DREAM!!

Are we leaving in reality in this world? or are we just dreaming?

All would agree that there is no external equivalent of the events in the dream, they only exist in the mind.in the dream, u encounter all 5 senses as if they were real, a person falls from a high place in the dream feels it with all his body, even though he is lying in his bed without moving. u feel cold or hot in an environment in the dream,as if u were awake.dreams are just images form in our brain.

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i started my journey in a yacht. i can SEE the horizon, SMELL the ocean, FEEL the sea with my hands, HEAR the sea came crushing by the side of the boat, TASTE the sweetness of the grapes while njoying the breeze. i was then awaken by my alarm clock and im ready to tell my fren that what i was living at that moment isn't a dream. will u say that im mad?

When people wake up, they then understand that what they've seen until that moment is a dream, But for some reason they are not suspicious that the life that starts with a "waking" image(that they call "real life") can also be a dream. THE WAY WE PERCEIVE IMAGES IN "REAL LIFE" IS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY WE PERCEIVE IN OUR DREAM. we see both of them in mind. WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEY ARE IMAGES UNTIL WE ARE WOKEN UP. ONLY then do we say "what i have just seen was a dream". So How can we prove that what we see at any given moment is not a dream? We could be assuming that the moment in which we are living is real just because we haven't yet woken up.

It is possible that we will discover this fact when we are woken up from this "waking dream" which takes longer than dreams we see everyday.we do not have evidence to prove otherwise.

A great Islamic scholar, Muhyiddin Ibn al-'Arabi, referred to as Syeikh Akbar(The greatest sheikh) due to his superior knowledge, liken the world to our dreams by quoting a saying of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w:

The prophet Muhammad s.a.w said that " people are asleep and wake up then they die." This is to say that the objects seen in the world when alive are similar to those seen when asleep while dreaming, meaning that they exist in the imagination.

In a verse of Quran, people are told to say on doomsday when they are resurrected from the dead.:

They will say, "Alas for us! Who has raised us from our sleeping-place? This is what the All-Merciful promised us.The Messengers were telling the truth." (Quran, 36:52)

As the verse demonstrates, people wake up on doomsday as if waking from a dream, Like some1 woken from the middle of a dream in a deep sleep, such people will similarly ask who has woken them up. As the verse points out, the world around us is like a dream and everybody will be woken up from this dream, and will begin to see images of the afterlife,

Which is THE REAL LIFE!!

How He teaches me to have ikhlas

Somthing i wish to share here,

1stly, do u understand what ikhlas means? "ni ikhlas dari i" kata2 ni biasa di dengar kan?

wat does actually ikhlas means? here how God teach me how to be ikhlas.

here it goes.

last time i always face with financial difficulties. always in a state of not enuf money, dapat duit, "hilang" g2 mcm je.

i went to a mosque and listen to what the ustad preach. the topic discussed was donation. in short, he said

"Make donation and u will never be poor.and every donation, He will in return give u 10x of wat u donate."

i asked myself, i already shortage of money. how donation can help. the ustad go on and explain abt setan will wisper to u that "donation will make u poor" because u see the money(ur money) depleting. well just try to evercome tat bad wisper and yes, i make some donation.tis was hmm, 5-6 yrs ago i tink. haha.

and i dunt like it. because i dunt see im not getting any benefit. tis time i failed to see tat i was on a state of unwillingness. then after sometime, i overheard another ustad tat says

"things tat u know its good but its just difficult to practice, just do it and soon it will become ikhlas."

i tried to practice tat.

Soon, tis is wat i get.when i return home, i was given a free treat from my fren. i told myself, rezki. alhamdulilah. i still havent relise anyting at tat point of time. and the amount i donated is only 50cent(bare in mind, im still in secondary sch).

then my life begins to change abit. the more i donate, the more i get, not in the form of only food. knowldge, good frens.. etc2.. then i realise the benefit of donation. i tried to recall, "He gives back 10x in return ." the day after, i donated 1$ in the hope of 10x in return.i didnt get anything, and i had tat intention for abt a week. i started to question myself. where i go wrong? after a while, its fated for me to sit in a class where tassawuf was being tought. and it was highlited tat must do everything for only of His purpose and not wanting His rewards bcos we're His slave and a slave owns nothing.so dunt expect anything in return.

there was a time, that i gave a donation and tried no to have any thought of reward in mind. just sole purpose of worship. i donated 40cents.put the coins, shut my mind, lillaahita 'alaah, and walk off.. tat nite i went to my frens hse to chill out, fated for me to loiter arnd his doorstep. out came his neighbour who handed me a pack of hangbao, cinese new year. open it up later on and found out that it contain $4. impresing. 40cents, $4 in return. "10x God will repay back"

and an interesting happen with just a swift of different niat. at tat point of time, im expecting reward after given $4. so initial niat was lillaahita'aalaah, but after receiving $4, i forget abt the purpose, tat very split seconds,my niat changed from donating because of only of His purpose, to doing things and expeecting a reward,

guess wat,

i returned home and found out my shoe which cost about $40 lost..!!

interesting huh..

from here u can see tat do thing because of onli Him, u will get wat was promise, "10x the reward". if of any other purpose or intention, He knows how to deal with u.

then after tat incident, i realise the benefit of to donate and shut my mind off of any reasons, no1 knows, no1 sees, only me and Him knows. didnt expect anythnig in return.and i njoys rewards mashallah only God knows.

i then understand what "ikhlas" means. refuse to accept "thank u" from any1. accepting "thank u" means wanting somthing in return,tat is want som1 to say "thank u". if we give a gift and expecting the other party to say "thank u" then better check on our niat again.

Give gifts for a "thank u" or give gifts for His purpose..

Another thing many of us didnt relize is to put on our niat during donation, many of us just donate because "its a good deed" then question this to urself, wats the different between a beleiver and a non-believer giving the same donation? they have the same purpose(to help) and same heart(for good deed), the diff lies in the niat, we need to really look deeply on the purpose we donate is bcos of Him,and nothing else(shut everything up).

God has a very unique way of doing stuff, He is the most smartest by the way. God plans eh, very interesting , how He teaches me some knowledge indirectly. Mashallah.

Syukur

Normally, people say. "u get somthing u want or love, be thankfull. if u dont, have patience.".

What standard is this? come on make a guess...

dunt be shock with the ans,

its the standard of a dog.

A dog behave exactly like tat. he gets food, he wags his tail(signifying thankfullness). if he dunt, he just wait patiencely at the side.

So wat is human standard?

"if u didnt get the things u want or love, be thankfull. if u get wat u want or love, make sure u benefit it to others." thus its an obligation for us to constantly do good. seek usefull knowledge. hunger progression.

tat is standard of human.

if we have this mentallity, imagine how this world will be. every1 will work hard to make this world a better place.

And by my experience, u njoy life after some time. y?

u are in a state of happiness all the time.u feel thankfull all the time, felt syukur on everything God gives u. u get anything from Him(weather u perceived it as good or not), u be thankfull. because, 1stly u view it as a gift from HIm, and 2ndly, u feel u have a purpose on life, to seek, to share and to make this world a better place .


some amal to practice and be happy.

1) recite laa ilaa ha illallah many times.
2) selawat many times
3) recite the quran frequently.
4) understand the angels' job.
5) think of death and hereafter where u stand infront of Him.
6) understand wat is qada' qadar(God wishes). and u be happy for any fate given to u.


if u notice carefully, i just state out rukun iman. this wat mostly muslim didnt see, the basic is not firm yet. concentrate on the foundation 1st. 1-3 can be done even when u are walking towards the bustop. so fully utalize ur time.

hmm, i must be the 1st to practice wat i said here. hope u guys can benefits it too inshallah,.

amen


ishak