A piece of wisdom from
October 29, 2024 · Tuesday
The quote
“O God, if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not from me Thine eternal beauty.”
— Rabia al-Adawiyya · Sufism
The concept
Sufism
The Persian path of the heart, where the lover finds the Beloved by losing the self.
Rumi is the bestselling poet in America. Hafiz is quoted at weddings and on coffee mugs. Yet almost no one in the West has practiced what they were writing about. Sufism, the mystical heart of Islam, with branches in Persia, Anatolia, Khora…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Sufism. The Persian path of the heart, where the lover finds the Beloved by losing the self.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम॥
“Wherever there is Krishna, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Partha, the wielder of the bow — there will be prosperity, victory, abundance, and sound morality. This is my conviction.”
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