Why You Were Sent to This World of Illusion | Sheikh Bawa

This world is a dream made of light and shadow — a beautiful illusion that dances before the eyes but vanishes when the heart awakens. It offers sweetness that turns to dust, promises that fade like morning mist. Yet beneath it all lies something real, eternal, and untouched — the breath of the Divine within us, the hidden treasure of the soul. We wander through this illusion forgetting who we are, chasing reflections in the mirror of the world. Desire, pride, and fear bind us to what perishes, and so we suffer. But the purpose of our birth is not to cling to the dream — it is to wake within it. To remember that the One who created this play of existence also lives inside us, watching through our eyes, breathing through our breath. When the heart grows still and the mind falls silent, a door opens within. In that stillness, the veils begin to lift, and the truth reveals itself — not as words, but as light. This is the moment of remembrance, when the soul knows itself and returns to the Source. The wise say this world is a school of forgetting and remembering. We are born not to possess, but to realize. Not to conquer, but to awaken. When the illusion dissolves and the treasure within shines forth, birth and death lose their meaning — and only the One remains.