Muzakra-13

MUZAKRA – 13 HOW TO FACE TESTS OF SENSUALITY AND HOW THE WILL ACQUIRES VIRTUOUS HABITS SOUL: You know how weak I am, Lord. How will I ever be strong enough to face the alluring wiles and tremendous power of Satan? LOD: In the great struggle between good and evil, the spirit-soul stands in the middle and determines the outcome. Whichever side you place your consciousness on is the side that appears to win. That is why I told a true devotee of Mine, “Always think of Me.” Consciousness of Me is the answer to all problems, great or small. To aid you in keeping that decision to always think of Me, the following will be useful: First: it is important to completely subdue the mind when it is diverted by a sense object and first resists the dictates of spiritual intelligence. Then, one should analyze the occasion thoroughly, using the enlightened intelligence and the authority of Quran-oSunnah to understand the rightness of the mind’s defeat. This also increases disgust for the particular sense object, thus reinforcing Satan’s setback. Next, resist Satan when he sends another attack, which I allow to further strengthen your determination for My service. Actually, your resistance to evil increases your contempt for forgetfulness of Me and My grace. Lastly, it is very important to perform virtuous acts to directly counter the vicious temptations you meet. For example: Look back and remember some specific incident when you lost your patience and equanimity. Now recall the condition of your mind at that time. Note that the trouble first began with a disturbance to your senses, and, therefore, with a struggle between the mind (controlled by uncontrolled senses) and the enlightened intelligence (which always speaks on the authority of the saintly teachers and scriptures (their writings?) It is here – at the level of the gross senses – that the enemy can be defeated. However, if you do not control the senses, but allow them to influence the mind, it will be most difficult – if not impossible – to conquer them. Therefore, control the senses by a mind that is itself controlled by enlightened intelligence, which in turn is controlled by the higher authority of Quran-o-Sunnah and spiritual master, Murshid. In my instructions to a very distinguished devotee, I warned: One never, in truth, can a servant of God become Till he’s freed from the senses’ oppressing thumb. The mind is a friend to the self-controlled sage, But a foe to the servant of lust, greed and rage.

Muzakara – 13 SOUL:

Page 2 That sound easy enough. Now I’m encouraged.

LORD: It may sound easy, but the practice will be difficult at times. Be careful, My friend. Don’t be puffed up. Satan is very clever. Indeed, when he finds that you are courageously overcoming and controlling your passions, he often withdraws all temptations. Beware! Her plan is very dangerous: rather than allow you to become strong by steady resistance to her temptations, and by development of the opposite virtues, he instead withdraws the temptations and tries to inflate you with false pride and vanity. You are defeated if he can convince you to think that you are a great spiritual warrior and have defeated your enemy completely and quickly. Pride goeth before a fall. This is the time to redouble your guard. Meditate on what has previously caused you to fail. When you see those same emotions rising in your flesh, mobilize everything you’ve got – discipline, intelligence, and higher authority – to suppress it.