The marketplace always stuck out to me as a very important image in both Sufi oral histories as well as writing. It symbolized for me all the complexities of daily life. There are goods to be bought and sold and a myriad of transactions going on at every moment. In many ways the marketplace symbolizes…
Lately I have managed to have some time off and a significant amount of that time has been spent in reflection about my life, and the usual where I want to be, what things I have to do for the upcoming year. Nestled somewhere amongst all these reflections were some thoughts and inspiration I had…
In my own few we live in the age of polemics. I want to take a moment here to say what I mean exactly when I use the word ‘polemics’. I course, I take from the most trusted source of information Wikipedia. ( I am being slightly sarcastic, well perhaps sardonic is a better word)…
In ancient times, the disciples of the great teachers learned by a quite different method, not an academic method or a way of study. The way was an open heart. With perfect confidence and trust they watched every attitude of the teacher, both towards friends and towards people who looked at him with contempt. They…
So far for between 860 post and about 100 drafts I have written much about Sufism, opinions by Sufis both past and present on Sufis. I have shared with you also my own thoughts, but I wanted to share with you my own opinions on what sufism is not. There may be some value in…
