sufism

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Short story: A religious journey into a different World of Religion

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 18 Aug 23

The year was 1912, and the young Sufi master, Zir Shar Ghan, was sent by his own teacher, in India to introduce Sufism to America. He gave several lectures to various audiences, outlining the goals of Sufism. [b]He...

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Short story: A Sufi master talks about what is, and if what is, is always what it is

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 17 Sep 22

The Sufi master, Pirrat Khansat, was asked a question about the well-known saying: 'It is what it is.' 'How true is that saying?' he was asked, by one of his students. The master's reply had been like...

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Short Story: Music, and listening properly, are linked in our makeups

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 16 Mar 22

The illustrious Sufi master, Yahanak Janla, was also a master musician. He had a great singing voice, and before all of his talks, that he gave to his students, he would sing a song, that he had composed, both the music,...

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Short Story: The street corner preacher meets up with a drunkard, who wasn't really a drunkard at all.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 27 Jan 21

Alf Goetherly had a passion for trying to convert people to Jesus Christ. He used to speak loudly on a particular street corner, in his large city, near the Post Office, as many people would pass him by there. The thing...

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Short story: A great Sufi master tells us not to worry about trying to find ourselves. Find the truth instead, is his message here.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 10 Jan 21

The great Sufi Master, Araband Sum Khanga, was giving a discourse to a band of his students on the oft-asked question, "Who am I?" "We will start with our assessing of what you are not," he said to them. "You have...

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The emptiness of fullness compared to the fullness of emptiness

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 7 Apr 20

Rumi, that great Sufi poet, and mystic (1207 to 1273) profoundly stated, "Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots." But is he right? Can we search in the wrong place, or can...

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Book Review Kahlil Gibran The Prophet

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Oct 18

1923 - One World Publications Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese prose-poet who was able to write with incredible depth and deceptive simplicity. The Prophet, which is by far his most famous book, has a very simple and yet deeply...

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How would you define LOVE?

Anahita Batra @m7566l26946 (7) • India 13 Mar 16

Even after innumerable books have been written about love since centuries, love doesn't hold a particular definition. Love is the most complex word I know of. My idea of love resonates with the Sufi way of loving. It says that...

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Anyone practice Sufism?

stephanie lucente @LattesAndTypewriters (135) • Rockford, Minnesota 11 Oct 15

I'm exploring religion. I came across Sufism a few years ago. It seems quite beautiful, however I could never be Muslim.

Sufism means to own nothing and nothing to be obsessed with...

najibdina29 @najibdina29 (1309) • Indonesia 25 Aug 11

Sufism, the mystical Islam Is this the way we should go to the people to be free and to be able to lead a life in peace? The ultimate goal of the Sufis, God is to get as close as possible while leaving their own desires...

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Sufism, Love is the Gift of God..

karmendra @karmendra (1123) • India 30 Jul 08

Sufis always believe that the path of the God is always paved with love( according to john stenmeyer). in India, you can find the Sufism in the several Dargah ( tomb of Sufi Saint ). they think always that Love and humanity is...

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Sufism are the Wahhabis (or now known as Salafis)????

hirals @hirals (1736) • India 13 Nov 06

Sufism are the Wahhabis (or now known as Salafis)???

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