"Within our heart we are united with the Beloved. Our heartbeat is part of the great rhythm of creation. But for most people this is like a memory buried so deep we have forgotten it. When we consciously aspire to remember Him the practice of meditation and the dhikr awaken this pre-existing state of oneness. Our heart opens and we begin to feel how its rhythm is attuned to the song of the universe. Slowly this inner attunement resonates throughout the whole body, and every cell becomes a note in the symphony of creation. From the depths of the heart to the fingertips and the soles of the feet every part of us unites in the one song which is creation's offering to the Creator.
"The dhikr transforms the wayfarer and takes him home. One of its secrets is that if it has become automatic, then, at the moment of death, with your very last breath you will call out His name. It is said that the last thought of a dying person determines where that person goes. Inayat Khan gives as an example the person whose last thought is her grandmother's jewelry, and who therefore comes back to this world to experience this jewelry. But if your final thought is Allah, His name will take you to Him."
