374 Quotes About Sufi

When you seek God, seek Him in your heart. – Yunus Emre

The name Cthulhu provides an important and fascinating parallel with pre-Islamic mystical Sufi practice. Cthulhu is very close to the Arabic world Khadhulu (also spelled al qhadhulu). Khadhulu is translated as 'Betrayer,' 'Forsaker,' or 'Abandoner.' Many Sufis and Muqarribun writings use this term 'Abandoner.' In Sufi and Muqarribun writings 'abandoner' refers to the power that fuels the practices of Tajrid 'outward detachment' and Tafrid 'interior solitude.

When true master arrives everything around you become still, like how dust settles, your heart settles in peace, calmness and harmony with a glance of a Perfect Master (Murshid).

Se insisti a comprare cibo scadente, devi essere pronto a disgustarlo.

Tajrid and Tafrid and forms of mental 'yoga,' used in Arab systems of illumination, to help the mystic to free him or herself from (abandon) cultural programming. In Muqarribun texts, Khadhulu is the power that makes the practices of Tafrid and Tajrid possible for the Sufi.

One dervish shared with the other : " Everytime I clean myself a little; I jump straight back in the mud pool.. the idiot hog I am. " The other dervish laughed and replied "Yes mud is attractive !

La caridad ha sido convertida en una gran virtud sólo por el bajo nivel de decencia humana.

That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.