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Reflection on Life ... Spirituality ... and an effort to "Know Thy Self". A place where I gather treasures from experiences of great minds. An effort to capture brilliant sparks of soul.
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progression of surrender | wisdom from upanishad
When all the senses are stilled,when the mind is at rest,when the intellect wavers not,then is reached the highest state.This calm of the senses and the mind has been defined as yoga (union). One who attains it - is freed from delusion.- Katha Upanis...
absorbing what we already know
1.Hazrat Inayat Khan tells the story of the Sufi master Bullah Shah. As a child, his teacher taught him the first letter of the Arabic alphabet: alif. While the other children in the class progressed to master the entire alphabet set, Shah remained o...
Sattyer Gahiney | A Glimpse into the Mystic, Folk Islam of Bangladesh
1.Counterfeit gold existsbecause there is such a thingas real gold.- RumiContrary to popular misconception, Islam is not monolithic. In the traditional sense, Islam is not even a religion. Then what it is, you would ask? But wait a second before one ...
Spiritual Anecdotes | Anthony de Mello
"Come home yourself!Come back to your senses!Do you hear that bird sing?How can you hear the songand not hear the singer?How can you see the waveand not see the ocean?How can you see the danceand not see the dancer?"- Father Anthony de Mello, may God...
Path of Spiritual Chivalry | Way of Enlightened Behavior
If the love is true, then the lover must keep respectto the Beloved and ethicsin manners with Him. - Shaykh NazimChivalry keeps men conversant with allthat is beautiful and sublimein the intellectual and moral world.- Marian Chivalry1.Beyond our occu...
you\'ve seen the beauty of individuality, now see the beauty of its disappearance
1.You have to disappear. The world has to be left behind, the body has to be left behind, the mind has to be left behind; And then you have only one thing to lose -- yourself. You have enjoyed everything. You have enjoyed the purity of individuality;...
On attainment of nearness of God | Discourse from Futuh ul-Ghayb
Bismillah1.When you are united with God, you attain to His nearness by His attraction and help; and the meaning of union with God is your going out of the creation and desire and purpose and becoming established in His action and His purpose without ...
adab of giving counsel, dispensing advice
1.Religion is good counselYou must be of good counsel to all.. The highest point of this is that you conceal nothing from them which if made known would result in good or preserve from something evil. The prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) ...
his speck of dust will become a mountain
1.The intimate beloved of Allah reveals these words directly from the most precious Lord: "When I intensely love one of My true friends, I alone become the hearing with which he hears, the seeing with which he sees, the hands with which he grasps, an...
TOLERANT WAY OF TRUTH
1.Waman ahsanu deenan mimman aslama wajhahu lillahi wahuwa muhsinun waittabaAAa millata Ibraheema haneefan? Waittakhatha Allahu Ibraheema khaleelan.Who is better in faith than the one who surrenders his entire being to God, and be of ihsan (excellenc...
The Art of Spiritual Polishing
In remembrance of the All Encompassing One,the Bestower of holy gnosisTo the people of manufacturing trade, polishing is a very familiar method by which an uneven, unrefined surface is made refined. Physical process of polishing refers to the process...
Spiritual Traveler: Form to Essence
At the beginning I was mistaken in four ways. I sought to remember God, to know Him, and to seek Him. When I had come to the end, I saw that He had remembered me before I remembered Him, that His knowledge of me had preceded my knowledge of Him, His ...
Teacher in the Path of Love
1.Let there arise out of you, a band of people, who invite to goodness and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong. Such are they who are successful.- Chapter of The Family of Imran, The Quran, 3:104No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that e...
On the need for spiritual guide | your perspectives
1.So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught Knowledge from Our own Presence.- Chapter of the Mysterious CaveThe Quran, 18:652.The art of the Masterful,is to impart the unteachable ~To refle...
Do we really need a guide in spiritual journey?
1.Sharing TogetherA visitor of Inspirations and Creative Thought site recently asked, "Why people look to other teachers, saints, etc for so much guidance. Shouldn't our devotion come from within? Do we really need all these saints and guiders to sho...
the holy shadow | a sufi story
1.The blind and the seeing are not alike; Nor is darkness and light; Nor the shade and the sun's heat. - The Quran, Chapter of the Angels, 35:19-21Have you not turned your vision to your Lord? How He does prolong the shadow! And if He willed He could...
Ephphatha | Healing of Christ and Sufi Invocation
1.Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the ma...
Journey Leading to the Unveiling of Divine Realities | From Spiritual Experience of Shaykh Ahmad Faruqi as-Sirhindi
1.Ahmad-i-Faruqi Sirhindi (1564–1624) 'quddisa sirruh', an acme for gnostics (arifs), a guide for owners of haqiqat, a paragon for the Awliya-i-kiram, a beloved of Allahu ta'ala, the revitaliser and illuminator of the second Islamic millennium, a q...
Zakat | Almsgiving | A Sacred Practice of Purification
In the Name of the Most Magnanimous One, the Generous Giver1.There are people in the world so hungry,that God can not appear to them except in the form of bread. - Indira GandhiGod will charge on the Day of Judgment,"I was hungry and you didn't feed ...
Dangers and Vanity of Religious Pride
The pious tongue without the pious heart is sinfulness and a straying from the Truth.The pious heart without the pious tongue is completion without completeness, and a pious heart and a pious tongue is a completion above all completion.- Ahmad ibn Uj...
Pride and Politeness
1.A hermit fasted for an entire year, eating only once a week. After this sacrifice, he asked that God reveal to him the true meaning of a certain passage in the Scripture. No response was heard.“What a waste of time,” the hermit said to himself....
What is a Truly Universal Spirituality? | Kabir Helminski
1.Following is a highlight from a thought provoking article by Shaykh Kabir Helminski, a contemporary sufi guide of Mevlevi path.Is it possible for humanity, or even a portion of it, to embrace a truly universal spirituality? If so, what would a univ...
The Meaning and Dimensions of Fasting in Ramadan
"The real fast is the blossoming of the inner heart. Fragrance must emanate. The qualities, conduct, behavior, and disposition that accompany this blossoming make no sound. Light and fragrance must dawn in the inner heart. The one point which is God ...
Writing as Spiritual Practice
1.Nun. By the Pen and that which they write!- The Quran 68:01Read! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,Who teacheth (to write) by the pen.- The Quran 96:03Let not the scribe refuse to write:as Allah Has taught him, so let him write.- The Quran 2:2822.I wa...
Thubten Chodron on Dharma and Spiritual Paths
The Practice of DharmaIs To Change Your Atitude Towards Life andGive Up Attachment To Worldly Concerns.1... Sometimes we get so caught up in the names of religions that we forget their meaning, and busy ourselves defending our religions and criticisi...
Moses and Khizr | Esoteric Narrative of Tasawwuf
1.Gar zi Sirri Marifat Agah Shawi,Lufz bu Guzari Sua Manna Shawi.If you would be acquainted with gnosis,Drop the letter and behold the spirit.- Mathnawi, RumiDirection exposition of spiritual theme is avoided in the holy scriptures of most religions....
ascent of spiritual state | miraajul maqam
"The hearts of the children of Adam are as if between the two fingers of the Infinitely Compassionate One. He turns each however He wishes.O God, O Turner of hearts, turn our hearts toward obedience to You." - The Holy Prophet"God made the heart the ...
Gazing At The Beloved
1.May your heart communion (salaat) be such that as if you are gazing upon your Lord, for even if you do not see Him, (behold well this consciousness that) He sees you.- Sacred tradition of Islam2.Just as archers fix their gaze upon a distant target ...
Attentiveness and Awareness of One's State of Mind and Heart
Following are are three Principles on Awareness out of the Eleven Principles of the Naqshbandi Sufi Path. These Principles are passed from Qutubs or Spiritual Axis of their time finally through the transmission of two great Naqshbandi (Pattern Maker)...
Becoming Conscious Through Our Senses | Peter Kingsley
. quest for awareness and realityYou have to find reality, ultimate reality, here, where you are, in this apparent body, surrounded by these apparent colors and movements, and shapes and forms and sounds and noises. And they (the ancient Greek mystic...
