927 Quotes About Sufism

The rejection of the Shadow is one of the greatest failings of patriarchal religion. Life and Death are realities to our psyche. They are a package deal. Christianity tries to paint the Devil/Evil/Death as the enemy of God/Goddess/Life. Rather than giving the Devil his due, Christianity has created a bizarre and distorted image of the Shadow.

You only truly possess that which you cannot lose in a shipwreck.

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform

Certainly many if not most of Sufi love poems can be read as if they were addressed to a woman. In fact, without doubt a certain number of them were inspired by a woman‘s beautiful features, but this did not prevent the poet from viewing her loveliness as the mirror of God‘s Beauty. (p. 287)

EXPECTATION If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Your magic talisman is powerful: but are you a Solomon to make it work?

The value of the Dwelling lies in the Dweller.