As a result of careful and diligent meditation a flame of...

As a result of careful and diligent meditation a flame of love begins to kindle in the heart of the spiritual traveler, for it is an inborn instinct of man to love the Absolute Beauty and Perfection. But the love of material things overshadows this inherent love and does not allow it to grow and become visible. Meditation weakens this veil till ultimately it is totally lifted. Then that innate love appears in its full splendor and leads man’s conscience towards Allah.

The mystic poets often figuratively call this divine love "wine". When the gnostic continues to undertake meditation, for quite a long time, divine lights begin to be…