This morning I received an email from a sufi community in USA with this subject line:

‘Dhikr - Valentine with the Real Beloved’

I thought I would pass it to you. May it become a seed of meditation and God willing, a seed of realization as well.
Dhikr…

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In a previous post titled, ‘God Maker and Prophet’s Ascension’ our beloved visitor Aliya made a comment questioning whether UNITY was necessary (or a precondition) for the enlightened beings. In the post, citing the words of Omid Safi, where its men…

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Love is the flame which, when it blazes,
consumes everything other than the Beloved.
The lover wields the sword of Nothingness
in order to dispatch all but God;
consider what remains after Nothing.
There remains but God: all the rest is gone.
Prai…

(Hat tip to Cat Chapin-Bishop of Quaker Pagan Reflections for inspiration, discussion, and overall awesomeness as a human being.)

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against

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Tell me: if the hidden treasure is now on display at the bazaar, shouldn’t the gnostic leave his cell and wander forth!  

- Sufi Master, Khawaja Gharib Nawaz

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The other day I was volunteering to teach ‘how to use the internet’ to few perso…

The minute I heard
my first love story,
… I started looking
for you,
not knowing
how blind
that was.

Lovers
don’t finally
meet
somewhere.

They’re
in each other
…. all along.

- Rumi

Visiting the tomb of elect souls, those who have attained …

Whether you know me or not
Come into my courtyard
To you I am sacrificed
Come into my courtyard

Other than you there is none for me
I have searched the jungles and the wilderness
The whole world I have searched
Come into my courtyard
To you I am sacr…

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Omid Safi, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he specializes on Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought, and medieval Islamic history, gave an interesting introduction speec…

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Look at the birds flying in the sky, soaring above the trees and over the rooftops. They are searching for food. All day long they fly about in order to satisfy the hunger of their stomachs, but at twilight they must return to their nests. Man also …

Travel
one way.

The return
to God.

Single-minded
pursuit
of divine truth.

This means banishing and dispelling every thought, good or bad, that comes to mind involuntarily during the dhikr. When performing the remembrance the heart is required …

tomari deywa praane,tomari deywa dukho,tomari deywa buke,tomari onubhobo.
within Your gifted soul,
its Your grieving.
within Your gifted heart,
its Your longing

tomari du noyonetomari shok baaritomari bakulotatomari haha robo.
from this gift of two e…

Is fire a living thing? How about water?

When Bridget’s holiday comes, I always think of bright sunlight on water edged by snowy banks. She is the goddess of fire and water, fire on the water, fire that cracks the ice and brings the frozen world alive

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