If we are concerned with our spiritual development. We need to know what are the steps necessary to achieve spiritual transformation and transcendence beyond physical limitations i.e liberation of the soul.
Ritual and spiritual practices contribute to the spiritual views that enhance our well-being and connect us to the divine. It’s about experiencing, practicing, applying, and internalizing faith.
The advancement at this stage demands transcendence beyond dogma and ritualistic practice. Spirituality can be discovered within a religious context. There are some non-traditional Sufi who is searching for a divine connection without associating themselves with any particular religious beliefs because of their past negative experiences with religious organizations and individuals.
According to existential philosophy, people are searching for a connection with a higher reality, whether it is God, nature, the universe, or society.
5 steps toward the transformation of the soul in the context of Islam require active and conscious effort.
- 1- Dikhr/ Meditation (Remembrance of God) & Establishing a direct connection to the divine.
- 2- Seeking knowledge leads to sacred knowledge (Experiential knowledge).
- 3- Purification of soul (Eliminating negative tendencies and egoistic desires)
- 4- Introspection and spiritual progress.
- 5- Evolution of the soul.
Some are more advanced stages than others. The evolution of the soul and experiential knowledge is a result of spiritual progress and purification.
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