Sufism - Lataif-e-sitta (اللطائف الستة)
Lataif-e-sitta are special organs of perception in Sufi spiritual psychology, subtle human capacities for experience and action. The phrase Lataif-e-sitta means "six subtleties". All lataif (plural) together are understood to make up the human "subtle body", known as the Jism Latif. Realizing (or activating or awakening or "illuminating") the experience of the individual lataif (and thereby the Jism Latif as a whole) is considered to be a central part of the comprehensive spiritual development that produces the Sufi ideal of a Complete Man - Al-Insān al-Kāmil - the phrase means "the person who has reached perfection" /"the complete person"/ "self-realized person").
Kubrāwī lataif
According to the view of the Kubrawi order there are seven lataif. They are understood cosmologically as "descending" levels through which reality is created and structured. In the process of spiritual development, the individual Sufi is understood to "ascend" to and through these levels progressively . The attainment of each level is a stage associated with the activation/realization of a corresponding spiritual organ/capacity/ chakra quality as seen in the diagram below:
No comments:
Post a Comment