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vision our eyes. However, we can experience it with the sense of smell, using our nose. In the same way, we can not experience God through the gross senses, but only through the soul.
Sant Kabir Sahab says:
Whoever has seen his soul (ruh) has seen God. Our true form is the essence of the Divine.
Only the soul can have a direct experience of the Divine. Where
then is this true and straight path on which to reach the Divine?
One fakir answers:
This path is found in the sushumna (subtle spiritual nerve current). By traversing the sushumna one attains the Divine.
He further says:
If you want to drink the Divine nectar and to see the light of God, then you must walk the path taught by the great masters.
If you want to get a glimpse of the divine light—the celestial form of the Divine—walk straight. The aspirant may then ask: “What kind of path is this, and have others traveled this path?” The fakir assures us that this path has been well traveled, and many sages and mystics—Mansur, Sarmad, Shamz, Bu Ali, and others—have traversed its road. This is the path of pure devotion and love of the Divine, and it is not a difficult path.
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