CONCENTRATION IN PRAYER - Spiritual Journey

Self-Building and Self-Purification Program

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INTRODUCTION
GNOSTICISM
MONOTHEISM
GENERAL RULES
VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY JOURNEYS

First Rule
RENUNCIATION OF CUSTOMS, USAGES AND SOCIAL FORMALITIES
A Brief Note on Love of The World

Second Rule
DETERMINATION, WILL AND RESOLUTION

Third Rule
MODERATION AND RESTRAINT
Moderation in Worship
Moderation in Expenditure
Moderation of Food
A Brief Note on Worship

Fourth Rule
STEADINESS AND LOYALTY
A Brief Note on Patience
Degrees of Patience

Fifth Rule
CONTINUANCE AND PERSISTENCE

Sixth Rule
CONTEMPLATION, REFLECTION AND MEDITATION
A Brief Note on Meditation
Levels 0f Contemplation
First World - UNITY OF ACTIONS
Second World - UNITY OF ATTRIBUTES
Third World - UNITY OF NAMES
Fourth World - UNITY OF BEING

Seventh Rule
CHECKING AND INSPECTION
Rights

Eighth Rule
CENSURING AND ADMONITION

Ninth Rule
HASTENING AND PROMPTNESS
The STOP Method
Thought Replacement
Substituting a Healthy Thought Pattern
Replacement Visual Image
Aversive Replacements
A Brief Note on Breathing

Tenth Rule
FAITH AND RELIANCE
The Stage of 'Burning'
Worship, Part of Our Living - A Brief Note on Riya and Ujb
A Brief Note on The Sincerity of Ali (AS)

Eleventh Rule
OBSERVING THE RULES OF VENERATION AND DEDICATION

Twelfth Rule
INTENTION AND SINCERITY IN ACTIONS

Thirteenth Rule
OBSERVING SILENCE

Fourteenth Rule
ABSTAINING FROM FOOD

Fifteenth Rule
SOLITUDE
A Brief Note on Death
The Final Destination
What is Death?
Stages of Death
The Four Blessed Angels
The Angel of Death
Salman Farsi (AR) Talks with a Dead Person
The Grave
The Questioning in the Grave
Barzakh
The Judgment Day
Evidence from The Qur'an
Evidence from the Life in this World
Evidence from The Religions
Resurrection, Evidence for Allah (SWT)'s Justice, Wisdom & Power Evidence from Science
The 10 Groups of People on The Final Day
The Book
The Balance
The Bridge
Paradise
Hell
Hell and its Attributes
Advise from the Leader of The Islamic Revolution in Iran

Sixteenth Rule
VIGIL AND ALERTNESS

Seventeenth Rule
CONTINUED CLEANLINESS

Eighteenth Rule
PRACTICING MODESTY AND HUMILITY

Nineteenth Rule
ABSTAINING FROM TASTY FOOD

Twentieth Rule
SECRECY

Twenty-First Rule
PRECEPTOR AND SPIRITUAL GUIDE
A Brief Note on Respecting The Preceptor's Opinions
Virtues of The Prince of The Believers, Imam Ali (AS)

Twenty-Second Rule
DAILY VERBAL RECITATION OF LITURGIES
A Brief Note on Hope in Allah

Twenty-Third Rule
REMEMBRANCE, RECOLLECTION AND EVIL THOUGHTS

Twenty-Fourth Rule
EXERCISES
Instructions of The Commander of The Faithful Imam Ali (AS)
Instructions of Imam al-Sadiq (AS)
Instructions of Allamah al-Majlisi (AR)
Letter of Akhund-Mulla Hussein Quli Hamdani
Instructions of Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi (AR)
Instructions of Sheikh Najmuddin (AR)

Twenty-Fifth Rule
OBSTACLES
Incompetence
Worldly Attachments
Obedience of Passions
Overeating
Unnecessary Talks
Love for Self
Indecisiveness

Awaiting Deliverance Through The Appearance of The TWELFTH Imam (AL-MAHDI) (AS)