I have been using this analogy for a while now. I have been saying that the sheep needs to find itâs shepherd. As you can tell from my previous blog posts that I have been trying to find some sort of guidance. For a long time I have been in turmoil thinking that I have been forgotten by God. This has come from my search for God since I came back from Japan in 2007. After Randy commented on the other post, I got a bit upset and that night I sat for more than an hour writing a very heart-felt blog post. I remembered how just when I was about to finish the last sentence there was a glitch in the iPad and the post got deleted. After telling one of my good friend, he told me that it was a blog-post to God. Indeed that post, probably one of the most important blog post I have ever written had become âthe blog post to Godâ.
If one accepts the notion that there is a reality beyond the materialistic empirical truth, one has to believe there is a way to have an unveiling. I canât say that I have come to understand âtheâ esoteric truth. However, if, according to some Islamic beliefs, Buddha was possibly a prophet, the one thing he wouldâve brought is the ability to unveil. I am not suggesting that the Buddha is a prophet, I am merely suggesting that if he was, this was one thing he wouldâve shown mankind: the path to enlightenment. I am not a Buddhist, and I shall not dwell on that fact.
Possibly being a bit too spiritual lately, but if you read the link I placed on that blog post about finding a sheikh, it would say that it would help me find a sheikh in the local vicinity. Lo and behold, on Sunday we finally met in person for the first time, and I was struck by the things he said, the sources he quoted. It was as if I had already heard them before and I could recognise him from the things he said. Anyway, I have found a Quran teacher who will teach me the Quran from scratch using prophetic tradition: in a small group sitting on the floor. The thought which went through my mind was, âThe sheep has found itâs shepherdâ, but as I was told prior meeting him by someone else, âThe shepherd would recognise his sheep.â Indeed, he recognised me and itâs something I cannot explain in writing â an experience which one must go through.
This is by no means the end of the story. This is just the start to something which I have wanted for a long time. Incidentally, there was a tweet appearing on my thread today which reads, âDawn does not come twice to awaken a man. Wake up.â
SoâŚyeahâŚbaahâŚI am happily following the herd of sheep in which I belong.