The Lataif

The Subtle Qualities of the Being

Introduction to DiamondLogos Teaching
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Diamond has the capacity of precision and accuracy
Logos is the word, the original word, which brings expression and articulation
Teachings Refers to the understanding of psychological patterns which block our ability to reconnect with the essence

Diamond Logos Teaching goes beyond classic therapeutic approaches because it does not only work with emotional conflicts and personal issues, but also considers the human being’s vision and the path towards healing including the Essential dimensions of the Being.

This teaching is based on the understanding that the main cause of our discomforts and suffering is the separation from the Being and its manifestations, what we call Essence.

According to this approach, any therapy that does not help us reconnect with our Essence is incomplete.

Traditional psychology does not recognise the spiritual reality of the Being nor its qualities, while the majority of spiritual traditions leave aside or do not include a compassionate understanding of the personality.

DLT recognises and includes both these realities in its system. By understanding the personality it invites us to re-experience, through a backward journey, the path that separates us from our original nature, allowing us to reconnect to the different aspects of our Essence and to the ultimate nature of all things, the Absolute.

This work has been inspired by ancient teachings, which include the Sufi maps of the Lataif, and has understandings of modern psychology of the profound. It offers us an accurate and deep teaching, which has his roots in presence and practice of awareness.

This approach has been developed by two psycho-spiritual pioneers, A.H. Almaas and Faisal Muquaddam. This training proposes the teaching as transmitted by Faisal Muquaddam.


Experiential Training

During this training will be transmitted a basic comprehension and experience of the ancient Sufi map of subtle energies called “Lataif”. We will also work and bring understanding on the way in which this system, in the DiamondLogos Teaching, is related to psychology of the profound.

According to the Sufi tradition, the Lataif are a system that opens us at the level where the energy originates and through which we have access to the qualities of the Being, what we call Essence.
Essence is something we are born with. Essence is our true nature differentiated in beautiful qualities like love, joy, clarity, strength etc…

These are the seeds, the potential, with which each of us comes to life, before the formation of personality.
The process of personality structuring during childhood, in fact, corresponds to a gradual loss of contact of the child with his/ her Essence and Qualities. The true identity is slowly replaced by a false personality based on the identification with instincts, compensations and beliefs, called “Ego”.

The exploration and understanding of the Lataif system will be used as a trace to comprehend our Essential Nature and as a way to start our individual process of reconnecting to the qualities of the Being that we have abandoned in our childhood.

In this training we will cover the five main Lataif (dimensions of the being).
The training will be developed into 4 seminars of three days. Each seminar will be dedicated to working with one or more Lataif according to the following program:

The White Latifa
The Red Latifa
The Black Latifa
The Green and Yellow Lataif

Each Latifa has specific characteristics, its own colour, qualities and energetic properties.
The transmission of each Latifa will be completed by the understanding of the psychological issues that are connected with it.

The work consists in finding the way to reach the deepest level of essential substance, Essence. The more we cultivate our essential state, the more this will replace our old personality structures and patterns, taking us deeper, giving us more vitality and a greater sense of who we really are.

During the training, space will be dedicated to exploring and integrating participants’ individual issues, using different self-exploration techniques, including “self inquiry”. The issue, this way, becomes a key of personal understanding, which allow the person to identify what stops her from leaving spontaneously that essential state.


The White Latifa
Essential will. It is connected to the sensation of inner solidity; support and sense of ones own intrinsic value. It is a relaxed trust, which is manifested when we are in contact with our Being. It is rooted, full of resources and capable of commitment.

The Red Latifa
Essential strength. It is connected to the capacity of being an individual. It gives us the strength to let go the old structures that we no longer need for our evolution and uniqueness. It is a passionate and enthusiastic vitality that gives the strength to move in the world with all its challenges.

The Black Latifa
Essence of Peace and Silence. This Latifa is the source of our love and desire for Truth. It is a very deep dimension of seeing inside oneself and realising our mastery, our real potential. It is connected to our relationship with death and capacity to let ourselves go in the depth of silence and meditation.

The Yellow and Green Lataif
Essential Joy and Essential Compassion.

The Yellow Latifa is connected to our capacity of living joy and curiosity. It is the dimension in which we let go of all the negative and serious images of our Ego and we re-appropriate ourselves with our solarity, innocence and lightness.

The Green Latifa gives us a deep understanding and compassion towards the structures of the Ego, allowing us to accept our wounds and heal them.



Each seminar of the training has been conceived as an individual module, so the participation in the single seminars is open to anyone who has a personal or professional interest in the subjects and method proposed.

The participation to the whole process predisposes to a more profound experience and gradual integration of issues.

For the ones who intend to continue DLT advanced training, will be required to complete the four Lataif seminars as a prerequisite.

The four basic Latif modules will be required also to the ones who intend to carry out the integration retreats conducted by the originator of the method Faisal Maquaddam in USA and Europe.

Addresses
These seminars are addressed to everyone who wishes to bring more awareness into his individual issues and the ones who, for personal and professional reasons, are interested into deepening the understanding of personality structure and functioning in a spiritual frame.
Participants will be able to acquire effective tools and skills to manage everyday life as well as their relationships while aligning their material world with harmony and intelligence.

Requirements
If students are to benefit from the course a commitment to learning and to questioning is essential. Students are expected to confront problems directly and honestly and to make themselves available to the work in an open manner.


“The teachings constantly deal with our daily life. It is never an abstract teaching. It is dealing with what is happening in your daily life what’s happening in your work, in your relationship, with your friends what’s happening in your mind. It is about understanding not only from psychological, mental, emotional or physical, but also from a spiritual. So the teaching is a constant application of our daily life. It is not about learning a certain philosophy or certain spiritual system or certain religion it is paying attention to what is happening in your life trying to understand it inwardly and trying to understand that struggle and what this struggle is all about. This work is spirituality connected to daily life.”
Faisal Muqaddam