I add a little bit of Islamic-style meditation called "khulwah" also called it "uzlah". this method is adopted from the Sufis, they alienate themselves to reach the level of feelings so that loving their Lord more than anything,
in undergoing this the Sufism passes through the 5 stages they call lust.
- there is lust ammarah
- lust lawwamah
- lust mulhimah
4, lust raadiah - lust mutmainnah
My husband and I know Islam through the writers of Sophia Perennis
http://www.sophiaperennis.com/category/books/islam/
I love to know more about Sufism, however I've been told that it is essential that one finds a qualified teacher and they are extremely difficult to find. I know several of my Buddhist friends that found they preferred the teachings (view) and practices of the Sufis.
I have many books on Sufism but not their meditation.
Lust is a sticky state of mind isn't it?...hahaha
If we are always grasping or running from sensation how can we see God or as Buddhist say, reality as it is?
There are stages called the nana-vipassanas, one of them feels like you are going to die because you see clearly the suffering caused by grasping at negative mind states and the emptiness of phenomena
Patisankha-nana
http://www.myanmarnet.net/nibbana/vpsnana.htm
true, lust is a mind sticky to us that causes the tendency to all things that are bad either commonsense or religious.
I myself specialize in the problems of fiqh and ushuluddin (ordinance with God in daily life), if you have questions about Islam maybe I can help a bit,
I'm just sorry now why I used to be a lazy student, ha ha ha