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This morning, when I was repeating the great name of Allah as I've been taught in Tunis by my sheikh. The sheikh suddenly appeared. He was seen and felt very clearly. During the repetition of the great name, we draw the name in front of us and direct ourselves towards it. What happened today is that the sheikh came from behind me at first and then stood in place of the name and was one with it and I started going forward toward him and it kept on happening so quickly and all my body was filled with a blissful and luminous fire... Until something from within told me to stop. And so I did. And sat to meditate a little afterwards. But the sheikh didn't leave me and again appeared and melted with me. I was one with him. He looked through me and I looked through him. Our bodies and souls became one. There was no me and him. Just him. Just Allah. I somehow died in my sheikh.

I see clearly that there's no duality in existence yet this game of lover and beloved still can't be stopped. We are love. My love for my sheikh is even much stronger now. I feel him very real. Sheikh/Guru represents oneness for me. Repetition of the name of Allah which is the translation of the word God translated into arabic and used by both christians and muslims who speak in arabic. Also represents oneness for me.

All is one.

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