Our Nature of Death – The Nature of our World This world is characterized by falling away. Everyday we get…
"If you seek in this world what suffices you, then the least of it will suffice you; but if you seek from this world what will fulfill you, and you are not fulfilled by what suffices you, then there is nothing in this world that can fulfill you." - Abu Hazm
Below is the introduction to the remembrance of death from the Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din (11 C.E.) of Imam al-Ghazali, translated…
Continuing from the previous post, Enlightenment By Means Of The Return to Oneness, summarizing some of Murata’s writings in Chinese Gleams…
Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light investigates the 1400 year tradition of Islam in China, and how through mutual cooperation between…
With the syllable Om as their sole support, the wise person attains that which is peaceful, un-ageing, deathless, fearless, The…
He then also sees the light, which is in the form of a flaming lamp. It is seen to be…
One who constantly meditates upon this chakra attains a peaceful mind. One becomes very knowledgeable and fluent in speech. One…
This heart lotus is like a wish fulfilling tree. Whoever meditates upon anahata becomes capable of protection and destruction, like…
At the base of the naval lies manipura, shining with the brightness of a heavy rain cloud. -Shat Chakra Nirupanam…
One who meditates on swadhisthana gains mastery over their internal enemies (false identifications) and all other Doshas (unique physical and…
One who meditates on muladhara chakra shines with the brilliance of ten million suns. Shat Chakra Nirupanam – Schlokas 13…
Continuing from the previous post on the phenomenology of color, what we understand as color is not a positive quality,…
The words that comprise language, and thus language itself, are merely symbols, and symbols denote meaning. The meaning is what…
"Intellect takes you to the door, but it does not take you into the house." - Shams Tabriz
"The Highest Thought is always that thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those words which contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you call love. Joy, truth, love. These three are interchangeable, and one always leads to the other. It matters not in which order they are placed." - Neale Donald Walsch
"Love is not madness; all else is." - Abdul Hakim Murad (Timothy Winters)
"The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart. The light which fills the heart is the light of God." - Rumi
Human love is a glimpse of the Divine. After the physical forms disappear, the love that we felt is all…
"Your weakness is in proportion to the number of things you crave." - Abdal Hakim Murad (Timothy Winters)
"Lose your Soul in God's Love, I swear there is no other way." - Rumi
"The desire to know your own Soul will end all other desires." - Rumi