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Question:
I have studied your writings for nearly ten years.
Four months ago, with your formal authorization, I initiated meditative
practice. I recall reading in one of your treatises that during meditation, one
should bind a soft terrycloth towel or textured fabric over the eyes. Is this
practice an indispensable element of meditation, given that meditation is
defined as focusing the mind upon a singular contemplative point? Kindly
elucidate.
Answer:
In the state of meditation, the ultimate objective is
to operate through the inner spiritual gaze (Bāṭinī Nigāh). This purpose is achieved only when the physical
ocular globes are rendered completely motionless and suspended from activity.
During ordinary waking awareness, the muscular and
cutaneous covers of the eyelids move continuously over the ocular globes. As
the eyelids blink, they exert a subtle mechanical impact upon the eyeballs,
momentarily severing the eye from incoming light and visual imagery. Perception
of material objects demands this momentary severance following the impact,
during which the eye relays to the brain what it has registered. To stimulate
awareness of dense material forms, these physical movements of the eyeballs and
lids are necessary.
If we desire to awaken perception of metaphysical
forms, we must arrange conditions contrary to waking physical mechanics. In
that state, the eyes must remain closed and the ocular globes suspended in
total stillness. Sight is a singular, shared instrument operating across both
material and spiritual planes; the actual function of perception is invariably
executed by the underlying gaze. When we deactivate the physical mechanics of
the eyes while keeping the inner gaze steadily attuned, the gaze—under the governing
laws of the Preserved Tablet (Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ)—is compelled to perform its function and perceive
the non-material forms of reality. This practice is termed Murāqabah.
In meditation, the eyes are closed and the mind
centered upon a designated focus. To optimize this process, binding a soft
terrycloth towel over the eyes provides a gentle, uniform pressure upon the
ocular globes without straining the eyes. Thus, the use of textured cloth is a
supportive aid; however, closing the eyes and maintaining steady inner
contemplation fulfills the objective adequately.
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