Tears in the Eye

Question At times it happens that I start crying over very small matters, but sometimes even over the biggest matter the eye does not become moist. Once it happened that my maternal uncle was going to Saudi Arabia. All the family members were saying farewell to him with moist eyes, but not a single tear … Read more

Hunchbackedness

Those fibers which are healthy in the spinal cord strengthen, in one way or another, the weak fibers. The means of strengthening them is the same electric current which operates within the cells of the brain. If the distribution of these strong fibers is even and balanced, then a person’s chest becomes firm and strong. … Read more

The Third Eye

Past, present, and future are basically wakefulness and sleep. While it is commonly understood that sleep is not life. The scholars of outward knowledge, when they mention the world of sleep and dreams, pass over it by calling the dream an imaginary life, whereas the life of dreams and the life of wakefulness are not … Read more

Separated Relatives

If one’s close relatives have become separated and are living in distant places, and there appears to be no way of contacting them, rise half an hour before sunrise and perform a bath. Then, while facing and looking toward the sky, recite the Divine Name یَا جَامِعُ (Ya Jāmiʿu) ten times and close one finger. … Read more

Sleep and Wakefulness

The structure of the soul requires continuous movement. Just as in wakefulness, in sleep also a human being keeps doing something. But whatever he does, he is not aware of it. Only the state of dream is such in which he has awareness. What is needed is this, that how we may become informed of … Read more

Fasting

Fasting is a form of worship for which there is no substitute. If one were to describe the great benefits and boundless virtues of fasting, even thousands of pages would not be sufficient. In brief, fasting is a complete remedy for physical ailments. It is a powerful means of increasing spiritual values and an unbreakable … Read more

Abnormal Life (Abnormality)

Question:My younger brother, who is ten years old, went with his mother to Sadar about a month ago. There, at the bus stop, he became so frightened by the sound of a bus horn that his hands and feet went numb, his throat became dry, and his complexion turned pale. After this incident, his condition … Read more