The Path

The path is not 'to God' per se [for there is nowhere to go - God is not of or in any place], but, rather to the conscious recognition and realization that, in fact, nearness to God is the station of us all... "It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein" (Qur'an, 50:16). This is the Truth, to deny it is to simply deny reality itself. Embracing or entering Islam does not require doing anything other than realizing and accepting what already is. The path, therefore, is the path through the veils, the illusions, the misperceptions that God is somewhere 'out there' to go to. Islam is the path of realization, the path of Self-discovery; for it is through this process of uncovering our True Selves and negating all that stands in our way of achieving our highest potential that we achieve God-realization and become complete human beings.