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existence of Man can be understood as being fluid. It is unbound by time and
space, and it flows freely into the metaphysical space. A belief in the
conception of such a space is faith, and discovering it is gnostic success. On
account of being surrounded by an abundance of the physical, it is tedious to
identify the metaphysical. The dearth of knowledge about the metaphysical makes
us ignorant and unintelligent, even if we are intelligent in the physical space
or world. The identification of the physical, and the laws which govern it, are obvious to quite a few, and even if the commoner has not seen the atom, the
commoner believes it by virtue of a trust in the knowers of the physical world:
the scientists and so forth. Those who have correctly identified the
metaphysical and the laws which govern it, are the prophets, and their
knowledge is undeniably superior, for the metaphysical is everlasting.
Understandably, for a commoner to identify the atom after years of study and
speculation is relatively easier then identifying the existence of reality via
gnosis and knowledge of the metaphysical. Hence, physical space is only an
illusion of the metaphysical (the real) [Inayat Ali]. The physical space can be
vaguely analogous to viewing the world from satellite pictures, whereas in
reality, there is a lot more going on, in a very fluid way, unlike the stagnant
portrait picturized by the satellite. Here, it would be appropriate to draw an
analogy between the satellite, and the human mind, for both are limited, and an
escape from the ‘orbit’ is mandatory to uncover the Truth. It is also mandatory
to uncover the metaphysical, or at the very least have faith in its existence,
in order for one’s self to escape from the physical space, once the latter
collapses on Man. Otherwise, one would be confused and a poor fit in the
metaphysical- the state which is real and eternal.
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