99 names of ALLAH

in the name of ALLAH, the most merciful, the most compassionate...

99 names. it is said that the Essence, as revealed in the Quran, has 99 names, or attributes that describe the Essence. i would say Him or Her, but that reduces the 1ness to a human personality.

i have my own names for God/ALLAH. they don't add up to 99. they are names that made sense, that most accurately describe my understanding of God. they are:

the Essence
the One-ness
the Absolute
the Divine
the Everything
the Nothing

as a surrenderer - hands up, head bowed - in the babylon world, i am often in a struggle with the devil (my lower self - the name you know me by) to let go and ascend to the Great Nothing, or let go and give in to the world of senses.

 to defeat this lurking diabolic creature of complacency, i realize we need tools, techniques, strategies, to grow deeper in Purpose.

the 99 names is a way to reflect on the attributes of Essence as manifested in what is around us, what is observable, and in the process, grow us deeper in becoming Nothing.

my friend sabs, suggested it. said that she'd be reflecting on one of each of the 99 names.

that's 99 weeks, i said.

yeah. are you down?

yeah...