Buddha founded his Path on the human fact of suffering. Islam give the basic situation in which we find ourselves a slightly different interpretation: man in his ordinary state of consciousness is literally asleep (“and when he dies he awakes,” as Mohammad said) He lives in a dream, whether of enjoyment or suffering – a…
I have been reading lately; The Drunken Universe : An anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady. I thought the following piece would be nice to share. Dave _________________– You must take these poems as mirrors for you know that a mirror has not form or itself but rather reflects…
taken from History of Islamic Philosophy _____________ It is commonly said in the West that the Quran contains nothing of a mystical or philosophical nature, and that philosophers and mystics are not indebted to it in any way. Our concern here is not to argue about what Westerners find or fail to find in the Quran, but to…
According to Sufi metaphysics, and in fact other metaphysical traditions in general, all that exists comes from that Reality which is at once Beyond-Being and Being, and ultimately all things return to that Source. In the language of Islamic thought, including both philosophy and Sufism, the first part of this journey of all beings from the Source is called the…
Fisherman don’t pull a big fish out all at once. If the hook is in his gullet, they pull on it to make him lose consciousness and get weaker and weaker. Then They let go, then they pull again till it gets very weak.And when a person has gotten Love’s hook in his throat, God…
I got a nice birthday card this friday from some older dervishes who are dear to me, in it was a quote from Hakim Sinai Walled Garden of Truth, I want to reproduce it here for you all. What provisions do I need for the Journey? None save to leave my abode, casting aside my…
