The Soul
The writer, Sameer Murad Kermalli (Nairobi, Kenya) is a graphic designer, and photographer and has been involved in leadership and community service positions.
Like anything in this day in age that needs to be restarted after an update has been downloaded and installed, so does the human soul, which requires the same procedure after the lord has spoken to it.
After Prophet Ibrahim completed what he was commissioned to do, and completed the work that was tasked to him by his lord, he was given the second part of the task – to call upon all mankind, in a single voice, to make pilgrimage to the Kaaba. And ? ?remember? when We made the Sacred House a centre and a sanctuary for the people ?saying?, “?You may? take the standing-place of Abraham as a site of prayer.” And We entrusted Abraham and Ishmael to purify My House for those who circle it, who meditate in it, and who bow and prostrate themselves ?in prayer?.. 2 (Baqarah):125
The proclamation to download and install an upgrade to souls that would take action on this message that was posted a long time ago, and is still active. The action of replying to this proclamation is the start of that upgrade our souls yearn for, the closeness to the one lord. During the download of that upgrade, one has to prepare themselves, make sure that there is enough charge, and that everything that is going to disrupt the process is kept closed, to be ready for what is to be received. Some resist upgrading and are happy with the soul as it is, and this is really a choice, but eventually, they see the benefit. Unlike humans, the lord is merciful and beneficent, and does not say that you are incapable of an upgrade, or that new knowledge cannot be downloaded into your soul, but gives you the benefit of the doubt, and is all-knowing of your return to him.
The installation process is when you are connected to the lord at the hub. And you realise that you aren’t alone in that queue of souls that have requested to be upgraded, different colours and different languages, different shapes and different sizes, and yet, at the hub, everyone is one. There is unity at the sanctuary, the hub does not differentiate, but rather it embraces with love and affection. Tears flow, the joy of being upgraded, the joy of feeling the immense power, and sometimes at the regret; why did I upgrade earlier? Maybe my soul would not have to deal with so much pollution from the outside.
After this upgrade, the soul needs to give something, to be tethered to the hub. Give something physical, and throw stones at the effigy of the virus that is actually inside the soul, and the antivirus that works to remove that. It is hard to let it all go, and purging the bin means taking a bold step, whether it’s losing all your hair, or changing the screen protector, it’s a similar process of coming out of the upgrade rejuvenated.
The upgrade now allows a stronger connection to the hub, even without being there, despite the distance and every barrier, its wireless tethering. At times, though, a reminder is sent, and those bugs that we collect by virtue of being human are cleared by local connections or host servers. Sometimes, you go back to just see if you were allowed another upgrade, and you answer that notification, and the process starts afresh, not as intensive, yet very necessary.
When the collective has been upgraded, then sharing files, knowledge or wisdom is simplified, in vernacular, Airdrop and Bluetooth, making life worth living.
The lord works in mysterious ways, all we have to do is realise that we are all connected to this open network, that is full of graces, and that like all energy, we always return to the main source and there depending on the potential we carry would mean a higher position or a lower one – yet with his mercy he allows us to prepare ourselves way in advance so that when we return to the source, we are filled with brightness.
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