Prayer, its Nature & Technique - Kirpal Singh

APPENDIX PRAYER B DEFINED — SIMRANsubtler, higher, nobler, purer and more powerfulin the entire creation, and have enjoined Simranof the Highest Order: one done mentally on theDivine Ground, before the threshold of God’sown door, about which Christ says, “Knock andit shall be opened unto thee.” Again the gospelsays with regard to single-minded attention, “Ifthine eye be single, thy whole body shall be filledwith light.” This eye is called in Sanskrit as Shiv-Netra or Dev-drishti. The Muslims describe it asNukta-i-Sweda. William Wordsworth, a greatromantic poet, refers to it as an “Inward Eye.”Muslim Saints classify Simran or Zikr intofive categories:1. Zikr-i-Lassani or Zikr done with thetongue. It is also called Kalma-e-Sharietor Nasut.2. Zikr-i-Qalbi, done with Qalb or at theseat of the heart by the process of Habasi-dam(Pranayam or control of the breath).It is technically called Kalma-i-Tariqat orMalqut.3. Zikr-i-Ruhi, done with full attention andknown as Kalma-i-Marefat or Jabrut.4. Zikr-i-Siri, that leads to the inn or secretof reality. It is named Kalma-i-Haqiqat orLahut.199