Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
My friend no one veils you but yourself.
No thorns, no weeds in your path but you.
Well then, shall I reach the Beloved or not?
Between you and Him lies nothing but yourself.
- from Heart’s Witness, the Sufi Quatrains of Awhaduddin Kirmani
Ya Haqq!
Leave a Comment » | 
Books & writing, Islam, Islamic Artists, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism | Tagged: Heart's Witness, The Sufi Quatrains of Awhaduddin Kirmani | 
Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“Love all God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light! Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything you will perceive the divine mystery in things. And once you have perceived it you will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly, more and more every day. And you will at last come to love the whole world with an abiding universal love.”
- The Elder Zosima, from Doestoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
Ya Haqq!
Leave a Comment » | Books & writing, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism | Tagged: Doestoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, The Elder Zosima | Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“Whenever you possibly can, sustain the flow of a sacred Name. To repeat His name is to be in His presence. If you associate with the Supreme Friend, He will reveal His true being to you.”
Leave a Comment » | Books & writing, Islam, Islamic Artists, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism | Tagged: Sri Anandmayi Ma | Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“From the moment I became acquainted with You I was so enchanted by Your beauty that I followed You. The more I love You, it seems the less I love You, because I want to love You more. I can bear it no longer. Expand, expand my heart! … O Jesus, Jesus Love, help always Your poor miserable one, Your miserable little bride, and carry her always in Your arms…. I love You, I love You so very, very much.”
Ya Haqq!
Leave a Comment » | Books & writing, Current Affairs, Religion, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized | Tagged: prayer of mother cabrini | Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“O Allah, place within my heart light, and upon my tongue light, and within my ears light, and within my eyes light, and place behind me light and in front of me light and above me light and beneath me light. O Allah, bestow upon me light.”
- Du’a (prayer) before going to the Mosque (Masjid).
Ya Haqq!
4 Comments | Islam, Islamic Artists, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized | Tagged: du'a before going to the mosque or masjid, Prayer before Prayer | Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
2 Comments | Books & writing, Current Affairs, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism | Tagged: Pema Chodron quote on compassion | Permalink
Posted by darvish
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
A man once came to Ibn Mas‘ud and asked him: “I have repeatedly committed a major sin – can there be any repentance for me?” Ibn Mas‘ud turned away, and the man saw that his eyes had filled with tears. He said: “Paradise has eight gates, and each one of them is sometimes open and sometimes shut, with the exception of the Gate of Repentance, which is held open eternally by an angel who never leaves that place. So do not despair!’”
Ya Haqq!
Note: Also, see post on The Eight Gates of Paradise.
Leave a Comment » | Books & writing, Current Affairs, Islam, Islamic Artists, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized | Tagged: eight gates of paradise, Gate of Repentence, ibn Masud | Permalink
Posted by darvish
