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"The Mahdi is the savior to
come at the time of the Last Judgement"
From: "jagbir singh" <adishakti_org@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:54 am
Subject: "The Mahdi is the savior to come at the time of the
Last Judgement"
>
> "So, now a New Age has started which is called the Age of
> Aquarius, (Kumbha) meaning the pitcher carrier of
spiritual holy
> water that is the work of Kundalini. The activity of the
Kundalini
> is like the sap of the tree that rises and nourishes all
parts of
> the tree and does not get stuck at one flower (subtle
centre).
>
> Moreover these are special times. This is the Resurrection
Time
> (Al-Qiyamah). The Last Judgment is done by the Kundalini.
On the
> fingertips one can feel oneself and can judge oneself.
Moreover
> the All-pervading power has become very activated, so the
Kali
> Yuga (these modem times or Age of Darkness) is passing
into Krita
> Yuga of Brahma Chaitanya (activated All-pervading power).
This is
> helping the en-masse enlightenment and self realisation.
>
> After this will be Satya Yuga (Age of Truth). We have to
take
> advantage of this activity of the Brahma Chaitanya by all
the time
> being corrected with the All-pervading Power and achieving
our
> realisation and establishing it. After such a state a
person
> becomes very dynamic and compassionate. His race, sex,
nationality
> and age do not hamper his dynamic life."
>
> The Messiah-Paraclete-Ruh-Devi
>
MUSLIM ESCHATOLOGY
Baffled television audiences in the west scramble to come to
terms
with the notion of Jihad. It is hard to come to grip with
the notion
of British born Muslims dropping bombs in the tube.
grimacing
shopkeepers, They look with disbelief at shopkeepers running
in the
streets of Karachi in support of fundamentalist terrorists.
With a
stubbornness that history made sadly predictable, Hate is
keen to
sow its seeds and slowly hate crimes in countries affected
by
terrorism are on the rise. Brain washed and emotionally
manipulated,
terrorists are trying to pick up again the coveted mantle of
self-
appointed doomsday makers. Since Attila and Gengis Khan many
have
lived such fantasies but, in the context of Islam, where do
they
come from?
It may be worth to review Islam's expectations from history.
To
make sure, Islam is not a monolithic religion and counts
about 72
main currents, branches or sects. Before breeding Bin
Laden's crazy
claims, the rigid Sunni Wahabites promoted expansionist
warfare and
misogynic repression. Like the roman pope and his crusaders,
the
caliph killed in the name of God. But wahabism does not give
the
measure of Islam. According to many eminent Muslim scholars,
it
represents only a dogmatic and limited understanding of the
Koran.
Its main achievement may have been the manipulation of
religion for
the purpose of political supremacy. The mystical depth of
Islam is
more vested in the Sufis and its historical consciousness in
the
lineage of the Imams.
The Mahdi (the name of the last of the twelve Imams, the
first being
Ali; son in law of Muhammed,) according to Islam, and in
particular
its Shiite branch, is the savior to come at the time of the
Last
Judgement to save the world. His function is similar to
those
attributed to the Kalki of the Hindus, the Maitreya of the
Buddhists
or the Christ King of the Christians. The return of the
Mahdi
constitutes the most frequent prediction of the Imams. Al-Kultani
and al-Nu'mani consecrated an entire chapter and Ibn Babunye
passed
down in thirteen chapters the predictions of the Prophet,
Fatima and
of the eleven Imams on the subject of the Twelfth Imam.
The universal precursory Sign of the return of Mahdi, "He
who
Guides", consists of the general invasion of the earth by
Evil, the
victory of the forces of Evil over those of Good. This dire
condition demands the manifestation of an ultimate and final
Savior.
Without such a manifestation, the entirety of humanity would
be
engulfed by darkness.
The following are some enlightening quotes, courtesy Majid
Golpur, a
scholar of Islam.
We find extracts from the eulogies of Ali Abi Talib
describing
various components of the "Sign"- announcing the return of
Mahdi :
The "Sign" consists of the following traits: the people will
neglect
prayer, squander the divinity which is conferred on them,
legalize
untruths, practice usury, accept bribes, construct huge
edifices,
sell religion to win this lower-world, employ idiots,
consult with
women, break family ties, obey passion and consider
insignificant
the letting of blood. Magnanimity will be considered as
weakness and
injustice as glory, princes will be debauched and ministers
will be
oppressors, intellectuals will be traitors and the readers
of the
Koran vicious. False witness will be brought openly and
immorality
proclaimed in loud voices. A word of promise will be
slander, sin
and exaggeration.
"The sacred Books will be ornate, the mosques disguised, the
minarets extended. Criminals will be praised, the lines of
combat
narrowed, hearts in disaccord and pacts broken. Women,
greedy for
the riches of this lower world, will involve themselves in
the
business of their husbands, the vicious voices of man will
be loud
and will be listened to. The most ignoble of the people will
become
leaders, the debauched will be believed for fear of the Evil
they
will cause, the liar will be considered as truthful and the
traitor
as trustworthy... They will resort to singers and musical
instruments...and women will horse ride, they will resemble
men and
the men will resemble women. The people will prefer the
activities
of this lower-world to those of the Higher-World and wilt
cover up
with lambskin the hearts of wolves." Kamal, bab 47, n°
1,II/525-28
The Qa'im (Mahdi) comes to re-establish the lost sense of
sanctity.
Firstly he will re-establish Islam to it's original purity
and
integrity. al-Nu 'mani, op cit pages 333-59" The Qa 'im)
The obscure expectation for the return of the Madhi
dominates
totally the religious conscience of Imamism during the
period of
the disappearance of Ali until the return of the awaited
Saviour.
But, here and there, throughout the prophetic texts, there
are hints
of an esoteric knowledge.At the moment of birth a light
pierced the
top of the child's head (a possible reference to the opening
of the
seventh chakra) and reached into the depths of the sky. This
child
is the Mahdi, he who will fill the earth with equality and
justice
just as it is now filled with oppression and injustice.*
(* "Guide divine" - Amir Moizzi - Paris - 1/E.P.H.E. - Paris
en
Sorbonneal-Kulayni, UsGl K K. al-Hujjan, Bab MS JS a fi
1-ithna'
ashar, 11/468-485; al-Nu'Mani, K al-Ghayba,bablo, pages
201-281Ibn-
Babflyne, Kamal al-Din, Bab-5 24 - 38, pages 256 -385, see
also Id,
Hal, Bab 12; Nahj al-Balagha,pages 295,424-25,458,1158,1180
and 1222)
The Imam is described also as energy giving. The Imam says:
"As to
the way of benefiting from my presence (literally - "to
benefit of
me") during my disappearance, it is similar to the profit we
gain
from the sun while it is hidden from sight by the
clouds."bab 45, n°
4, 11/485. Ibn- Babunye
An Iranian scholar, Majid Golpur, who is also familiar with
sahaja
yoga has thoroughly researched the subject. According to
him, some
language seems to refer to new cognitive powers that may be
associated with the rise of the Kundalini and collective
consciousness. All the faithful joining the ranks of Mahdi
will be
gifted with special miraculous powers, in particular those
of super
sensitive communication with the Imam. At the time of the
Advent of
our Qa'im, "says Ja'far," God, may He be exalted and
glorified, will
develop the hearing and sight of our faithful in such a
manner that,
without there being a messenger between the Qa'im and
themselves. He
will speak with them, and they will hear and can see him
without him
having left the place where he is." Al-Kulyni, al-Rawda,
11149
More specifically, we can recognize a mention of the
vibratory
consciousness of the chakras which correspond to specific
location
in the hands. "For decisions which they have difficulty in
taking,
they will receive instructions and direction from the Imam
who will
write on the palms of their hands, they need only look and
then
execute the orders."al-Nu 'mdni, op. cit, bob 214
The following language could possibly indicate succession of
Imams
or the collectivity of realized souls, through the reference
to the
wind. But, without the subtler spiritual experience, it can
also
easily feed the delusion of self appointed elect fanatics.
"God
speaks : "O Muhammad. These are My friends, My pure elect,
and My
proof after you for mankind. They are your legatees and your
priests
and the best of My creatures after you. By My Glory and My
Majesty I
will manifest through them My religion and I will raise
through them
My Word; by the last of them (Mahdi) I will make the earth
pure of
My enemies. I will establish him from the sunrise to the
sunset
throughout the entire earth; I will confer to his power the
wind and
will lower for him the stubborn clouds. I will help him with
My Army
and aid him with My Angels until he raises My Name and the
creatures
acknowledge My uniqueness, and then I will prolong his reign
and I
will ensure the succession of My Friends over the time until
the Day
of Resurrection."Ibn Babunye, 'Ilal, bab 7, pages 6-7, Kamal,
bab
23, n°4,I/256, 'Uyan, I/bob 26, n° 22, page 263
In this way the awaited Imam (al-Muntazar) Mad-hdi, Qa'im,
will
prepare the earth for the Last Judgement and the
Resurrection. The
battle of Qa'im will mark the ultimate victory of the
"believers"
against their "enemies" and the universal and final
establishment of
the "religion" of the Imams. The community of the faithful
is a
familiar theme of all eschatologies.
Imam Ja'far recounting a vision he had about the coming of
Mahdi
says that at one moment : "9000 angels descend from the sky
and then
313 more angels (the first), those who accompanied Noah in
the Ark,
and 'braham when he was thrown into the fire, and Moses
when the
seas of the ocean were parted for him, and with Jesus when
he was
lifted up by God to be with Him".
The number of Companions of Qa'im-Mahdi (ashab al-Qa'im),
"the men
of sincerity" (ahl al-ikhlas), "the sincere devotees" (al-khullas)
is, as the number of fighters de Badr, 313. Each one of
these 313
companions carries a sword on which are written "a thousand
words
each one giving access to a thousand more". At the moment of
the
Advent, these 313 men will be dispersed in different parts
of the
world.The fifth Imam says : good works (al-kayrat)
represents the
faithful love towards the Imam (al-walaya); "where ever you
may be
God will gather you all together". He describes the
Companions of
Qa'im, the 313 who will gather together within one hour just
as the
clouds rush together in Autumn. Al-Kulayni, al-Rawda, II/145
All or some of them (according to the different traditions)
will be
sent by the Imam to different places on the earth where they
will
dominate everything, even the birds and wild animals will
obey
them.Ibn Babuye, op. cit, bab58, n° 25,11/673...some amongst
them
will walk upon the clouds. Their names as well as the names
of
their fathers, their qualities (hilya) and their ancestry (nasab)
are known to us. al-Nu'mani, op. cit, bob 20, page 445sq;
Ibn
Babuyne, op. cit, bab 58, n° 24,11/672.
It is interesting to note that these texts imply a profound
criticism of Islam as some parts of the Arab world seem to
know it.
The returned Mahdi will do as did the Prophet, destroying
that which
was before, just as the Prophet destroyed the rituals of the
period
of ignorance, and he will establish once again Islam. Our
Qa'im will
repair the Mosque and will reconstruct his Mecca. The Qa"im
will
bring a new Order, a new Book, a new Legislation and a new
Tradition. (Yaqumu I-qa im bi-amrin jadid wa Qada'im jadid
wa
sunnatus jadiida.) al-Numani - bab 13 page 336, bab 14,
pages 36 ad
378
Of course the primary ambiguity of these prophecies is that
they may
refer to more spiritual and ethical realities or be
understood as a
militant call for a violent upheaval. But there are texts
indicating
that these prophecies do not invite the fight of Islam
against other
religions but rather, the fight of all religions for their
inner
renewal. Mahdi will equally reestablish the other religions,
also
abandoned and disfigured, in their original Truth and
Purity. Ibn-
Babuyne, bab 129, 1/161; Ibn-Ayyash, Mugtad-Ab 18159
Indeed the Mahdi will extract the Torah and the other Divine
Books
from their caverns and will judge amongst the faithful of
the Torah
according to the Torah, amongst the faithful of the
Evangiles
according to the Evangiles, amongst the faithfuls of al-Zabur
(the
book of David) according to the al-Zabur and amongst the
faithfuls
of the Koran according to the Koran. It is the universal
initiation
by the Imam for all men into the secrets of existence and of
their
own religions, and this is without doubt the meaning which
must be
understood by the term "Mahdi" given by the fifth Imam al-
Bagir : "Mahdi ("the Guide") is named as such because it is
he who
will guide (Yahdi) us in the secret teachings". al~Nu 'mani
op, cit,
page 342
If so, the prediction of the Mahdi does not announce the
victory of
zealot warriors who will wipe out non-believers understood
to be
other folks, races or religions. Rather the prophecies talk
of the
power of love, not the might of hate. They would than refer
to the
fight against ignorance and stupidity, no doubt the most
formidable
of all battles. But if Allah is indeed the Merciful and the
Compassionate, such is the most likely meaning of the
predictions of
the Imams. The real jihad is an internal fight for our own
purification, so that our full spiritual potential might
finally
manifest.
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