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The Boatmen Around Us
by Navid Zaidi کوڈی دمڑی پلے نہ کائی پار ونجن نوں میں سدھرائی نال ملاحاں دے نہیں اشنائی جھیڑاں کراں وللیاں تانگھ ماہی دی جلی آں I have no hard cash on me, I am penniless Still I am eager … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Poetry, Classic Teaching, Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged boatmen, Bulleh Shah, Ego, humility, journey of life, Sufi poetry
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A Life of Purpose
by Kamran Zafar He always felt in his heart that love had no color, language, religion, boundary, or barrier. And even deeper in his heart he knew that the purpose of life was a life of purpose. Yes, he thought, … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Teaching, Kamran Zafar, Original Essays
Tagged Bulleh Shah, humanism, Jesus, Meaning of life, Rabbi Shergill video, Sufi poetry
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What is Sufism? Part 1: Introduction
by Navid Zaidi The phenomenon of Sufism and the spiritual life in Islam is such a broad topic that nobody can venture to describe it fully. Each of the blind men in Rumi’s famous story, when asked to touch an … Continue reading
Posted in Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged Bulleh Shah, myein, mysticism, Rumi, Sufism and Islam
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Sufi Snaps: Escape
I never hear the word “Escape” Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation – A flying attitude! ….Emily Dickinson Source of Emily Dickinson excerpt: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177764 Photo by Ali Hammad
Zen, Tao, Sufism, Wittgenstein (and Lacan?)
by Modaser Shah A big subject, indeed. I have been thinking about writing a post on it for some time but have been shrinking from it, looking for some inspiration in books and our local small Sufi group discussions. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Teaching, Modaser Shah, Original Essays
Tagged Bastami, Dogen, Hakuin, Lacan, Lao Tzu, Tao and Sufism, Tractatus, Wittgenstein, Zen and Sufism
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Sufi Snaps: Immanence (A photo and a poem)
by Ali Hammad Shipless a sea Gravid a zephyr A road at its tail Or maybe the mouth You on your Red Adirondack Dozing away The rising day Your breath deep And ponderous Pulling me in Ship unwitting Vortex unseen … Continue reading
Personality, Love, and Asking
A View Counter to the Sufi Philosophy of Cosmic Absorption (Fana Fillah) in Dr Allama Iqbal’s poem ‘Secrets of the Self’ (Asrar-e-Khudi) by Navid Zaidi Napoleon said, ‘ I am a thing, not a person. ‘ So, what am I? … Continue reading
The Relativity of Truth
by Ali Hammad In The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, Edgar Allan Poe relates the story of a lunatic asylum where the patients have taken over, but the visitors to the asylum are unable to discern the switch. … Continue reading
Sufi Ways 