Sheikh Roger Frager’s latest book Sufi Talks: Teaching of an American Sufi Sheikh is a beautifully woven tapestry that illustrates how the threads of both the spiritual aspects of life and the practical reality of our day-to-day struggles can intricately come together in a living spiritual tradition. This book is a collection of formal talks…
The early Sufis used to live in communities where they would farm together, or work copper together. Some would live within the community until they got married. Suffice it to say that social involvement and community were very important in Sufi practice both presently and in the past. Take a look at the following excerpt from the book The Sufi Orders…
I was reading this and started thinking about how we often times get what we deserve and the role our inner attitude plays in the shaping of things. ____________________ Self-deception in spiritual practices is most often attributed to an inappropriate inner attitude on the part of the seeker. This includes those who in Hz Mevlana…
I had the great opportunity today to talk to an old friend who first met me when I was a bit lost and rough around the edges. The aphorism still holds true about a decade later, that the more things change the more they stay the same. I was a relentless jokester back then, a…
I have had the chance to talk to Dr Toussulis and very rarely have I met someone as knowledgeable about Sufism His book has so much to offer please if you haven’t read it yet please pick it up. Yannis Toussulis, Quest Books, Wheaton, USA, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8356-0864-0 Yannis Toussulis writes, “Over the last several…
There is a point past where approaching a certain way becomes outdated. As time goes on societies change people change, means of expression change as well. More importantly the science of the day changes. As as a scientist (junior scientist as I only have a masters) I feel that the science of the day should…
