Power of Poetry | Mushaira | WAJD

Experience an online Mushaira : a poetic symposium. It is an event (called mehfil, MUSHAIRI) where poets gather to perform their works. Fri 3rd June 7pm GMT

A beloved part of North Indian, Pakistani and Deccan culture for over three centuries, the mushaira is an intellectual forum, showcasing the most talented and innovative Urdu-speaking poets. This year, from the comfort of your own home, explore the rich cultural heritage of the Urdu language with the brightest stars of Urdu poetry.

The Bradford Literature Festival  - Fri 3rd July 2020 7pm 

The Beloved is all in all,

      the lover only veils him;

The Beloved is all that lives,

       the lover a dead thing. 

Jalaluddin Rumi, Mathnawi  I:30

SELF-KNOWLEDGE

Nature has been involved through spirit into matter, and evolves through different stages. Man is the result of the involution of spirit and the evolution of matter; the final effect of this cause is 'self-realization', which means that the Knower arrives at that stage of perfection where He can know Himself...

Thou art a mortal being,

And thou art the Eternal One;

Know thyself, through light of wisdom,

Except Thee there exists none.

 

The human being is inherently capable of self-knowledge; but to know oneself means not only to know that one is John, Jacob, or Henry, or short, tall, or of normal height, or to know that one is good, bad, and so forth, but also to know the mystery of one's existence, theoretically as well as practically: to know what one is within oneself, from whence and for what purpose one was born on earth; whether one will live here for ever, or if one's stay is short; of what one is composed, and which attributes one possesses; whether one belongs to angels, contemplating the beauties of God's nature, or if one belongs to the animals, who know nothing other than to eat, drink, and be merry; or whether one belongs to the devils. It requires perfection in humanity to attain self-knowledge.

SELF-EFFICACY 

To know that I am [ of ]  God, or we are gods, or to know that everything is a part of God, is not sufficient. Perfect realization can only be gained by passing through all the stages between man, the manifestation, and God, the only Being; knowing and realizing ourselves from the lowest to the highest point of existence, and so accomplishing the heavenly journey.

H. Anayat Khan