When we learn how to recognize mercy and have a living experience of tasting it our hearts, it is the medicine for anxiety, fear, feeling alone, and having to struggle through the world by ourselves. It brings a sense of peace and knowing that everything is wonderful...
Justice in the Sufi way is a big topic and it is not easily understood in our culture. What is Divine Justice from a Sufi perspective? 1. Justice is a Divine Quality From God Understanding justice begins with understanding that God is Just (al Adl). This divine...
The Sufi way of healing is ancient and derives from the ways of prophets throughout history and throughout all religions. For the Sufis, the prophets are united in one very holy light, the first light that Allah created before even the creation of this world. Each...
Peace in the Sufi cosmology comes from the Arabic root word s-l-m-salam and means those who have put their hearts in a safe, sheltered place free from hatred, envy, jealousy, anger, and revenge. It is one of the 99 qualities of God. In our purification process our...
Most people go through life like a Gumby Doll, stretched and pulled around by attachments and desires the world greedily drops at our feet. For example, advertising tells you need this, so you purchase product "x". You worry about finances so you do something as a...
Why do you need healing if you were created with a perfect essence? We have lost the sense of who we really are as God created us. We have forgotten because our essense or fitra became covered over through the course of life. For the Sufis the fitra is hidden behind...
Allah created the human being out of love and that out of one's soul and the human being was meant to live together without separation, without discrimination, recognizing the essential essence and beauty that every human being carries. The heart is an infinite...
What flows through your heart flows throughout your entire body. If the heart is full of pain, turbulent emotions, negative thoughts, it is believed that the blood is actually being imprinted energetically with all of these toxins, significantly stressing all of the...
When many people think of the word "mercy" they see kind acts and forgiveness. These are examples of mercy and Divine mercy is much more than these beautiful, loving acts. Divine mercy is the foundational force that pervades the universe and manifests in everything we...
