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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Spiritualism and Magnetism Glimpses from Spiritual Life Of Auliya Allah Spiritual Link between Real Self of Man and the Divine Self We have seen at length what science has achieved so far, as regards man’s psychic powers or capabilities.

We have also had glimpses of the latent powers which even those possess and actualize who have not embraced faith and who do not practice the formal spiritual discipline which has been revealed to mankind through the beloved Messenger of Allah. They only have an unsystematic belief in all what they observe whether compatible with or incongruous to science. They do not have faith in the ‘unseen’ which is basic to Islamic faith.

They are, therefore, deprived of the real knowledge of spiritualism, its real value in our practical life and the reservoir of energies it provides to man to conquer the universe. They do many things but in a disorderly manner. They do achieve out of it but very little. They neither study nor practice the formal establishment of divine link between real self of man and the Ultimate Divine Authority of the universe - Allah Almighty in accordance with the revealed procedure.

Spiritualism of Islam is based on the relation of the real human self to the Divine Self, which is the Perfect Self. He is no doubt the Almighty ‘the Eternal, the Living and the Self-Subsistent’ (The Qur’an, 2:255). All depends upon this affiliation between the believer’s soul and Allah which Islam so emphatically exhorts. Hadrat Makhdum Ali Hajwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) explains:[^17] Tasawwuf is to establish relation with Allah.

Man establishes his relation with Allah abandoning the worldly lustful temptations and affiliations. Consequently, the spiritual bliss and rapture entrance him. The spiritual insight into the Qur'anic philosophy reveals that the human self has, by virtue of his relation with Allah Almighty, the capacity to develop itself on the model of the Divine attributes. It then rises higher and higher in the scale of existence.

It is a hard task and man is required to be on guard against all threats from within and without while treading this path. The restrictions Islam imposes on the individual aim at developing in him a strong character and enduring personality for successful self-actualization.