10 Tips on How to Reflect on Your Life

Dec 29, 2012 | Sufism

Reflection. It’s that time of year for most people across the world. And while Sufis are taught to be in regular reflection and seeking God’s truth in our lives, we are coming to the end of a year and starting a new one in just a few days. It’s contagious. But are we...

Healing Your Relationship with Work and Finding Joy

Dec 18, 2012 | Sufism

Work can be a place to express our creativity and passion for service. Or it can become an experience of frustrating, anxiety-provoking stress. Are you experiencing JOY at work? If so, you are likely expressing your unique talents in a way that is meaningful and...

What would the Prophet do?

Nov 1, 2012 | Sufism

It is natural to feel hurt and look for examples of appropriate conduct when insults are hurled at one for one’s beliefs. All respectful believers, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus are subject to hurt and wounding when treated with slander,...

Learning to Remember

Oct 25, 2012 | Sufism

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...

Getting to the Spiritual Core of it

Oct 10, 2012 | Divine Names

“When a student reaches and is complete, there is no difference between him and his Lord – he is His mirror. But in the beginning he must follow every word that God has given him and every order. He must pray and send love and mercy to everyone and know the...