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Today we talk about an often asked question—what is the relationship between Sufism and Islam? Are they the same thing or is there some difference?
"My heart wandered through the world constantly seeking after my cure, but the sweet and delicious water of life had to break through the granite of my heart." When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn.
My Sufi master taught that the goal of Sufism is to develop hearts that can pray.
I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.
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Varun Soni, dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, shares the basics of Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam that seeks to connect the worshipper to the divine through singing, dancing or artistic expression.
Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems, and allegories, collected by one of the world’s leading experts in Oriental philosophy.
Under the oaks at Oprah’s home in California, Sufi mystic Llewellyn Vaughan Lee defines Sufism and explains why it’s about love and the heart.
The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi study. The author begins with the outward aspects of the teaching most likely to puzzle the student coming fresh to the subject.
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I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.
