The Highest Form of Spiritual Poetry

The Highest Form of Spiritual Poetry

What is the highest form of spiritual poetry? For me it is the sacred scriptures. The verses in the Holy Books of humanity are poetry. Poetry revealed by God through one of His Prophets or Manifestations. True some of the translations of the Holy Books are not as high quality as others, but all the translations reveal the poetry of the spirit. In order to appreciate the poetry of the Holy Books we must read the verses, pray and meditate.

The poetry of the sacred books must be approached with a pure heart. That is when one approach the reading of the scriptures one must approach without preconceived ideas. The more one prays and struggles to understand the scriptures the more the will of God will be revealed to that person. The poetry of the scriptures is a beautiful way to begin or end the day.

Often times when a person looks for poetry, the person looks for line phased verses. However, not all the scriptures are in, what is often considered, traditional verse form. The scriptures are written in both verse (line phased) form and prose form, so often times we do not recognize the scriptures as poetry. Yet the sacred scriptures speaks directly to the human soul. They give us suggestions, inspiration, encouragement and reveal the to the human mind the potential poetry and art has to effect the human spirit.

(15 Sultan 162 B.E.)