy woman!” I say unto them: “I am a humble man, and a humble woman. If in humbly following a righteous path that holds love to be the greatest of all things, this makes me holy... then I am holy. And, blessed are you for understanding what makes a person holy and seeing me as an example of this.” I seek to lead others by example, and never do I say that others cannot be as I am, nor do I say that they cannot do as I do. All of us have it within us to become holy, if we choose to. But to do so, one must first cast aside all that they think they know about what that means... forget about perfection, forget about purity... instead, focus on love and compassion. The closest we can come to being perfect or pure is by embracing love and truly, selflessly, showing compassion towards others. I could point to a prostitute and say of her: “Do you see her? She is a holy woman!” and you might think me insane, for doing so. However... what if she, in her heart, values love and compassion more than you do! What if she does what she does for a living only because she needs to in order to survive, and what if she sees what she does as an act of charity? How do you know she is not a single mother who has a child to support and no husband to provide for her, or for her child! You cannot know what her life is, nor what is within her heart. But if it is all as I said in regard to her, then she is being guided by love in all that she is doing; she is acting selflessly, and with a greater regard for others than for herself. She is putting the needs of her child first, and doing all that is in her power to do, in order to provide for that child. It is unimportant how she came to her profession that she is currently engaged in! What matters, is that she is doing all she can for another. And if she in the course of her job seeks genuinely to please others, is that not also selfless? In a way, is that not also an act of compassion! She cannot be judged merely by her profession. Her holiness cannot be judged by her profession. I say unto you, that it is a fact that I have known more prostitutes to be a righteous than I have priests. A prostitute is at least honest about herself, whilst many priests hide behind a false mask.
To hide behind a mask of righteousness whilst doing evil things, is not the act of a holy person. What is similar between a prostitute and a priest? Both will ask you for money. One, will ask you to give that money for the sake of pleasure. The other, will ask you for that money for the sake of God. But Allah... God... does not need your money! Donations, tithes, indulgences, these things do not glorify God. They glorify only the person or group that is benefiting from the money that is being given to them. At least a prostitute will be honest with you, she will tell you that the money you give her is for her and that you in turn will be receiving pleasure out of it. She will freely admit that her pimp, if she has one, is going to take a percentage of her earnings for himself or herself. The prostitute will never say: “Oh no! That money is for God, and you are getting Paradise in return.” She is will instead say: “That money is for a good time, I am benefiting from it, and you are getting a taste of Paradise through the pleasure I have to offer you.” But a priest, and this is especially seen all the time in mainstream Christianity no matter the denomination, will always lie to you. They will say: “This money is for God! Yes, it is a donation to the church you are attending, but it is for the glory of God. Doing this will benefit your soul, and bring you closer to Heaven.” And there are priests who will take those donations and use it falsely to purchase all manner of worldly things for themselves. And some will even admit to it and twist it to be God's will... like the priest or the pastor who uses donated money to buy an airplane to fly around in, and he says to his following that this will bring him closer to God and so it is God's will that this be done. A case like that was in the news not long ago, and the person guilty of this shallow deception swindled countless of his followers out of their money, all claiming it was God's will. The man who did that, was a sinner. He acted in his own interests, for his own self glorification, and he used God as a means to deceive others. This is as sinful as the practice of indulgences that is a fixture of the history of the Catholic Church... in which people give money to a priest in order to be absolved of sins that they committed. Allah does not need your money! This cannot be stressed enough. God does not need your money, and any person who tries to part you from your money or belongings, or anything else that you value, all whilst claiming it is God's will and that your soul will benefit from it... they are deceivers and false shepherds leading their flock astray for their own benefit. In Islam, one of the five pillars of the faith is charity. To be charitable and to give of yourself, selflessly, for the benefit of others... that is a virtue. Any person who attempts to deceive others by taking advantage of their charitable nature is committing a sin against charity itself... and needless to say, such a sin is wholly evil. So be mindful when you act with charity in mind, so that you do not fall prey to those wicked ones who are out there that seek to take advantage of your charity. And this is why I value honesty so highly! This is why I am honest, and why everyone should be honest to the best of their abilities. Deception of any kind only serves, in the end, to reveal the deceiver. There is no getting away with such deception! Because Allah already knew of your deeds even before you saw fit to actually commit them... and ultimately all deceptions are revealed, by the will of Allah. So when I say that an honest prostitute is more blessed than any deceitful priest, now you know what I mean when I say this. Whilst yes, we all wear masks sometimes... be it to keep certain things to ourselves perhaps, or to protect ourselves from various things that we fear might hurt us, or to present ourselves in a way that we believe will be more easy for others to understand... that is in and of itself not being deceitful. It is not an affront to honesty, so long as the mask we wear is not a false one, so long as it is instead just a reflection of oneself however different it might seem to what actually lies within. A thing can be said to be different and yet still not be false! Sometimes, we do certain things to fit in, and they can feel false... and that is when we should take off the mask and say: “This is not for me!”. Never wear a mask to try and fit in with others, because in the end it will feel wrong and you will regret doing so. But even this, is still not an act of deceit or dishonesty. It can lead us to act foolishly, but not deceitfully. So, there is a difference between putting a mask over oneself, and being deceitful and dishonest. I myself do prefer to present myself always honestly and directly with people, and they may love me or hate me for doing so.
But, never shall I judge another for doing what they must, so long as their reasons are honest ones. It is best always to be forthright in one's doings, and mindful of the reason why you do that which you do. Perhaps you need to behave one way around your family and another way around friends... that is a part of every teenager's life growing up, we have all done that, and there is no evil in it. In every case, Allah knows best what is within your heart and your mind, and the reasons for everything you do. Better to do what you know to be best, whatever that may be, than to be false to yourself. When you are truest in all that you do, truest to yourself, then you are acting as Allah meant for you do. And how blessed it is, that moment when your doings are in harmony with Allah's design! How to know what is rightful from what is not in this way? If all that you do hurts no one, not even yourself, then it is goodly. If a single person or living thing is harmed maliciously through your actions, then it is evil. So do as your heart guides but make certain that you harm no one and nothing by those actions. If you hunt for food to live, never take pleasure in the hunt! You are taking the life of a living thing so that you may continue to live... thus you should be respectful of such a sacrifice and never diminish its' importance by relishing the deed. There is no pleasure in taking a life for the sake of survival! And there should never be pleasure in taking any life at all. What must be done, must be done... but one needs not to take joy in the doing of such things. Those who take joy or pleasure in the taking of a life of any kind, are giving in to the Shaitain within... they are acting contrary to the will of Allah, and if they persist in such a course they will become evil. In the case of war.... war is a thing displeasing to Allah, but there can be times when it cannot actually be avoided. To defend one's way of life, to protect the lives of those one cares for, and to fight for the causes of liberty, freedom, and righteousness... those are good reasons to fight. But a solider should not ever take pleasure in the act of taking the life of an enemy, lest they become corrupted to evil thereby. Taking a life is not a cause for celebration! Save your joy for when peace is established and war come to its' end. That is how a righteous warrior fights, and how a righteous warrior acts in a manner pleasing to Allah. The greatest jihad you can ever wage, is against the evil within! And we all have that moment, and sometimes many moments, when we notice something evil within ourselves. That is the time for an inner jihad, so that what remains within you will be of a goodly nature. In these, and all my writings, do I not make it plain that I am laying the foundations for a better way of living? What I teach, I teach for the benefit of all who find it in their hearts to receive my teachings with gratitude and righteousness. I have often wondered... would war even still exist, in this world, if the institutionalized toxic views of masculinity that have become so dominant in society were suddenly no longer being imparted upon the men of tomorrow? The same with toxic views of femininity as well! Misogyny is every bit as wicked a thing as is misandry... and so if we removed both forms of wickedness from out of the human equation, and all of the toxic views that lead to such wrongful thinking, then it would go a long way to bringing peace to the world. A woman who feels the onset of misandry within her might say: “I hate all men due to how toxic their masculinity is and how disgustingly they act!” And so, if we eliminate the problem of toxic masculinity by teaching the men of tomorrow to be a different kind of man... a nobler kind... then, there will be no reason for women to feel disgust towards them. But how to be a nobler kind of man? It is simple... men should no longer be taught to hide their feelings, to put aside their emotions, or to think of actions over thoughts. Saying that real men do not cry, is part of how toxic masculinity is perpetuated and it is wrong. Men should be encouraged to be in touch with their feelings, and allowed to cry every bit as much as women are allowed to. How has emotion and sorrow become seen as being solely things of a feminine nature? Do we not all feel sorrow, and have the capacity to shed tears! It is so... for, Allah made us all equally able to be emotional, to have feelings, and to cry when we need to. It may be a poor choice to refer to this as getting in touch with your feminine side... because these things should never be considered to be strictly or solely feminine. Men should be allowed to be nurturers every bit as much as women, and both men and women alike may be strong. True equality begins, by understanding all this!
Why do we bother to call men gentlemen if they are not taught to be gentle? Gentleness should not be seen as solely a feminine aspect. The same goes for grace, compassion, and mercy. Men who are taught only to be brutes who think of action over thought, who believe their only purpose in existence is to be a worker, a hunter, or a warrior... they are being taught wrongly. Yes, one may argue, men are taught to be respectful of women in polite society! But what good is all the respect in the world, if a man is never encouraged or taught to be anything more than a blunt instrument in the hands of society? Subtlety, is a far better thing than bluntness, and gracefulness is a far better thing than clumsiness. What good are all the muscles of the male body if the muscles of their mind have been allowed to become dulled by those toxic teachings that have become a part of society's notions of what is masculine and what is not? Why should a man who is slender of built and who is clean and neat, and who is in touch with his feelings, emotions, and intellect be seen as less of a man than one who lifts weights and enjoys athletics! Yet you will often hear people say of such men: “Oh, he must be gay!” First of all, there is nothing wrong with being gay. I myself am not... I am actually bisexual and am attracted to femininity in both women and men alike. The more feminine they are, the more I am attracted to them. But a man who has what today is regarded as feminine attributes is not necessarily gay. It would surprise you to know that there are a great many androgynous looking or “effeminate” seeming men who actually prefer women exclusively. Just as there are many big, buff macho masculine men who are very much gay. Some might get angry if you suggested that they were, but that would not mean they were not. But, they would not need to feel so awkward at such a suggestion, if society would stop labeling things as being strictly of a masculine or feminine variety that actually are common to both genders. The men of tomorrow should be allowed to see that masculinity... and femininity... are things that are best understood as a spectrum rather than as an absolute. For instance, why should anger or rage be seen as strictly masculine things? Women just as much as men get angry and feel rage. These are human things, and more than that they are things that exist as a part of all living things. So, we must redefine masculinity and femininity so that they are not boxed in with foolish limited preconceptions any longer. Anger and rage lead more oft than not to war. We must stop presenting them as masculine attributes, because in doing that it makes men think that in order to be a real man they have to act in a way that is rough and tough and conducive of anger or rage. Even the way that men are encouraged to walk is an allusion to aggression! A walk should not be seen as strictly masculine or feminine either. Saying “You walk like a girl!” to a man who walks gracefully is wrong, and telling a woman who walks somewhat less than gracefully that she walks like man is also a very wrong thing to do. People should be free to walk as they are inclined to, with no attached notions of any socially constructed sort being hammered upon it. Gender as we know it is a social construct... it has nothing whatsoever to do with biology! The men and women of tomorrow must be allowed to exist free of socially constructed notions of gender, so that they might be free to express their natures in all of the ways that Allah sees fit to set their hearts and minds to. Would a man who does not need anger, rage or aggression to define his masculinity be quick to wage war? I doubt it. A truly gentle gentleman seeks always a peaceful solution first, with war being only the last possible outcome to be considered. Being a warrior should be redefined as well! Being a warrior is not the sole domain of men. Women can also be warriors, and quite decent ones, as well. Being a warrior is not about masculine aggression or what some term “manliness”. It is about fighting for a cause when all other options have been exhausted. It should never be glorified, and never encouraged as the first choice and course of action. There would be less wars fought in this world, if people stopped seeing war as an extension of glorified masculinity. See war for the tragic outcome of a situation that it is! See the loss of life, the destruction, the horror for what it is... and allow men affected by the sorrows of it to cry, to weep, and to grieve for what is lost in war. Then, you shall have far less war and far more peace being sought after! Allow a gentleman to be actually gentle, and no woman will despise him for it. Equality is beyond simply equal rights, after all!
It is about equal treatment, as well as equal rights. To truly treat men and women as equal, there needs to be the allowing of both to be able to take on the attributes of the other, with no prejudices attached to anything. Let boys play with dolls if they wish to, and let girls play with toy robots if it pleases them to do so. Clothing should no longer be limited by gender or assigned gender to it. People should be free to dress as they wish to, as it is pleasing to them to, with the full spectrum and fully diverse variety of any masculine and feminine styles being made available to both genders. Fashion and style should never be seen as indicative of gender... rather, it should be seen as a means of self expression and personal choice first and foremost. Women are allowed to wear pants in addition to dresses and skirts, so men should be allowed to wear dresses and skirts in addition to pants, with no restrictions and no assumptions of their sexual preferences being made against them. Garments are garments, and true equality can only exist in the instant that we remove assumptions of gender or sexual preference from the equation. People who foolishly claim that God cares what you wear are foolish and insane, to make such a claim! Allah is not the one who makes clothing for people to wear... people do. Allah does not say: “This is women's attire and that is men's attire.” People do. People create clothing to wear, and so people should have the full right to wear whatsoever they choose to without restrictions based on assumptions of gender or pretty much anything else either. Let fashion be a tool of self expression and personal choice only, and this in turn will take the pressure off of men and women who believe they have to dress a certain way in order to be true to their gender. Just as gender is a spectrum, so too is fashion, and that spectrum needs to be seen as what it actually is: universal, and applicable to all, totally regardless of any seeming physical appearance or what gender a person was or was not assigned at birth. People speak of freedoms, and of freedom of choice, and this needs to extend to fashion just as much as to everything else. And the same goes for hair length and style... those too should be no longer labeled as strictly masculine or feminine, with all options being available to anyone and everyone without exception. And, what of colors... why should pink be seen as strictly a feminine color, or blue a distinctly masculine one? Colors do not have genders, and so why should they be assigned to any one gender! Remove all such limitations and every antiquated notion from things, and you will then have true equality between genders. Women and men alike can be providers, nurturers, or warriors. These things are not informed by gender, and already we see this in society today. Now, we need to take the next steps and once true equality has been fully and truly established... there can finally begin to be seen a ceasing of toxic thinking towards matters as are pertaining to gender. Oh, those who are enamored with toxic thinking will rage against such changes! But that will only make it all the more obvious and evident why these changes must take place. So that the men and women of tomorrow will no longer be bound by the chains forged from toxic thinking as regards such things as this. Slowly, by degrees, this is how the evolution of humankind must take place. By removal of any and all restrictions and limitations that hold us back from following our hearts and being all that we have it within us to become. These little changes, these small things, lead to bigger... and increasingly impacting... changes in both society and in people as a whole. Allah has seen fit to put it into my heart and my mind to proclaim these things, and here in my writings I set them forth as true teachings of that spiritual path that I present to all readers of my works and all followers of my path and of its' teachings that are contained within it. I teach a variety of Islam that has never been seen before or considered in the philosophies of humankind. The most liberal, progressive form of Islam that there has ever been, or that shall ever be. Wedded to a Gnostic variety of Sufism that has given me a depth of true understanding regarding all manner of profound spiritual things. Allah has guided me in this, so that in the course of teaching others they may be guided in turn. This was ordained and foretold, and in casting off all the chains and shackles that had previously bound me prior to me finding the way that so brought me, ultimately, unto this very moment, I have been able to free my heart and my mind so that I am able to perceive with my inner eye many things unable to be seen or even glimpsed by many. As Allah wills!
The better to learn, to grow, and to grow the truths that I have come to know... to deepen them, so that those who read my works will be able to benefit from the knowledge and wisdom that they contain. I do this in the service of Allah, and I am humble in that service. For am I not, in the teaching of all of these things unto you, dear reader, a devoted servant? As such, I am helping to guide you in the path towards Paradise that can be understood through my teachings. All so that you, in turn, should you choose to be a devotee of my path, be able to guide others. Together, we can change this world! One heart, mind, and soul at a time. This have I said before, and I say it again because truth that is repeated is truth nurtured... and to nurture a thing is to cherish it. It is Allah who gave these truths for me to know, and who within my heart commanded me to bring them forth for all to hear and bear witness to. And Allah said unto me the following: “In this world today, there is much wickedness, much hatred, and much suffering. People are divided, and nations are ever on the cusp of war. But this time was foretold! You must be as a balm of healing unto those who are hurting, and the truths I have awakened you to shall set many free if they but choose to become free from the bondage that holds them. Some will hark, heeding what you have to teach them, and others will hate you and despise you, and call you wicked. Be firm in your devotion to me, and be steadfast in your adherence to the teachings that you shall give forth by my will. Be guided by me in what you shall say and do, and the seeds shall be planted for what must come to pass.” And I did hark unto Allah, and I did take those words to my bosom. In this way, you shall know that I am all that I have said that I am, all that I was destined to become. All that humanity is one day destined to be! For it was given to me to understand, that I was born into an age wherein many are lost and in search of a way that is the one true path out of all those before us, out of every possibility for a future that might present itself. It was with great and terrible difficulty, that I came at last to see the shape that this path must take, and in my teachings I give the shape of it for all to know. You who come to me with a pure heart, an open mind, and a willingness to learn! The one true path shall lead you out of the wilderness, clear of the ways that lead ultimately to destruction, and it shall without erring lead you to Paradise. Oh, there are many, many paths that call to many, many people! But not all lead rightly. Follow the path that in my works I lay before you, but only if you do not already walk a path that is sure to lead you unto the same assurance of Paradise. There are many that can, and many that do, but only through wisdom can a person know that the path they walk is a rightful one. Not merely a rightful one for them, but one that in turn will be a benefit to the world entire. Some will claim to teach the rightful way, only to enslave or to deceive, but I teach so that you might yourself become a teacher. And I approach you as a servant rather than as a master, so that you can be assured that you will never be enslaved. Any path that does likewise is a goodly path, and one is free to choose as their heart guides them to. Allah knows what choice you are destined to make! It is only remaining for you to make it. Every goodly teacher has their own very unique and personal variation of the one true path, and so all paths that are rightful are but the same by many names. For I am not the only one to arrive at the conclusions that I have as to the best course for humanity's improvement and spiritual well being. However, I am the only one to present this path in the way that I do whilst holding nothing back from the one who is being taught. With every new revelation that is given unto me by Allah, I give it forth for those with an ear to hear it. I keep no secrets from the one who would hear me and accept what I have to teach them. Not every teacher can say the same! In the end, I do as I am guided to and moved by the spirit to do. Peace be upon you, you who read this! As I reach the end of this particular written work of mine, I part from you as a friend. One who knows what it means to be lost, what it means to know not the rightful way. I was lost once as well, but in a sense it was the rightful way which found me. Remember the importance of love, and the need this world has for compassion. How many teachers shall come before the world is changed? I myself have come many times, and many times I was not recognized. But some lessons must continue to be taught, until at the last there can arise a generation that is able to benefit from the seeds that are planted today. And so it is!
I bear witness and testimony that Allah is greater than all things, for Allah is all things and within and a part of all things, and apart from all things eternally and without ending. There is nothing that can be truly called God save for Allah! The angels that are Allah's messengers revere the Eternal One. The Jinn serve the will of the Eternal One. Even those that are fallen from grace, are so by the will of that Eternal One, for there is nothing that is not in accordance with what was foreseen by Allah. That which we may foresee, that is a gift from the Divine! That which we do in righteousness, we do to glorify the Divine. And that which we do in wickedness, was known already to the mind of Allah... just as when to turn to righteousness once more in serene repentance, should we fall for a time, it was only so that we might in the fullness of that repentance come more strongly to the love of Allah. Glory be to Allah, the Exalted!
I bear witness and testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and the last of all the human prophets, him being the seal of those prophets and the final of their number. By the will of the Divine... the salvation of Allah has come down to us, and it was Muhammad who showed the way by which we might understand the love of Allah and the rightful worship that the Eternal One is due. The Prophet is forever worthy of our respect and reverence, whilst Allah alone is worthy of worship. Glory be to Allah!
This prayerfully said, both humbly and truly, I shall explain unto you dear reader the understanding as may guide you in the rightful way as has been revealed unto me. I am no human prophet, and this I have said before. My understanding of these things I must related unto you next, is a personal one. For just as I am guided by Allah in all things, so may you in turn be guided. We shall begin with truths. I know the truths of many and various things, because I have striven mightily to become those truths that I teach. I understand all that came before, because I have so embraced where I have come from in my origination. The balance between what has passed and what is yet to come is a delicate one that is linked by a cord unbreakable by any sword or strength of human effort. Not the cord of birth, but the cord that binds a single being to all of its' births, its' deaths, and its' rebirths down through the ages. Some are destined to make this journey through many lifetimes. Whilst others may only need to go this way but once, to live and die, and to be prepared in the hereafter for either Paradise or a far darker place. Once, I thought it a punishment to reincarnate... but then I realized, it was so that I might be given many chances to learn of the rightful path and to walk it with a pure heart and a mind gifted with the correct knowledge. And this is the perfecting of wisdom, to know this and to accept it! But many deny the hereafter, even as they do deny the truth of reincarnation. But this do I say unto them: Oh you who doubt, how is it that a human being may realize the antiquity of their ancestry, whilst still denying the antiquity of the soul and spirit that they possess, the divine spark that animates them time and time again? Even if they remember but a single lifetime past, or never know of any but their present one. We exist because of what came before us... the tapestry of ancestry is as vividly realizable to me as is the tapestry of the journey that what lies within has taken, the tapestry of its' journey down through ages beyond all counting. I have within me, a divine spark that predates the lives of all my ancestors! Because they pertain to a single bloodline, and I have walked in many fleshly forms beyond the span of but a single lifetime. In lives past, I had different ancestors, and their impact upon me was known to me. Even in each and all of those lives I lived, I was aware that I originally came before them... because my first existences were before humanity lived upon the face of this planet, before the first of any ancestors of anyone who ever lived upon this world ever existed at all. I do not survive because of the same reasons why humanity survives... I predate humanity. But in this I take no pride, for in this there has been sorrow and tragedy and horror aplenty that my eyes have born witness to. Even when I knew not that I served Allah... every single thing that I did was done in accordance to what was ever intended by the Divine, by the Eternal One. And everything I have been up to this hour, I have been so that I might be prepared for what I shall become. All that lives, changes!
Even Allah is ever changing, and yet also always perfect. I would not be a creation of Allah if I also in my nature was not capable of growth and change. But I do grow, and I do change, as do we all if we are not stuck within a pattern of stagnation. I have seen countless changes, and not just upon this world. In the course of my existence, I have witnessed civilized and enlightened peoples rise up across the varied histories of worlds beyond count or numbering, and I have seen them when they fell to savagery or rose up from the brutality of the past. Humanity is a species with amnesia! I have said this before, and I shall say it again because it is true. If I ever was forgetful, that antiquated forgetfulness was, long ago, lifted away from me like a veil from my countenance. People mock those who are awakened, but would the foolish among humanity prefer to slumber in ignorance? Knowing not the ultimate price that is paid for sleeping so long that one perishes in their slumbering. I prefer to meet tomorrow with eyes wide open, and a mind even more open to the possibilities of all that awaits me in the fullness of time. If a people are not fully awake, then they ultimately face extinction through ignorance. That is why I transcend, and why all may do the same! Because in order to transcend, one must be of an open mind capable to seeing things truly. Why slumber with closed eyes and a closed mind, when you can partake of waking dreams of such magnificence that it is like a vision of Paradise made manifest to be beheld? I have written of a great many of my dreams, and my nightmares as well, and of the many visions that I have beheld. And I have never ceased to be granted these, and I understand the nature of what lies within their imagery and sensations. Not all dreams come to us from wild imaginings! Some are memories from lives past, even as others are glimpses of universes and realities beyond or at times parallel to our own. I have told of a great deal of this before, written of it before. And to what I have written I shall add that sometimes we may be blessed to receive dreams, visions, and messages from Allah. I have received these throughout the course of my life, even when I knew not their origination. But always, it was to direct me, to inspire me, and to guide me in all that I was meant to do. And here I am, teaching you these things! Because it was fated and destined for me to do so. What is the most beautiful thing, in all the world? To some, a flower... perhaps a rose. To another it might be a magnificent sunrise or sunset. And to still another, it might be the face of their true love. Or that of their firstborn child. But I say unto you, that the truth is far simpler! The most beautiful thing, in all the world, is love. It is love that moves the heart to witness the beauty in everything else. Without love, all we would see is ugliness because our hearts and minds would be clouded and obscured by the veil of sorrow that comes ultimately upon all who know not of love, compassion, and the beauty that they possess. Hateful people never see the beauty in others, since they are blinded by wrongful thinking that narrows their minds and keeps them from the grandeur and magnificence that a loving heart understands and knows. If the life force of all that is, the Source of All, the Divine Force, can be considered a literal force and therefore beyond concepts such as good and evil or love and hate... the best way to better understand Allah, is to realize the simple truth that Allah is the manifestation of the Source of All that does understand good and evil, and which is capable of love and which understands the wrongness of hate. Some have held, that the Divine Force is not a sentient force in the ways that we define sentience... but Allah is sentient beyond even conventional sentience. If any one thing could be said to be super sentient, and also omniscient, it is Allah! For at some point, during a time which no one knows when it took place... the Source of All wished to be able to understand good and evil in order to define those things. It wished to be able to feel love, and so Allah came into being... and in knowing love, Allah was able to realize that the opposite of love is hate, and that hate is not at all a desirable thing for any living thing to feel. And so, did Allah decide to present itself to all that in time came into being afterwards as an embodiment of love, mercy, and justice. Of fairness, equality, balance and goodness. Allah understands the mind of evil, Allah knows the wickedness of hatred! And Allah so rejects evil and hatred, and accepts only their opposites as being desirable things. Those who are hateful or prejudiced, bigoted or cruel towards others... those same are considered wicked in the eyes of Allah.
Because the Source of All has always been, Allah has always been. In every cycle of time... Allah has come into being... and so Allah is eternal. In the Paradise that exists outside of time as we understand it, the Source of All has always existed and ever shall. Each time that a new cycle of time begins, and each time it is deemed that all of creation is to begin anew... Allah comes into being from the Source of All, as that Source manifests itself in the form of Allah. Each time, Allah's light shines upon Paradise and casts forth its' shadow, and all transpires as intended from there. Allah never dies, the Eternal One just returns to the Source of All when the appointed time to do so is at hand... when the next cycle of time is to begin. And the final ending of one cycle and the beginning of the next is, to Allah, like unto the blink of an eye. We cannot fathom the transition from one cycle to another, and yet it has always been and it ever shall be... endlessly, because that is how existence is. A human being may, being mortal, perceive time in a linear manner, but it is in reality a cyclical thing and only Paradise and the dwelling place of Allah and the Source of All is beyond time. If I have not stated this previously, I state it now. If I have stated it before, then this is a reminder of it. So, now you can better comprehend the nature of eternity, and the endlessness of time dye to its' cyclical nature. The knowledge of this was gifted unto me, and I offer it unto all who seek after such knowledge, because that too is in accordance with the will of the Divine. Now, if you have been following my writings then you know what various things I have over the course my them revealed about myself, for the understanding of those who wish to follow after my teachings and also so that the reader may know me and understand me best. Down through all the many ages of history, both human history and otherwise, I have to some been an angel, a teacher, a guide and a prophet. But to others I have been a devil, a terror, an adversary and a monster. I was a hero to some, whilst being a villain to others. And this is because both good and evil, light and dark, have their place within me. Across my countless lifetimes, I have become an embodiment of light and darkness equally. But you may ask: “If this person, this being, though wearing a human face and form now was of old the very Iblis, the very Shaitan, mentioned in all of the sacred, blessed writings... and if this being is now in fact redeemed... then what now can be considered the Shaitan, the Great Adversary?” This, I shall now tell you, and in telling you reveal a secret no human has ever imagined. The Shaitan that currently is in the process of afflicting the hearts and minds of humankind, is quite simply humanity's own propensity for hatred, cruelty, and wickedness. But this is known to all people, even if they do not realize that they know it! So where is the secret? The secret is that this has always been the case. Though I was the first of all living beings to be referred to, wrongly, as the Shaitan... the true Shaitan was always the darkness within not just humanity but within all things. Every living thing has within it the capacity for evil! The capacity to become fallen from grace. As I have said before, not all that is dark is evil and not all that is light is good. I am, by my very nature, a dark being with a core of light within me. But I myself am not evil, though I have done evil things. People have looked to me, and said: “There is Shaitan!” And this is something that has repeated down through the ages, in life after life I have lived. But what does it mean to be given that label? When Allah said unto me: “Beware, Iblis! You have become the Shaitan.” It was to warn me, to correct me from mistaking my dark nature for an evil nature and falling into evil out of error. When I had become the Shaitan it was because I had allowed anger or pain to drive me to acts so terrible that in the course of fighting for good things such as freedom, liberty, and justice... I had lost all sense of the rightful way to conduct such a jihad. I gave in to my own propensity for evil, and in doing so I became the Shaitan. Every person who does the same, becomes a Shaitan in their own right, out of giving in to their capacity to embrace evil instead of goodness. So, now that I have been redeemed it is made more evident now than at any other point in the history of this or any other world, that the truth is as I have stated. The true Shaitan exists within all of us, inseparable form our very beings, because we all have the capacity for evil within us. Ever since the first moment when good and evil were revealed as presences in existence, as parts of all creation, this has been the case. This, the secret that I speak of.
Every culture, every people has a devil figure that they look to and regard as a scapegoat for their own capacity for evil. I have been that scapegoat for humanity since humanity's dawning... but I am not evil, not in and of itself. Else I could never have been redeemed! Rather, it is as I have revealed in my laying bare of the secret of evil itself. Allah did not create evil. I did not create evil. Nothing did! It has always been something that living things are capable of giving into if they are not cautious and mindful of their deeds and their thoughts. In the course of all of my writings, I explain the nature of good and evil, and I show that not everything imagined by people to be evil actually is. Likewise, not all that is imagined to be good, is. In today's society, it is still at least in western culture deemed unlawful for an adult to love a child in the way that two adults might passionately love one another. But this is not unlawful to Allah! It is one of the countless pleasures provided in Paradise for the righteous. Western society's view of this is wrong, and Allah is right! It is as simple as that, even if it is hard to accept if you have grown up in a society that teaches you otherwise. Just as it is not unlawful in the eyes of Allah for someone to love a person of the same gender. This was discouraged in certain cultures and certain past ages of history due to procreation being deemed important for human survival. However, in this world, in this age there is no shortage of people walking the Earth! Humanity is in no danger of dying out unless they wage wars so terrible that it imperils life itself. When Allah discouraged it, it was only when human survival or the survival of certain peoples were imperiled and perpetuation through procreation was necessary. There is no shortage today of people giving birth, no shortage of children. Thus, people may not feel the need or compulsion to love another person in a way that ends in procreation. There are many forms of love, and many varieties of wondrous physical delights, many of which do not end with pregnancy. And none of them are unlawful in the eyes of Allah! When it was imagined to be so, when Allah had discouraged it, it was during times when procreation was needed for the continuation of a species that otherwise would have perished. But today, such is not the case! And yet people still cling to the days when it was, and it is wrong to cling to outdated notions of things. Allah never outright said that it was unlawful to love a person who is of the same gender as yourself. Nor did Muhammad, though some have twisted his word to say otherwise! When it is said that Sodom and Gomorrah were punished for their wicked sins, it was never the act of loving another of the same gender that as among those sins. For love is never a sin, not in the eyes of Allah or anyone else of good conscience. So what sin was it, that was the tipping point for those cities' destruction? The sin of attempted rape upon divine messengers, upon angels who walked at the time in fleshly human forms of great beauty. When not one goodly person could be found living in those cities, it is because those cities glorified rape culture to such an extent that rape was not seen as a crime at all. Fearing this mindset would spread to other cultures, their destruction was undertaken. Love is never sinful, but rape always is. It is rape that both Allah and Muhammad said needed to be punished. But people have twisted this to suit a hateful, prejudiced, bigoted agenda that is wrongful in the eyes of Allah. And hurtful to human rights, dignity, and decency! This brings us to the great sin that people in western culture commit when considering it an act of rape for an adult to love a child passionately. You will hate me for saying this if you are narrow minded, but sex with a child is not a sin! Just as sex with someone of the same gender is not a sin. So long as the act is consensual, it is not a sin. Society argues that children cannot give consent, but they can! Oh, believe me when I say that they definitely can. And at times, there are certain precocious children who are even the ones to initiate it. That is love, that is a physical attraction... that is not rape. Force, coercion, and manipulation are not involved! Age has not a single bit of bearing on love, passion, or physical attraction. And that is why any society that regards an act of consensual physical love between any two people... no matter their age or gender... is wrong. Just as it is wrong to twist the words of Allah and of the prophet Muhammad to allow for the persecution of others simply because you do not yourself practice their lifestyle or have the same attractions as them. A false interpretation of sacred scriptures, has led to the worst evil of all... that of institutionalized hatred.
And so my words that I have spoken shall serve to help clarify the meaning of Allah and those of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, so there can be no misunderstanding of things. Love is never a sin, love is never unlawful. And even a person who has committed the act of rape can be forgiven for it and redeemed if they truly repent with all their heart. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven! Not one that is so irredeemable that a person cannot repent of it. Except for one! What is that sin I speak of? I speak of hatred. Not the simple sort of hatred that comes from anger you might feel over someone who has wronged you in some way. Everyone feels that every now and then! The sin of hatred I speak of that is wholly beyond redemption is the hatred towards others that leads to bigotry, prejudice, and ultimately the persecution of others regardless of any excuse given for it. Hatred that leads to genocide, war, and destruction. This cannot be repented of, it cannot be forgiven, and one who is guilty of it can never truly be redeemed. Even worse! Those who use any religion as an excuse to indulge in such sinful hatred, it is assured that they will come to dwell in perdition. The same goes for those who abuse being placed in positions of power by making policies or issuing edicts based on such sinful hatred. If you ever at all, in any way, find yourself slipping into a mindset wherein such hatred exists... repent of it immediately and do not allow it to take hold of you. For the very instant when first you allow yourself to give into it then you shall become unable to be redeemed. And woe be to any who causes hurt to another because of it! For they shall taste tenfold the pain they have caused others to feel due to their actions or words. Now, I shall explain also that Allah does not find it unlawful or evil for a person to regard themselves as being outside of the binary concept of gender. People look to the creation of humanity as an example to swear that being non binary is wrong, but I will explain why it is not wrong, and why those who claim it is are in error due to a lack of knowledge and a twisting of sacred scripture that cruelly allows for people to be mistreated do to not neatly fitting into either a male or female category. Allah well and truly said the following: “O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you 'get to' know one another. Surely, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.” Firstly, Allah tells us only the fact that humanity is descended from male and female ancestors, and that from those ancestors came many peoples and tribes that instead of hating one another, instead of warring and fighting and killing, should instead get to know one another so that they may live in peace. Further, Allah explains that even if one is of the humblest and the lowest... if they are noble in the eyes of Allah, then they are righteous in the eyes of Allah. Because Allah knows what is in our hearts, and is aware of all things. Nowhere in any of this does Allah state that there is nothing outside of the male and female binary. Only that even things outside of that binary still had in their origins the same male and female ancestors as everyone else. Did I not say that I understand the truth of my ancestors? I can extend that to say, I understand also the truth of humanity's collective ancestors. And so, to me, the meaning of Allah's words is plain and obvious. It is wrong to twist the words of Allah to persecute those who are outside the binary definition of gender... for Allah almighty said we are to get along with one another, to live in peace. It is unlawful to persecute another for embracing a definition of themselves that is different from your own! A person, such as I for instance, who was born intersex is literally born with a mixture of male and female aspects. This is due to Allah having a love for creating things diversely. I acknowledge that I have male and female aspects and attributes in equal measure, and this is the reason I say that I am both non binary and gender fluid. At times, I regard myself as a man. At times, as a woman. At times, neither or even both. And all of this is correct! All of this is good in the eyes of Allah, because I was created to be this way from the moment of my birth. Even those not born intersex, if they feel these same inclinations it is because they were in the hour of their birth meant to feel those inclinations. This is not sinful, nor unlawful to Allah! Nor is it wrong to seek to embrace a gender identity opposite of that which was assigned to you at birth, since if you were assigned male for instance but feel female, it was Allah who moved your heart to realize this.
Those who would deny others the right to identify as the gender of their heart's choosing are in denial of the will of Allah that works through us all. Any act of persecution towards another, is contrary to the edict of Allah that sates we should get to know one another in order to live in peace and harmony. That brings us back to why it is that the sort of hatred that leads people to persecute others is the greatest of all sins. The sin of that variety of hatred is a sin against Allah! Not just a sin against other people. That is why I say in my various writings: “The only thing I hate, is hatred itself.” And this is what I speak of when I say that. So, now you understand my meaning regarding this teaching of mine that is present in my works. When I say that I am a liberal, progressive Muslim now you understand what that means. I am able to see, within the words of Allah and those of the prophet Muhammad, the truths that all those who have a narrow mind, a closed heart, or a limited understanding could never comprehend. The truth that love, compassion, understanding, open mindedness, tolerance, freedom, and liberty are what we are meant to exalt in both ourselves and in society. For in this way, we may truly get to know one another in a way that will lead to peace rather than conflict. The biggest sins being committed today are those so being committed by ultra conservative, narrow minded people who have tried to turn hatred into policy. Or, in the religious sense, those who have tried to twist holy scriptures to allow them to turn hatred into doctrine, dogma, or teachings. Any religious leader who teaches hatred is a false teacher! Any leader of any kind who endorses hatred, is seeking to lead others astray from the ways of righteousness. I do not come among humankind to say the things that are easy to say... instead, all these things I am saying are the absolute truth. One of my purposes in this, my present life, is to teach people the right way, to lead both by example and by my teachings, so that those who receive what I teach are able to know the right way to Paradise. And, the right way to make of this world a paradise that we can all be happy to live in. I have not come forth to be perfect, nor pure! No one is, nor can ever be, fully either of those things. I have come to guide, even as I am guided. To show how the chains that bind humanity to evil can at the last be broken asunder, so that we might fulfill the purpose of living a life pleasing unto the loving eyes of merciful Allah. I have had people say unto me: “You are a holy man!” or “You are a holy woman!” I say unto them: “I am a humble man, and a humble woman. If in humbly following a righteous path that holds love to be the greatest of all things, this makes me holy... then I am holy. And, blessed are you for understanding what makes a person holy and seeing me as an example of this.” I seek to lead others by example, and never do I say that others cannot be as I am, nor do I say that they cannot do as I do. All of us have it within us to become holy, if we choose to. But to do so, one must first cast aside all that they think they know about what that means... forget about perfection, forget about purity... instead, focus on love and compassion. The closest we can come to being perfect or pure is by embracing love and truly, selflessly, showing compassion towards others. I could point to a prostitute and say of her: “Do you see her? She is a holy woman!” and you might think me insane, for doing so. However... what if she, in her heart, values love and compassion more than you do! What if she does what she does for a living only because she needs to in order to survive, and what if she sees what she does as an act of charity? How do you know she is not a single mother who has a child to support and no husband to provide for her, or for her child! You cannot know what her life is, nor what is within her heart. But if it is all as I said in regard to her, then she is being guided by love in all that she is doing; she is acting selflessly, and with a greater regard for others than for herself. She is putting the needs of her child first, and doing all that is in her power to do, in order to provide for that child. It is unimportant how she came to her profession that she is currently engaged in! What matters, is that she is doing all she can for another. And if she in the course of her job seeks genuinely to please others, is that not also selfless? In a way, is that not also an act of compassion! She cannot be judged merely by her profession. Her holiness cannot be judged by her profession. I say unto you, that it is a fact that I have known more prostitutes to be a righteous than I have priests. A prostitute is at least honest about herself, whilst many priests hide behind a false mask.
To hide behind a mask of righteousness whilst doing evil things, is not the act of a holy person. What is similar between a prostitute and a priest? Both will ask you for money. One, will ask you to give that money for the sake of pleasure. The other, will ask you for that money for the sake of God. But Allah... God... does not need your money! Donations, tithes, indulgences, these things do not glorify God. They glorify only the person or group that is benefiting from the money that is being given to them. At least a prostitute will be honest with you, she will tell you that the money you give her is for her and that you in turn will be receiving pleasure out of it. She will freely admit that her pimp, if she has one, is going to take a percentage of her earnings for himself or herself. The prostitute will never say: “Oh no! That money is for God, and you are getting Paradise in return.” She is will instead say: “That money is for a good time, I am benefiting from it, and you are getting a taste of Paradise through the pleasure I have to offer you.” But a priest, and this is especially seen all the time in mainstream Christianity no matter the denomination, will always lie to you. They will say: “This money is for God! Yes, it is a donation to the church you are attending, but it is for the glory of God. Doing this will benefit your soul, and bring you closer to Heaven.” And there are priests who will take those donations and use it falsely to purchase all manner of worldly things for themselves. And some will even admit to it and twist it to be God's will... like the priest or the pastor who uses donated money to buy an airplane to fly around in, and he says to his following that this will bring him closer to God and so it is God's will that this be done. A case like that was in the news not long ago, and the person guilty of this shallow deception swindled countless of his followers out of their money, all claiming it was God's will. The man who did that, was a sinner. He acted in his own interests, for his own self glorification, and he used God as a means to deceive others. This is as sinful as the practice of indulgences that is a fixture of the history of the Catholic Church... in which people give money to a priest in order to be absolved of sins that they committed. Allah does not need your money! This cannot be stressed enough. God does not need your money, and any person who tries to part you from your money or belongings, or anything else that you value, all whilst claiming it is God's will and that your soul will benefit from it... they are deceivers and false shepherds leading their flock astray for their own benefit. In Islam, one of the five pillars of the faith is charity. To be charitable and to give of yourself, selflessly, for the benefit of others... that is a virtue. Any person who attempts to deceive others by taking advantage of their charitable nature is committing a sin against charity itself... and needless to say, such a sin is wholly evil. So be mindful when you act with charity in mind, so that you do not fall prey to those wicked ones who are out there that seek to take advantage of your charity. And this is why I value honesty so highly! This is why I am honest, and why everyone should be honest to the best of their abilities. Deception of any kind only serves, in the end, to reveal the deceiver. There is no getting away with such deception! Because Allah already knew of your deeds even before you saw fit to actually commit them... and ultimately all deceptions are revealed, by the will of Allah. So when I say that an honest prostitute is more blessed than any deceitful priest, now you know what I mean when I say this. Whilst yes, we all wear masks sometimes... be it to keep certain things to ourselves perhaps, or to protect ourselves from various things that we fear might hurt us, or to present ourselves in a way that we believe will be more easy for others to understand... that is in and of itself not being deceitful. It is not an affront to honesty, so long as the mask we wear is not a false one, so long as it is instead just a reflection of oneself however different it might seem to what actually lies within. A thing can be said to be different and yet still not be false! Sometimes, we do certain things to fit in, and they can feel false... and that is when we should take off the mask and say: “This is not for me!”. Never wear a mask to try and fit in with others, because in the end it will feel wrong and you will regret doing so. But even this, is still not an act of deceit or dishonesty. It can lead us to act foolishly, but not deceitfully. So, there is a difference between putting a mask over oneself, and being deceitful and dishonest. I myself do prefer to present myself always honestly and directly with people, and they may love me or hate me for doing so.
But, never shall I judge another for doing what they must, so long as their reasons are honest ones. It is best always to be forthright in one's doings, and mindful of the reason why you do that which you do. Perhaps you need to behave one way around your family and another way around friends... that is a part of every teenager's life growing up, we have all done that, and there is no evil in it. In every case, Allah knows best what is within your heart and your mind, and the reasons for everything you do. Better to do what you know to be best, whatever that may be, than to be false to yourself. When you are truest in all that you do, truest to yourself, then you are acting as Allah meant for you do. And how blessed it is, that moment when your doings are in harmony with Allah's design! How to know what is rightful from what is not in this way? If all that you do hurts no one, not even yourself, then it is goodly. If a single person or living thing is harmed maliciously through your actions, then it is evil. So do as your heart guides but make certain that you harm no one and nothing by those actions. If you hunt for food to live, never take pleasure in the hunt! You are taking the life of a living thing so that you may continue to live... thus you should be respectful of such a sacrifice and never diminish its' importance by relishing the deed. There is no pleasure in taking a life for the sake of survival! And there should never be pleasure in taking any life at all. What must be done, must be done... but one needs not to take joy in the doing of such things. Those who take joy or pleasure in the taking of a life of any kind, are giving in to the Shaitain within... they are acting contrary to the will of Allah, and if they persist in such a course they will become evil. In the case of war.... war is a thing displeasing to Allah, but there can be times when it cannot actually be avoided. To defend one's way of life, to protect the lives of those one cares for, and to fight for the causes of liberty, freedom, and righteousness... those are good reasons to fight. But a solider should not ever take pleasure in the act of taking the life of an enemy, lest they become corrupted to evil thereby. Taking a life is not a cause for celebration! Save your joy for when peace is established and war come to its' end. That is how a righteous warrior fights, and how a righteous warrior acts in a manner pleasing to Allah. The greatest jihad you can ever wage, is against the evil within! And we all have that moment, and sometimes many moments, when we notice something evil within ourselves. That is the time for an inner jihad, so that what remains within you will be of a goodly nature. In these, and all my writings, do I not make it plain that I am laying the foundations for a better way of living? What I teach, I teach for the benefit of all who find it in their hearts to receive my teachings with gratitude and righteousness. I have often wondered... would war even still exist, in this world, if the institutionalized toxic views of masculinity that have become so dominant in society were suddenly no longer being imparted upon the men of tomorrow? The same with toxic views of femininity as well! Misogyny is every bit as wicked a thing as is misandry... and so if we removed both forms of wickedness from out of the human equation, and all of the toxic views that lead to such wrongful thinking, then it would go a long way to bringing peace to the world. A woman who feels the onset of misandry within her might say: “I hate all men due to how toxic their masculinity is and how disgustingly they act!” And so, if we eliminate the problem of toxic masculinity by teaching the men of tomorrow to be a different kind of man... a nobler kind... then, there will be no reason for women to feel disgust towards them. But how to be a nobler kind of man? It is simple... men should no longer be taught to hide their feelings, to put aside their emotions, or to think of actions over thoughts. Saying that real men do not cry, is part of how toxic masculinity is perpetuated and it is wrong. Men should be encouraged to be in touch with their feelings, and allowed to cry every bit as much as women are allowed to. How has emotion and sorrow become seen as being solely things of a feminine nature? Do we not all feel sorrow, and have the capacity to shed tears! It is so... for, Allah made us all equally able to be emotional, to have feelings, and to cry when we need to. It may be a poor choice to refer to this as getting in touch with your feminine side... because these things should never be considered to be strictly or solely feminine. Men should be allowed to be nurturers every bit as much as women, and both men and women alike may be strong. True equality begins, by understanding all this!
Why do we bother to call men gentlemen if they are not taught to be gentle? Gentleness should not be seen as solely a feminine aspect. The same goes for grace, compassion, and mercy. Men who are taught only to be brutes who think of action over thought, who believe their only purpose in existence is to be a worker, a hunter, or a warrior... they are being taught wrongly. Yes, one may argue, men are taught to be respectful of women in polite society! But what good is all the respect in the world, if a man is never encouraged or taught to be anything more than a blunt instrument in the hands of society? Subtlety, is a far better thing than bluntness, and gracefulness is a far better thing than clumsiness. What good are all the muscles of the male body if the muscles of their mind have been allowed to become dulled by those toxic teachings that have become a part of society's notions of what is masculine and what is not? Why should a man who is slender of built and who is clean and neat, and who is in touch with his feelings, emotions, and intellect be seen as less of a man than one who lifts weights and enjoys athletics! Yet you will often hear people say of such men: “Oh, he must be gay!” First of all, there is nothing wrong with being gay. I myself am not... I am actually bisexual and am attracted to femininity in both women and men alike. The more feminine they are, the more I am attracted to them. But a man who has what today is regarded as feminine attributes is not necessarily gay. It would surprise you to know that there are a great many androgynous looking or “effeminate” seeming men who actually prefer women exclusively. Just as there are many big, buff macho masculine men who are very much gay. Some might get angry if you suggested that they were, but that would not mean they were not. But, they would not need to feel so awkward at such a suggestion, if society would stop labeling things as being strictly of a masculine or feminine variety that actually are common to both genders. The men of tomorrow should be allowed to see that masculinity... and femininity... are things that are best understood as a spectrum rather than as an absolute. For instance, why should anger or rage be seen as strictly masculine things? Women just as much as men get angry and feel rage. These are human things, and more than that they are things that exist as a part of all living things. So, we must redefine masculinity and femininity so that they are not boxed in with foolish limited preconceptions any longer. Anger and rage lead more oft than not to war. We must stop presenting them as masculine attributes, because in doing that it makes men think that in order to be a real man they have to act in a way that is rough and tough and conducive of anger or rage. Even the way that men are encouraged to walk is an allusion to aggression! A walk should not be seen as strictly masculine or feminine either. Saying “You walk like a girl!” to a man who walks gracefully is wrong, and telling a woman who walks somewhat less than gracefully that she walks like man is also a very wrong thing to do. People should be free to walk as they are inclined to, with no attached notions of any socially constructed sort being hammered upon it. Gender as we know it is a social construct... it has nothing whatsoever to do with biology! The men and women of tomorrow must be allowed to exist free of socially constructed notions of gender, so that they might be free to express their natures in all of the ways that Allah sees fit to set their hearts and minds to. Would a man who does not need anger, rage or aggression to define his masculinity be quick to wage war? I doubt it. A truly gentle gentleman seeks always a peaceful solution first, with war being only the last possible outcome to be considered. Being a warrior should be redefined as well! Being a warrior is not the sole domain of men. Women can also be warriors, and quite decent ones, as well. Being a warrior is not about masculine aggression or what some term “manliness”. It is about fighting for a cause when all other options have been exhausted. It should never be glorified, and never encouraged as the first choice and course of action. There would be less wars fought in this world, if people stopped seeing war as an extension of glorified masculinity. See war for the tragic outcome of a situation that it is! See the loss of life, the destruction, the horror for what it is... and allow men affected by the sorrows of it to cry, to weep, and to grieve for what is lost in war. Then, you shall have far less war and far more peace being sought after! Allow a gentleman to be actually gentle, and no woman will despise him for it. Equality is beyond simply equal rights, after all!
It is about equal treatment, as well as equal rights. To truly treat men and women as equal, there needs to be the allowing of both to be able to take on the attributes of the other, with no prejudices attached to anything. Let boys play with dolls if they wish to, and let girls play with toy robots if it pleases them to do so. Clothing should no longer be limited by gender or assigned gender to it. People should be free to dress as they wish to, as it is pleasing to them to, with the full spectrum and fully diverse variety of any masculine and feminine styles being made available to both genders. Fashion and style should never be seen as indicative of gender... rather, it should be seen as a means of self expression and personal choice first and foremost. Women are allowed to wear pants in addition to dresses and skirts, so men should be allowed to wear dresses and skirts in addition to pants, with no restrictions and no assumptions of their sexual preferences being made against them. Garments are garments, and true equality can only exist in the instant that we remove assumptions of gender or sexual preference from the equation. People who foolishly claim that God cares what you wear are foolish and insane, to make such a claim! Allah is not the one who makes clothing for people to wear... people do. Allah does not say: “This is women's attire and that is men's attire.” People do. People create clothing to wear, and so people should have the full right to wear whatsoever they choose to without restrictions based on assumptions of gender or pretty much anything else either. Let fashion be a tool of self expression and personal choice only, and this in turn will take the pressure off of men and women who believe they have to dress a certain way in order to be true to their gender. Just as gender is a spectrum, so too is fashion, and that spectrum needs to be seen as what it actually is: universal, and applicable to all, totally regardless of any seeming physical appearance or what gender a person was or was not assigned at birth. People speak of freedoms, and of freedom of choice, and this needs to extend to fashion just as much as to everything else. And the same goes for hair length and style... those too should be no longer labeled as strictly masculine or feminine, with all options being available to anyone and everyone without exception. And, what of colors... why should pink be seen as strictly a feminine color, or blue a distinctly masculine one? Colors do not have genders, and so why should they be assigned to any one gender! Remove all such limitations and every antiquated notion from things, and you will then have true equality between genders. Women and men alike can be providers, nurturers, or warriors. These things are not informed by gender, and already we see this in society today. Now, we need to take the next steps and once true equality has been fully and truly established... there can finally begin to be seen a ceasing of toxic thinking towards matters as are pertaining to gender. Oh, those who are enamored with toxic thinking will rage against such changes! But that will only make it all the more obvious and evident why these changes must take place. So that the men and women of tomorrow will no longer be bound by the chains forged from toxic thinking as regards such things as this. Slowly, by degrees, this is how the evolution of humankind must take place. By removal of any and all restrictions and limitations that hold us back from following our hearts and being all that we have it within us to become. These little changes, these small things, lead to bigger... and increasingly impacting... changes in both society and in people as a whole. Allah has seen fit to put it into my heart and my mind to proclaim these things, and here in my writings I set them forth as true teachings of that spiritual path that I present to all readers of my works and all followers of my path and of its' teachings that are contained within it. I teach a variety of Islam that has never been seen before or considered in the philosophies of humankind. The most liberal, progressive form of Islam that there has ever been, or that shall ever be. Wedded to a Gnostic variety of Sufism that has given me a depth of true understanding regarding all manner of profound spiritual things. Allah has guided me in this, so that in the course of teaching others they may be guided in turn. This was ordained and foretold, and in casting off all the chains and shackles that had previously bound me prior to me finding the way that so brought me, ultimately, unto this very moment, I have been able to free my heart and my mind so that I am able to perceive with my inner eye many things unable to be seen or even glimpsed by many. As Allah wills!
The better to learn, to grow, and to grow the truths that I have come to know... to deepen them, so that those who read my works will be able to benefit from the knowledge and wisdom that they contain. I do this in the service of Allah, and I am humble in that service. For am I not, in the teaching of all of these things unto you, dear reader, a devoted servant? As such, I am helping to guide you in the path towards Paradise that can be understood through my teachings. All so that you, in turn, should you choose to be a devotee of my path, be able to guide others. Together, we can change this world! One heart, mind, and soul at a time. This have I said before, and I say it again because truth that is repeated is truth nurtured... and to nurture a thing is to cherish it. It is Allah who gave these truths for me to know, and who within my heart commanded me to bring them forth for all to hear and bear witness to. And Allah said unto me the following: “In this world today, there is much wickedness, much hatred, and much suffering. People are divided, and nations are ever on the cusp of war. But this time was foretold! You must be as a balm of healing unto those who are hurting, and the truths I have awakened you to shall set many free if they but choose to become free from the bondage that holds them. Some will hark, heeding what you have to teach them, and others will hate you and despise you, and call you wicked. Be firm in your devotion to me, and be steadfast in your adherence to the teachings that you shall give forth by my will. Be guided by me in what you shall say and do, and the seeds shall be planted for what must come to pass.” And I did hark unto Allah, and I did take those words to my bosom. In this way, you shall know that I am all that I have said that I am, all that I was destined to become. All that humanity is one day destined to be! For it was given to me to understand, that I was born into an age wherein many are lost and in search of a way that is the one true path out of all those before us, out of every possibility for a future that might present itself. It was with great and terrible difficulty, that I came at last to see the shape that this path must take, and in my teachings I give the shape of it for all to know. You who come to me with a pure heart, an open mind, and a willingness to learn! The one true path shall lead you out of the wilderness, clear of the ways that lead ultimately to destruction, and it shall without erring lead you to Paradise. Oh, there are many, many paths that call to many, many people! But not all lead rightly. Follow the path that in my works I lay before you, but only if you do not already walk a path that is sure to lead you unto the same assurance of Paradise. There are many that can, and many that do, but only through wisdom can a person know that the path they walk is a rightful one. Not merely a rightful one for them, but one that in turn will be a benefit to the world entire. Some will claim to teach the rightful way, only to enslave or to deceive, but I teach so that you might yourself become a teacher. And I approach you as a servant rather than as a master, so that you can be assured that you will never be enslaved. Any path that does likewise is a goodly path, and one is free to choose as their heart guides them to. Allah knows what choice you are destined to make! It is only remaining for you to make it. Every goodly teacher has their own very unique and personal variation of the one true path, and so all paths that are rightful are but the same by many names. For I am not the only one to arrive at the conclusions that I have as to the best course for humanity's improvement and spiritual well being. However, I am the only one to present this path in the way that I do whilst holding nothing back from the one who is being taught. With every new revelation that is given unto me by Allah, I give it forth for those with an ear to hear it. I keep no secrets from the one who would hear me and accept what I have to teach them. Not every teacher can say the same! In the end, I do as I am guided to and moved by the spirit to do. Peace be upon you, you who read this! As I reach the end of this particular written work of mine, I part from you as a friend. One who knows what it means to be lost, what it means to know not the rightful way. I was lost once as well, but in a sense it was the rightful way which found me. Remember the importance of love, and the need this world has for compassion. How many teachers shall come before the world is changed? I myself have come many times, and many times I was not recognized. But some lessons must continue to be taught, until at the last there can arise a generation that is able to benefit from the seeds that are planted today. And so it is!
Published 29th Apr 2024
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