Love

Accepting the world doesn’t mean being indifferent. It means submitting to whatever is beyond our control, while at the same time doing everything in our power to improve the situation for others. This is the challenge for those who are committed to the path of love. Never lose hope, and always look at the world through the prism of beauty.

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The Experience of Beauty

Traditionally, Sufism has been characterized as the path of love, and on this path, the experience of love is very much intertwined with the experience of beauty. Beauty seeks love, and when it finds the right person, it strikes like a bolt of lightning and creates love...

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The Path of Blame

We live in a world in which it has become acceptable to blame others when we are faced with misfortunes, calamities, accidents and even our own mistakes. But how should we approach these undesirable events? Pointing our finger at other people as the source of our misfortune is the easiest way out, as it seems to save us from dealing with the problem altogether.

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Devotion as the Path of Self-Purification

As love grows in the person who is devoted to their spiritual guide, it serves, as it were, as an alchemy which transmutes all their negative qualities to positive qualities…. The love does all the work in the transformation and purification of the individual.

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Absence and Presence

In Sufi terminology, ‘absence’ refers to ‘absence from self and the world’, while ‘presence’ signifies ‘presence with God’. Masters of the Path have considered absence and presence to be two separate stations, maintaining that absence is the result of presence and that until presence comes about, absence cannot take place.

The Message of Sufism

The essential message of Sufism, a message holding true for all Sufis, is this; to remember God and serve others. The purpose of remembering God is to focus the sufi solely on Divine Unity. [...] When one becomes a Sufi and loves God, that person loves all beings as manifestations of God and serves them.

Sufism Today

People should be aware that Sufism today differs considerably from that of a thousand years ago. Moreover, it is undergoing constant evolutionary developments in accordance with the changing conditions of society.

Master and Disciple

The relationship between master and disciple is based on three principles: 1) The disciple’s devotion to a master, 2) The zekr that the master inculcates in the disciple, and 3) The master’s attention to the disciple.