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

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Bhagavad Gita A New Translation Stephen Mitchell

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

The Course of the Path excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Bestower of Light Jeffrey Rothschild

Posted on December 27, 2016 by michigansufi

“Sama’ – The Holy Battle” Poem by Rumi from Sufi A Journal of Sufism Issue 18

Posted on December 27, 2016 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Sufism V by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on December 27, 2016 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Sufism V by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on December 27, 2016 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Prophet Kahlil Gibran

“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”