The Echo of Thy Magic Flute
The more a Sufi listens to Saut-e Sarmad, the sound of the abstract,
the more his consciousness becomes free from all the limitations
of life. The soul floats above the physical and mental plane without
any special effort on man’s part, which shows its calm and
peaceful state; a dreamy look comes into his eyes and his countenance
becomes radiant, he experiences the unearthly joy and rapture of
Wajad, or ecstasy. When ecstasy overwhelms him he is neither conscious
of the physical existence nor of the mental. This is the heavenly
wine, to which all Sufi poets refer, which is totally unlike the
momentary intoxications of this mortal plane. A heavenly bliss then
springs in the heart of a Sufi, his mind is purified from sin, his
body from all impurities, and a pathway is opened for him towards
the world unseen; he begins to receive inspirations, intuitions,
impressions, and revelations without the least effort on his part.
He is no longer dependent upon a book or a teacher, for divine wisdom,
the light of his soul, the Holy Spirit, begins to shine upon him.
As Sharif says, ‘I by the light of soul realize that the beauty
of the heavens and the grandeur of the earth are the echo of Thy
magic flute.’
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