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Category Archives: Classic Teaching
A Sufi Thought for the Week (Keller)
“It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968) http://www.goodquotes.com/quote/helen-keller/it-is-wonderful-how-much-time-good-peo … Continue reading
What is Sufism? Part 4: Ritualism and Spirituality
by Navid Zaidi Every orthodox religion is wedded to its own body of rituals, customs and external observances. Also, it considers its own system superior to others. Consequently that becomes a source of conflict. But Sufis look at all humanity … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Poetry, Classic Teaching, Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged Bulleh Shah, Guru Nanak, religion, ritualism, spirituality, Sufism, Sultan Bahu
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A Sufi Thought for the Week (Chief Seattle)
“Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.” Chief Seattle (1780-1866) http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/331799.Chief_Seattle Quote contributed by Navid Zaidi; … Continue reading
No Pain, No Gain?
by Modaser Shah Ghalib, the well-known Urdu poet, in one of his ghazals says: In the dream my thoughts were involved with you; when I woke up, I found neither loss nor gain. “The belief that a deeper connection is … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Poetry, Classic Teaching, Modaser Shah, Original Essays
Tagged Ghalib, Lao Tzu, Laozi, nonaction, nonviolence, philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Ryokan, satyagraha, Taoism
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The Delicate Secret: Relationship of Humans, God and Universe
by Navid Zaidi کیہہ کردا نی کیہہ کردا نی کوئی پچھو کھاں دلبر کیہہ کردا وچ مسیت نماز گزاریں،بت خانے جا وڑدا آپ اکو کئی لکھ گھراں دے،مالک ایہہ گھر گھر دا اکے گھر وچ وسدیاں رسدیاں،نہیں ہوندا وچ پردا … Continue reading
A Sufi Thought for the Week (Korzybski)
“The map is not the territory”—Alfred Korzybski (Polish-American philosopher, 1879-1950) Contributed by Modaser Shah
Characteristics of the Mystic Experience
by Navid Zaidi One way of establishing connection with Reality is through sense-perception. The other way is through direct association with that Reality as it reveals within the soul. Sense-perception must be supplemented by what the Quran calls Fuad or Qalb, meaning … Continue reading
Does Eternal Life Belong to Those Who Live in the Present?
by Modaser Shah “Eternal life belongs to those who live in the present,” Wittgenstein, in Tractatus, quoted in Less Than Nothing by Slavoj Žižek. Some random associations: This sounds more like a koan than a philosopher’s proposition, hence the meaning … Continue reading
A Sufi Thought for the Week (Zhuangzi)
“Once upon a time, I, Zhuangzi, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuangzi. Soon I awakened, … Continue reading
Posted in Ali Hammad, Classic Teaching, Original Photography
Tagged Butterfly, Chuangtzu, dream and reality, Taoism, Zhuangzi
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Sufi Ways 