| “The experience of beauty paves the way for the experience of love.” | Page 47

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“Love and Reason” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 42)

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“Heart” excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism (Del wa Nafs) Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 71)

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“The Nature of the Sacred” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 95 Summer 2018 (Page 11)

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“Heart and Love” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 70)

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Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism (Del wa Nafs) Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 84)

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“Meditation (muraqaba) and Attention (tawajjuh)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 243)

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Excerpt from The Heart of Meditation The Dalai Lama Discovering Innermost Awareness (Page 16)

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“Meditation or Observation (moraqaba)” excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume X Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 25)

“It is said that, when asked how many ways there are from creation to God, Abu Sa’id replied, “According to one account, there are a thousand ways, according to another, there are as many as there are particles in existence, but the shortest, the best, and the easiest way to God is to bring comfort to someone else.”

It is in the same context that Rumi writes:

For God’s pleasure should you do your service;

What care have you whether you bear peoples’ praise or censure?

Or, in Sa’di’s words:

Service to people is the whole of worship:

The worship of God is not done

by rosary beads, robes of piety or prayer carpets.”

-from The Key Features of Sufism, Dr Javad Nurbakhsh

“Service to People is the Whole of Worship”