This story is only an anecdote and should be considered folklore Jewish folklore to be precise …
One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah Ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, “Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it.” “If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty,” replied Benaiah, “I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?” “It has magic powers,” answered the king. “If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy.” Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility. Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day’s wares on a shabby carpet. “Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?” asked Benaiah. He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile. That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. “Well, my friend,” said Solomon, “have you found what I sent you after?” All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. To everyone’s surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, “Here it is, your majesty!” As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: gimel, zayin, yud, which began the words “Gam zeh ya’avor” – “This too shall pass.” At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
Perhaps page 31 - 39 of PDF may help you find answer or I should say these pages may at least cover your questions in full and perhaps reading more will lead to answers.
but two years ago i was in the same state...exactly as u are...
tired of living..Nothing interests me anymore, life feels meaning less, dont feel like living but suicide is the last thing on my mind...and i felt this without any reaosn..nothing bad had happened to me!..bas without reason koi gham tha mujhe..
khair..two months after i went to pakistan....i explained my feelings for my dads friend whos an imam...he recited something and came to know that there was a Saaya on me...
vo saaya kahan se aya kisi ko nai pata..but that imam recited something on me..and within 2-3 days i was back to normal state again
those strange feelings were gone..and i started living a normal life again!
mujhe bilkul bhi nai feel hota tha ke mere pekoi saaya hai or something...maybe u got a similar problem?
the imam told me ke yeh kabhi kabar yeh Hawai cheezein (jinn, saya etc) hume tang karne lag jati hain without reason....
so you should contact a imam!..im sure he can tell you whats wrong with u :)
Not zikr as in repeating words… but by putting them into action! What does God want? Personal rememberance of Him or rather serving His creation in the best of form. He would want us to discover His creation, to explore and boldly go where no-one has gone before; to help others and establish a leading community/existance to be an example. That is not only rememberance of God, but also discovering one’s purpose in life.
Not zikr as in repeating words... but by putting them into action! What does God want? Personal rememberance of Him or rather serving His creation in the best of form. He would want us to discover His creation, to explore and boldly go where no-one has gone before; to help others and establish a leading community/existance to be an example. That is not only rememberance of God, but also discovering one's purpose in life.
Peace hypnotix-2000
It's been a long time since we last had a discussion. I will clarify my position and also it may sound a bit radical to you. I believe simply repeating the words with the intent to purify and access a state for the consciousness to be aware of Divine Presence is the best healer. Our separation from Him is our biggest disease. Our access to Him is our best cure. Helping people can be a stepping stone to the path of attaining that end.
It is wrong to phrase it that God wants us to remember Him, rather it should be viewed that our needs are fulfilled by remembering Him. By serving creation we learn how to serve and we serve Him by serving creation.
Just like a child learns first by repeating sounds and asks questions about the meaning of those words later in the same way we repeat, recite - recall (as in Qur'an) and the meaning condenses on to us in time. This realisation will drive us to serve humanity rather than trying to serve humanity first or foremost like humanitarians do. Our humanitarianism stems from our Love of God and our desire to be close to Him or at least it should do.
We must not overestimate the calamities of our age. A misplaced rigorism is less dangerous than an improper liberalism. Abdal Hakim Murad - Contentions
Our humanitarianism stems from our Love of God and our desire to be close to Him or at least it should do.
Peace Bro, yes it has been a while.
It think this is quite an accurate description for what I was attempting to express... I guess the difference is in my approach wherein if the above is true, then I am automatically serving God by serving and discovering His creation, and by living up to my fullest potential, thereby fulfilling my purpose in life.
