Learning to Remember
When I first started remembering, there was a fantastic initiation experience like nothing else I had ever experienced before. I felt something open and I “dropped” into a secret place in my being, that was not the chest, not the belly, but both and neither. It was very real. There was a miniature inner me …continue reading…
How Sufi Prophetic Healing Can Help You
In spite of all the publicity about the “mind-body connection,” we tend to think about disease and illness primarily on a physical level. Disease exists on many levels and must be addressed at all these levels in order to heal completely. The Sufi perspective includes the emotional and mental levels and the spiritual issues along …continue reading…
How to Uncover Divine Peace that Lives within You
Saint Francis of Assisi gives us a beautiful prescription for Peace in a simple prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace: Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is discord, union; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, …continue reading…
Why are there so many religions?
Sidi begins, “bismillahi-r-rahmani-r-rahim. (In the name of God, most merciful and compassionate). Each one adds to the next. Then the next step is to make it known to everyone. The people who know the truth are small in number. A part of the truth came through each of the different prophets. It comes and comes …continue reading…
Remembrance-Sufi Heart Centered Prayer Practice
How do you do the Remembrance? It’s simple. Here are the steps. 1. Sit comfortably in a quiet place with your feet on the floor. Make sure you are thoroughly grounded, feeling well-supported by your chair. 2. Close your eyes and breathe gently and deeply. Take a few minutes to feel what is happening with …continue reading…
The Importance of Politeness in Prayer
When you pray to Allah, pray deeply with the highest level of politeness and this has to do with coming to Allah in deep humility. The first essential aspect of praying to Allah, the Most High, concerns politeness. Sufis call this adab. Politeness goes beyond manners but has to do with the refinement of manners …continue reading…
How to Receive from Sufi Master Sidi al-Jamal
Empty your knowing. “I struggle with this over and over and over again. The irony of being willing to learn from a spiritual master is that I recognize I don’t know it all like I sometimes think I do! Sidi will say something that I agree with and I’ll say to myself, “Oh, I knew …continue reading…
Divine Guidance: When you’re attached to outcomes
Question: Sometimes I am attached to a certain answer and I know this blocks receiving clear guidance because “I’m in the way.” Any suggestions on how to remove these blocks especially when you feel the pressure to find an answer? Great question! No easy answers on this one. Strong attachments block the process every time. …continue reading…
Divine Guidance: How do I know what I hear is right?
Question: How do I know what I hear is right? When I feel fear or am attached to an outcome, how can I trust that the guidance I receive is from the Highest? Treat any “guidance” we receive as a “first draft” – meaning that it might be guidance which is “mostly true” or “partly …continue reading…
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