Inspiration
\r\nAn inspired idea that comes seemingly out of nowhere is really a form of intuition and deep insight drawn from the subtle understandings we have within ourselves. Inspiration is something we think to be right. It is truth without proof for it.
\r\nBeing in a foreign country can inspire us. Being a foreigner is a kind of deprivation, and those who are deprived see things differently and they derive meaning from a very personal vantage point.
\r\nLove is a source of inspiration. Spiritual and emotional attraction provides radiance and motivation. It makes people more receptive to being inspired. A woman who has a vital heart and a live emotional sense is receptive to inspiration and has greater intuition than a man. She is better able to discern what is unknown and uncover what is hidden. A mother's heart is inspired about the child that started its life in her womb, and this will remain the case even if that child reaches the age of seventy. The wife's heart is her proof that rarely ever errs when it responds to concerns and fears and when it gives hope for the future.
\r\nWomen are inspired more because they love more.
\r\nHaving a pure heart makes one more easily inspired. Those whose hearts are pure speak truly. Those who are pious and pure-hearted are blessed with wisdom. A pure heart is like a polished mirror that reflects things as they really are.
\r\nSupplication and nearness to Allah in a moment of acute awareness are sources of inspiration. Allah is the one who gives inspiration, supplication is the path to attain it, and faith is what compels it.
\r\nPeace of mind makes us more conducive to being inspired. It is the characteristic of the angels, and the angels are in an inspired state of being. Sometimes, seclusion gives us the ability to think clearly and makes us more receptive to Allah's grace. No wonder that waiting in the mosque from the time of one prayer to the next removes our sins and elevates our spiritual status. It is also not surprising that observing a retreat in the mosque is a practice of Allah’s Messengers, and that Prophet Muhammad first received revelation after he had spent many nights seclude in meditation in the Cave of Hira.
\r\nNew encounters, whether with a person, a book, a country, a vacation, or an experience, makes inspiration more likely and more substantial when it comes.
\r\nPressure impedes inspiration. Haste is a characteristic of the devil. You should be cautious about adopting a solution in a state of desperation or despair. This is also the devil's device.
\r\nThere is no substitute for contemplation, study, and employing your mental faculties, but this is not enough. A hundreds of the world's wealthy and successful people stressed that they relied on rigorous studies, but not alone. They also relied on something else which could be described as intuition or inspiration.
\r\nInspiration cannot make sins lawful nor lawful things sinful. Rather, it is a flash of illumination that casts light upon something inside of us allowing us to express some point of wisdom and beauty that we know to accept, though we cannot explain the reason for it.
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\r\n \"Inspiration\" - Salman al-Oadah