Waves of Truth

The essence and basis of Avatar's teachings are divine love and the presence of the Lord.  The main dimensions and pivots of his instructions are the principles of an elevated life.  In fact, his instructions are the interpretation of the word of God.  He tries to make people understand divine terms and to clarify and reveal the content of the flow of divine guidance.

Avatar's teachings are not a new religion, yet they reflect the significance of religion with regard to temporal and local circumstances and prevailing needs of the modern societies...

In fact, the Master's process of teachings is the same as the flow of divine guidance; and thus he pours forth a flow of tangible and creative divine intellect.

Avatar teaches primarily the knowledge of the self and the knowledge of God.  He also teaches about life, for he is a teacher of life as well.

Avatar puts emphasis on a complete awakening and believes that a spiritual awakening, per se, is insufficient and thus he recommends a full and multi-lateral awakening of mind and heart, of body and soul, as well as a cultural, social, historical, political, scientific, religious and inner awakening.  Often, the Master stimulates his audience's mind and thought from a different angle.  He narrates simple yet meaningful stories and parables from which many answers to man's essential questions may be drawn.

At times, his teachings grow extremely complicated and turn into a mathematical and logical pattern.  He sometimes addresses to people's hearts and feelings and sometimes appeals to their minds and thoughts and seldom to their soul.

Avatar's teachings stimulate, activate and fluidize intellects, awareness in those who receive them and make the divine guidance flow through them.

His presence increases and strengthens contact and connection with the ethereal flow of the Divine Spirit and educative guidance.

Many of Avatar's students complain about a weakening of their contact with the trend and a decrease of experiencing that energizing and protecting influence after leaving his presence.  Indeed, Master's presence is always with a kind of inner light which decreases in his absence. 

As an answer to this problem, he said, "By diffusing divine light, brightness I going to be increased.  By confining it, light gives way to darkness.  Spread the educative flow to guide others and it will flow in you and you will be guided."

He also says, "Perceive the presence of God's Spirit - that unique divine teacher - within your being, truth will flow in you.  Divine teachers are personifications of that divine principle. Perceive the source."

Some have hastily remarked that there are contradictions in Avatar's teachings, to which he smiles indeed.

This remark may be right to a certain degree; however, behind this incongruity lie a complete union and a deep integrity just like "the plurality of beings within the unity of existence."

Avatar's teachings are at the same time simple and complicated, intellectual and emotional, stimulating and deterring, encouraging and discouraging...

When he addresses evil egotism, he speaks of despair, rebellion and disobedience of wicked self and advocates courage and fearlessness as opposed to it.  He points out to its deadly danger and unveils its secrets and tricks.  He makes it recognize its weaknesses and exposes its internal and external structures and details, its origin and goal.  He surrounds satanic I-ness with action, thought, moods and feelings arising from the Divine Spirit.  For those who have the capacity to endure pain and pressure of a surgery, he practically and directly proceeds to expel ignorance and obscurity out of their beings.

When he addresses divine soul and self, he suggests submission, obedience, fear of separation from God, hope and serenity.

It is possible to perceive the Divine Presence either by one's mind by thinking and questioning, or by one's heart through fervor and feelings, and also by one's soul by silence and stillness.  One can clearly feel and experience these three aspects in Avatar's teachings.  

The Master underlines that no one among the Lord's elite or messengers had been or is allowed to change or to modify people's situations and conditions.  Even the Lord Himself forbears from doing so.  The Lord Most High says, "Allah will not change the condition of a people as long as they do not change [their state] themselves." ( Surat Ar-Rad, verse 11)

The Master says," The flow if the Truth is pouring out and the divine guidance is within reach, those who obey and live in accordance with them shall witness divine changes and evolutions.  Those who nourish themselves from them shall find themselves changed... To get near the sea, you have to follow closely the track of the river.  Throw yourself in it and let it take you where and how it flows.  This is how you can reach the divine sea and that is the path that leads you closer to it.  Those who are standing by the river and are happy watching it or those who would not even look at it ought not and cannot witness closeness to the Lord nor can they expect any elevating modification..."

Moreover, the Master believes that the most important and essential and the strongest evolution is a change in one's self-consciousness, insight and intellect.  He dose not heed much about other outward changes.  He says, "The point is that self-consciousness draws closer to God-consciousness and be ultimately melted into it and resurrected through it."

He believes that an increasing in the degree of the divine presence in one's insight and acts as well as an intensification of divine love in one's heart are the most important and the most permanent changes.

According to him, "Live your life, but let your being and the space of your life be impregnated with the Lord's presence and your love for Him.  Live in accordance with the Flow of Divine Guidance and in relation with the Spirit of the Lord.  Be submitted to God and be at His service...This way you shall live and elevated life and shall not need any change or evolution, for then you are and you are who you are..."

Peyma Elahi

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