Inspirations and Creative Thoughts

Initiation into Ramadan: a Western Wayfarer’s experience of Fasting for the first-time

2010-09-03T10:54:00.014+06:00

1. In the end a person tires of everything except heart’s desiring and soul’s journeying. ~ Rumi la ilaha illa Allah I am done with everything except Thee, O Thee! ~ a dervish interpretation of the kalima Sometimes in my life things happen that have a small and insignificant effect on the way I lead my life, and then suddenly, without any warning, and without any explanation or logical

Abdul Hamid Khan | Tribute to a Silent Sufi Dervish

2010-09-01T02:51:00.033+06:00

1. ... in the company of those on whom is the Grace of God, of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, and the righteous: Ah! what a beautiful fellowship! Such is grace from God: and Sufficient is God as the Knower. - Q 4:69-70 The earth will never lack forty men similar to the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham), and through them people receive rain (mercy) and are given help (as wasila and

Parable of the Pearl of Great Price

2010-08-30T21:51:00.025+06:00

Again, the Kingdom of Heaven islike a merchant in search of fine pearls,who, on finding one Pearl of Great Price,went and sold all that he had and bought it. ~ Teaching Parable of Christ, Gospel of Matthew 13:45-46 ~ 1. Pearl of Great Price is a parable found in the teachings of Jesus, Son of Mary, upon them both be divine peace. In the 13th chapter of Matthew, Christ goes on in great length,

The Maqam of Ya Ummati, Ya Ummati

2010-08-24T01:43:00.009+06:00

1. From Ya Nafsi, Ya Nafsi to Ya Ummati, Ya Ummati The famous Persian Sufi, Bayazid of Bistam (Bistami), saw in a moment of unveiling that the Pole (spiritual king) of the age was none other than the town's humble ironsmith. Bayazid was amazed, for the ironsmith happened to be a man with few distinctive qualities. Finally, unable to supress his curiosity any longer, he went over to the

Ramadan Fund Raising and Updates on the GSH Project

2010-08-21T02:49:00.032+06:00

Bismillahil Wahhab, wa Ni'mal Razzaq In the Name of God, the Bestower, the Best of Provider 1. Injustice, no matter in what form it comes: whether social, political or economic injustice - is shun in the most unambiguous message across all faith traditions. In truth all faith traditions, the movement that rose - if one trace back their roots - one will find that it was primarily injustice in

Haqiqat of Siyam | Reality of Fasting

2010-08-16T21:35:00.048+06:00

1. Therefore, be perfect (insan al-kamal), as your Heavenly Father is Perfect (Al-Kamal). - Christ, upon him be peace, Matthew 5:48 To attain kamaliyat, "perfection" - is a sure destination set out for every sincere seeker, as Murshid al-Qulub, Sayyidina Isa (Jesus, the Mystic Guide of the Heart) has reminded in his sohbet. What is the pathway, walking upon which one reaches that

Ramadan Preparations and Inspirations

2010-08-11T12:46:00.029+06:00

1. The gnosis of soul is that everything comes from the Presence. That’s how we know God, through the awareness that the soul has. If everyone could know this all the time, everyone would be a prophet. But that is not the case. Prophets have been given the power to renounce tasty food and drink, to relinquish pleasure in order to dissolve their attention more completely into the Divine. Very few

how the human capacity for connection with superior cognition is practiced and brought to fruition

2010-08-10T11:19:00.020+06:00

1. Preface Shall man have anything but what he strives for? That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight: Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete; That to thy Lord is the Ultimate Goal (wa anna ila Rabbika al Muntaha). - the Quran, Chapter of the Star The following note (numbered 2 part) might be brief in length, but comes from direct experience and in very few words

Parable of the Budding Fig Tree and the Fig

2010-08-07T03:23:00.026+06:00

1. "See the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see it and know by yourselves that the summer is already near. Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near." - Teaching Parable of Jesus, upon him be peace 2. In response to Sufi Reading of Jesus Parables post, beloved M. E. B. has shared an inspired dream that connects

Ten causes that result in Allah’s love for His slave and the slave’s love for his Lord | Counsel of Imam ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

2010-08-04T23:51:00.011+06:00

1. Reciting the Qur’aan, the Final Revelation of the Last Cycle - while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it. [Not only the outer, literal meaning situated in the horizontal time, but also its inner meaning, specially that which descends at the landscape of your being, in your vertical time, as inspirations, revelations continues to unveil spirally, moment by moment while it is

Ask, Seek, Knock | A Sufi Exegesis of Jesus Parable

2010-08-03T01:56:00.012+06:00

"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." - Saying of Blessed Jesus as recorded in Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9 1. Gnostic of present age, an heir of the luminous guides, shaykh and servant of the Sufi Path, Shaykh Muhammad

Sufi Reading of Jesus' Teaching Parables

2010-07-31T17:08:00.010+06:00

~ Aleph ~ I called through your door, "The mystics are gathering in the street. Come out!" you say: "Leave me alone. I'm sick." "I don't care if you're dead!" Jesus is here, and he wants to resurrect somebody!" - Jelaluddin Rumi ~ Beth ~ Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary), peace be upon his blessed soul - to the Muslims universally - is a Divine Messenger (Rasul), Sign (Ayat), Word and

knowledge of the part vs. the whole

2010-07-29T01:34:00.026+06:00

1. Can you read? Scan over the lines in the paragraph below and see if your mind can read them: "I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit

Blessings of the Month of Sha'ban and and Remembrance on the Night of Deliverance

2010-07-27T02:34:00.015+06:00

The 8th month in Lunar Calendar is known as the Month of Sha'ban. We are presently swimming in this month. This month precede Ramadan, the most intense and spiritually supercharged month in the entire yearly cycle. Sha'ban which connects to the Ramadan, itself have a night specially assigned in it which comes on the 15th. The night of the 15th starts at sunset on the 14th and ends at sunrise. On

Inadequacy of scientific terms, where language of precision annihilates

2010-07-25T12:00:00.016+06:00

The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it But the way those atoms are put together. The cosmos is also within us, We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. - Carl Sagan "The Quran is expressed in language which many people - myself included - find (it) sublime....But of course no language can do justice to the ineffable : words will

Ahmet Kayhan | A Tribute to the Grand Master of Sufism

2010-07-23T02:48:00.012+06:00

Shaykh Ahmet Kayhan, Allah be pleased with him by invocation of the secret of al-Fatiha Preface Know that amid the sea of cares my Companions are like guiding stars. Fix yours eyes on the stars and seek the Way. - The Last Prophet Henry Bayman, no matter how much or how little is he known to the world, no doubt to me, is one of the best writers who write on the Sufi Path from an authentic

Remain conscious and maintain protective awareness of your relationship with Allah | meditative Quranic verses

2010-07-22T10:46:00.011+06:00

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim In the Name of Allah - Source of unconditional Grace - Source of Love, above and beyond wa ittaqoo Allaha wa yuAAallimukumu Allahu wa Allahu bikulli shay-in AAaleem. Remain conscious and maintain protective awareness of your relationship with Allah, and Allah Teaches you, and Allah is intense and continuous Knower of

Sufi Understanding of Cosmology and Planes of Consciousness

2010-07-20T23:28:00.022+06:00

Sufi cosmology is a general term for the field of understanding the kosmos from sufistic unveiling. The unveiling is based on Quranic and Apostolic traditions as well as visions of generations of spiritual elders (heirs of the Apostle, the sufi masters who are the doorkeepers of truth) who were given access to this elect knowledge, who were given the blessing to glimpse at the unseen world beyond

Seeing the Reality through the Metaphor of Mirror

2010-07-18T16:52:00.041+06:00

God is your mirror in Which you contemplate yourself and you are His mirror in which He contemplates His Divine Attributes. The Nothingness, the Void is a mirror; creation is the image in it. Man is as the eye of the image reflected in the mirror; the One who is reflected in the image is hidden in the pupil of that eye. Thus Hu (the Divine Being) sees Hu (ItSelf). - Grand Mystic Muhyiddin

Arziyaan | all my yearnings writ on my face

2010-07-16T23:40:00.024+06:00

Arziyan saari mein, chehre pe likh ke laaya hoon Tumse kya maangoon mein, Tum khud hi samajh lo. I have come to You with all my yearnings, all my longings writ large on my face What can I ask from You, You perceive it all by Yourself.. Ya Maula.. Maula Maula Mere Maula.. Maulaaaaa... O Lord, my Lord, my Master.. my Friend... Darare Darare Hai Mathey Pe Maula Marammat Muqaddar ki kardo Maula

Perfecting the preparation for our own ascension to the Lord of Majesty and Glory

2010-07-09T12:54:00.025+06:00

. Ha . Pahunche Miraj me, Arsh Tak Mustafa Jab Na Mabud O Bande me Parda Raha. In the Night Ascension Mustafa arrives at the Intimate Divine Presence, when there was no veil between the Master and servant. Tab Malaik Ne, Hazrat Se Chup Kar Kaha Sari Makhluq me, Haq Numa Tu hi Tu. Allah Hu, Allah Hu, Allah Hu! Then holy angels whispered secretly to the noble master, Cosmic totality beholds

On Solitude and Divine Name | Reading from In the Vision of God by Swami Ramdas

2010-07-07T22:04:00.000+06:00

1. Another day, a sannyasi [one who has renounced worldly possesions] from Kashi took Ramdas out for a walk round the famous hill. On going some distance both sat on a raised stone platform beneath a tree. Here the sannyasi confided to Ramdas his condition. "Maharaj," he said, "I have been for nearly thirty years in this line of sannyas, but still my mind is perfectly hopeless. Lust, greed and

my sweetest moments are when i am one with my essence | from Shadhili Hadra

2010-07-05T23:08:00.028+06:00

1. "For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them." ~ The New Testament, 18:20 Hadra literally means 'presence' is the gathering of the Sufis to celebrate Divine Praise and to remember the Real Beloved in unison. It has been traditionally practiced by generations of Shadhili Sufis in North Africa under great Sheikhs as al-‘Arabi al-Darqawi, Muhammad al-Buzidi, and

Solitude in Sufi Tradition

2010-07-03T16:19:00.014+06:00

via Hermitary: an excellent website containing resource and reflection on hermits and solitude Islam is characterized by simplicity of doctrine and authority structure as well as a strong historical identify of its adherents with the community of believers originating in the tribal experience. While Islam shares these characteristics with historical Judaism, it has in common with Christianity a