Talk with Dr. Yannis Toussulis Author of Sufism and the Way of Blame: Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology. By David Paquiot & Dr. Yannis Toussulis (Read Part 1) _____________________ Dr. Toussulis, You said “During the Rumi craze the premises of Sufism were almost completely reversed in the interest of spiritual consumerism.” What is spiritual consumerism?…
Dr. Yannis Toussulis and I ‘sat down’ Spring 2011 for this following interview. I would like to take a moment to thank him firstly for taking time from his daily affairs to do this, and more importantly for the painstaking effort he has taken to write Sufism and the Way of Blame. I’m not alone…
Dr Yannis Toussulis in his recent book Sufism and the Way of Blame suggests that due in part to spiritual consumerism and also to the way Sufism has been presented in the West its core message has been obscured by a pervasive mystique. His solution to wrestle the core message of Sufism away from the…
Friends, I had the great honor of being asked to review the following book, and I would like to share with you all an experience that happened to me when I was reading it. Stay tuned for my official review. SUFI TALKS Teachings of an American Sufi Sheikh July 2012 • ISBN 978-0-8356-0893-0 • $19.95 pb •6×9 •…
originally on the Huffington Post “God does not look at your outer forms, but at the love within your love.” –Rumi Amid the noise and increasing demands of our daily life, it is more and more important for many of us to find a way to reach an inner quiet, a place of rest and…
A lot is said in sufism about the relationship between Shaikh as dervish, but very little is said about the relationship between dervishes. So I am going to say something about it. When I went to the Sufi house I didnt go to make friend I went to quench my thirst. However I met some…
