Witnessing the Divine in Parents

Rabia's practice involved recognizing the Divine in all creation, seeing beyond surface reality to sacred presence. Applied to parents, this means practicing the perception of their essential worth independent of their performance as caregivers. This doesn't erase what they did wrong; rather, it adds a dimension of sight. Can you perceive your parent as a soul on its own spiritual journey, struggling with wounds you may never fully understand? This contemplative shift—from judging their actions to witnessing their essence—opens forgiveness as natural recognition rather than moral effort. Rabia teaches that when we truly see the sacred in another, judgment dissolves not from weakness but from clarity. The practice might involve meditation on your parents' faces, their suffering, their mortality—gradually shifting perception from 'what they did to me' to 'who they were beneath their limitations.'