✺ the laṭāʾif

The six subtle centres placed as the Naqshbandi order places them — gathered around the heart, with only the nafs sent up to the brow. Press the comparison and the Tree's vertical pillar rises beside them.

A hearth beside a ladder. The clearest single image in the annex of two traditions disagreeing about where in a body God is met — and neither of them is being metaphorical about it.