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soulWhat the soul is? In order to understand something properly and to explore facts about that, it is vitally important that we should focus our attention upon it with the best of our abilities and should arrange to be aware of all the factors involved therein. For acquainting with the Supreme Being of God, to know of Him and His attributes, it is necessary to ponder and deliberate in God’s created universe. If an artist who has never drawn a picture on the canvas, no matter how able he is, cannot be introduced as an artist. We call an artist, an artist only when his handy works are there before us. For cognising the Creator and to have the realization of His Attributes the creatures are duty bound to strive for developing cognition of the Lord Creator and to have, as much as possible, knowledge of the creative formulae operative in the universe. When we ponder about the universe, we are lead up to two basic things. One, the life is flowing through in the universe and the second; someone is controlling the life. An individual remain active as long as something, responsible of keeping the existents alive, is supplying life to him and when this thing breaks off its connection with an individual, the individual loses life. It is such a process that is taking place in all the individuals of the universe. That life-providing thing is the soul. What is the soul? Soul is a word that has been generated in the Mind of God and, since God is Boundless, Invariable and far above from deterioration and decomposing therefore, the Word of God is also invariant, perpetually kinetic and would remain in this state from eternity to infinity. It is, therefore, not wrong to conclude that soul is a perpetual and continuous motion. When the constituents of the universe are taken into consideration, we do find even a single thing, which could be an exception to this law. When the spiritual potential of man are discussed and one wants to understand the structure and formation of the soul, one has to admit that soul wants to remain in motion ceaselessly and as long as the motion is maintained, one functions actively and participates in the daily routines of life. This can be stated as an axiom that the whole universe is a motion. All the existents of the universe, remaining in association with one another, are moving according to an unfailing system. Our own creation and birth is evident upon this. There does not exist a single moment, from the time of our inception till our birth in this world and then from our birth till death, when the movement is not there. When we analyse the human life closely it is observed that life of everyone is being controlled by two minds, the conscious and the unconscious. The feelings and the mental state when one is under the influence of the conscious mind are altogether different from those when one is under the control of the unconscious mind but the movement and the activity of life does not stop even for a fraction of a second. Therefore, whether one is in the conscious state of mind or in the unconscious remain in motion. When one is in the conscious state of mind, the movements performed in that state remain within the confines of time and space, this state is known as the wakefulness. And, when one is in the unconscious state of mind one is liberated from the spatio-temporal constraints, this state is known as dreaming or sleep. Analysis of modes of sighting and understanding helps in concluding that when an action is undertaken voluntarily and wilfully, it is remembered but if we are undertaking an activity inattentively then that activity is not retained by the memory. It is true for both the states of wakefulness and sleep. One can remember even the events and activities of one’s life enacted during sleep if one could learn to remain attentive towards them just as we remember those activities of wakefulness to which we pay attention. Man’s disposition compels him to go to sleep and after some time forces him to wake up. It means that man has developed the habit of having awakening the unconscious when he sleeps and, when he awakes the conscious becomes active making the unconscious sleep. In order to awaken the unconscious and to know the activities of the conscious properly we have to understand this habit of ours. We can develop the habit of remaining awake for most of the time so that the activities of the Unconscious could be studied even in wakefulness. In the beginning, going against the set habit of sleeping appears to be quite difficult and cumbersome but if the practice to remain awake is continued then gradually one starts getting used to this practice. When one masters to remain awake for two days and two nights continuously, one gets so calmed down that the unconscious activities can be witnessed with closed eyes. If this practiced is further continued and one could win the battle against the sleeping habit, then after practicing for a month or so. One can witness the unconscious activities even with open eyes and one gets acquainted with the Unseen Realms gradually. Witnessing the Unconscious activities or to enter the Unseen Realms to develop acquaintance with that realm, through closed eyes, in Sufism, is termed as warood (Reminiscence). Further practicing gives this much strength to the sight that one can observe the inner world even in awaking, with open eyes. This state in Sufis’ terminology is called shahood (Observation). It is very important that this exercise must only be carried out under the supervision of one’s spiritual mentor; otherwise, it could prove harmful and can cause damage to the mental state. 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