Are you interesting in finding greater peace and love in your life? Would you like to throw off the troubles and tribulations that are making you feel lost and hopeless? If you are then you are not alone. Many people in today’s world are suffering. They feel broken emotionally, psychologically, ... Read More
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Jun2019
21
Apr2019
Let No Slightest Glance Fall Upon Anything that is Not Allah
Wisdom from the al-Wazifa
“And make us of those rightly guided by You,
So guided that no slightest glance falls upon anything that is not You.”
(al-Wazifa al-Mashishiyya, Music of the Soul, p 264)
What are we looking at? What do our eyes see ... Read More
16
Apr2019
If you see the creation as the one who is giving and taking from you, then you are veiled.
Tear that veil to witness Him- p20 The Book of Love, Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy
Now this might seem like an obvious question.
All of us who are believers know that all sustenance comes ... Read More
18
Nov2018
Bismi'llah ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Have you ever wondered why there are different paths to God? The Path of Purification of the Heart- the Sufi Path calls us to know that everything in God's universe is right. Even people who don't believe the way we ... Read More
12
Mar2017
Many people in today’s world feel disillusioned and troubled. Life with all of its difficulties seems like a heavy weight, a burden, carried on their backs. The promise of our material society, “that things will make them happy,” has not provided the solace they are seeking. And hope, the hope ... Read More
04
Mar2015
All of us make mistakes. We commit errors. We sin. It’s part of being a human being.
Yet, sometimes we think that we shouldn’t sin that we shouldn’t make mistakes.
Certain people become so distraught about the fact that they sin that they let it become an obstacle to feeling peace in ... Read More
07
Feb2015
Why has this happened to me?
Often we think or say these words when a strong difficulty comes to us. We might see that someone around us has fallen ill with a terrible illness. We wonder, “How could this happen.”
Craig Oster is a friend of mine who is suffering from a ... Read More
22
Dec2014
Why does Allah order us to wake up at dawn to pray?
Have you ever wondered why Allah asks us to wake up to pray at dawn? Is it just a time to pray or is there some hidden meaning behind it? Is there a secret inside? First, you should understand ... Read More
20
Feb2011
The path is long. The obstacles are many. As Westerners we are not used to admitting that we need help.
Yet, to know God. To truly come to be sitting a the feet of the Divine Presence, you need help. You need to find someone who knows the way, who knows ... Read More
18
Jan2011
Listening to the peace.
Like a song in the heart.
A turning, turning of stillness.
A place where the breast is opened wide and the song pours in like rain.
How to get there. Ahhh, this is the work.
For me it is a struggle. A struggle against the pulling of the world. A struggle ... Read More
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