Today I was reading an article
on Technology of the Heart about Sonic Theology which spoke about the Light of
Allah being felt deep within the heart and expressed or translated by the mind
into the spoken word. Here is a partial quote
from Dara O. Shayda and Hind Rifai’s work as excerpted
from that webpage:
“Allah’s
Kalima (Word), as far as the
relationship with the human being is concerned, is a Nur (Divine Light) that is
lucent within the human heart. This Light is felt within and observed by the
mind which may translate this luminosity from deep within the heart into spoken
words… The mind then is the ‘translator’
of Nur (Divine Light) from within the heart into human speech… “
So spiritual
writing is not a euphemism—it is the actually connection of the writer to the
light deep within their own heart where that light finds expression through their
own words. As the mind lets go of form
and structure, the heart is left to flow in ways unexpected, connecting the
writer with a self not encountered previously.
As writer
Patrick E. McLean's defense
of writing longhand states
“words can rush out in their raw, feral state when the pen is your tool.” So true!
When writing longhand, there is an intimate connection between the hand
and the deeper recesses of human consciousness—that “raw, feral state” where
heart and mind come together and inspiration happens. Spiritual writing or Writing from the Heart
is practice in the art of connection.
