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T hose who adore God in the sun behold the sun, and those who adore Him in living things see a -living thing, and those who adore Him in lifeless things see a lifeless thing, and those who adore Him as a Being unique and unparalleled see that which has no like. Do not attach yourself to a particular creed exclusively so that you disbelieve in all the rest; otherwise you will lose much good; nay, you will fail to recognize the real truth of the matter. God, the omnipresent and omnipotent, is not limited by any one creed. Wheresoever you turn, there is the face of Allah.


quote 2976  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.229 




W heresoever you turn, there is the face of Allah.


quote 2975  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.228 




B etween me and You there lingers an "it is I" which torments me.
Ah! Lift through mercy this "it is I' from between us both!


quote 2974  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.246 




T he first time I entered the Holy House,” said Bayazid, I saw the Holy House. The second time I entered it, I saw the Lord of the House. The third time I saw neither the House nor the Lord of the House.

By this Bayazid meant, I became lost in God, so that I knew nothing. Had I seen at all, I would have been God.


quote 2973  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.245 




I came out of Bayazid-ness as a snake from its skin. Then I looked. I saw that lover, Beloved, and love are one because in that state of unification all can be one.


quote 2972  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.250 




I have seen nothing more conducive to righteousness than solitude. He who is alone sees nothing but God, and if he sees nothing but God, nothing moves him but the will of God.


quote 2971  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.211 




O n my first journey I found a kind of knowledge acceptable to both the elect and the common folk, on the second, knowledge acceptable to the elect and not the common folk, and on the third, knowledge acceptable to neither the elect nor the common folk; thus I remained an outcast and alone.
The first kind of knowledge was repentance, which both the elect and the common folk accept, the second was trust in God and fellowship with Him and love, which the elect accept, and the third was the knowledge of reality, which is beyond the power of human learning and reason to attain, so men reject it.


quote 2970  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.110 




I brahim Adham said, "Faith in God will be firmly established if three veils are cast aside:
1. "feeling pleasure in possessing anything;
2. Lamenting over the loss of anything;
3. "enjoying self-praise."


quote 2969  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.173 




T o completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.


quote 2968  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.172 




L et your heart be in such a state that the existence or nonexistence of anything is the same. Then sit alone in a quiet place, free of any preoccupation, even the reciting of the Koran or thinking about its meaning. Let nothing besides God enter you mind. Once you are seated in this manner, say, "Allah, Allah," keeping your thought on these words.


quote 2967  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.155 




O ur five senses are like five doors opening on the external world; but, more wonderful than this, our heart has a window that opens on the unseen world of spirit.
In the state of sleep, when the avenues of the senses are dosed, this window is opened, and we receive impressions from the unseen world and sometimes foreshadowings of the future. Our hearts are like a mirror that reflects what is pictured in the Tablet of Fate. But, even in sleep, thoughts of worldly things dull this mirror, so that the impressions it receives are not clear. After death, however, such thoughts vanish, and things are seen in their naked reality.


quote 2966  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.105 




D ear friend,
Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.


quote 2965  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.102 




L et us drown ourselves in the ocean of nonexistence and come out cloaked with the garment of divine existence.


quote 2964  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.98 




S alih always taught his disciples, 'Who knocks at the door of someone constantly, one day the door must be opened to him.' Rabia one day heard it and said, "Salih, how long will you go on preaching thus, using the future tense, saying, 'will be opened'?
Was the door ever dosed?" Salih bowed in submission to her.


quote 2963  | 
Aessential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.109 




O nce Hasan al-Basri went to Habib al-'Ajami at the time of evening prayers. Hasan heard al-'Ajami mispronounce a word during the prayer. He considered it improper to say his prayers with him, and therefore said them separately. During the night he dreamed the Lord spoke to him: "Hasan, if you had stood behind al-'Ajami and said your prayers, you would have earned Our pleasure, and that single prayer of yours would have borne thee greater benefit than all prayers taken together that you have offered in your lifetime. You found fault with his pronunciation but ignored the purity and excellence of his heart. Know it that We cherish a contrite heart much more than the correct pronunciation of words.


quote 2962  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.110 




F rom each, Love demands a mystic silence.
What do all seek so earnestly? Tis Love.
Love is the subject of their inmost thoughts,
In Love no longer "Thou" and "I" exist,
For self has passed away in the Beloved.
Now will I draw aside the veil from Love,
And in the temple of mine inmost soul
Behold the Friend, Incomparable Love.
He who would know the secret of both worlds
Will find that the secret of them both is Love.


quote 2961  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.118 




A young man came to Junaid and wished to become his student. He said, "You have been recommended as an expert on pearls [of wisdom]. Please give me one, or sell it to me.' Junaid replied, "you could not afford the price if I sold it, and if I gave you one for nothing, you will not realize its value. You must do as I have done. Dive into the Sea and wait patiently until you obtain your pearl.'


quote 2960  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.139 




D hu-1-Nun. Said to a disciple, "Start instructing people by lecturing, but always remember never to bring yourself [your ego] in between.”


quote 2959  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.214 




T ear aside veils of all you see in this world, and you will find yourself apart in solitude with God. If you draw aside the veils of the stars and the spheres, you will see that all is one with the Essence of your own pure soul. If you will but tear aside the veil, you will see nonexistence, and you will see forthwith the true meaning of God's purpose. When you have cast aside the veil, you will see the Essence, and all things will be shown forth within the Essence. If you draw aside the veil from the Face of the Beloved, all that is hidden will be made manifest, and you will become one with God, for then will you be the very Essence of the Divine.


quote 2958  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.233 




Y ou ought to know yourself as you really are, so that you may understand of what nature you are, from where you have come to this world, for what purpose you were created, and in what your happiness and misery consist. For within you are combined the qualities of the animals and the wild beasts and also the qualities of the angels, but the spirit is your real essence, and all beside it is, in fact, foreign to you.
Strive for knowledge of your origin, so that you may know how to attain to the Divine Presence and the contemplation of the Divine Majesty and Beauty.


quote 2957  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.247 




D eliver yourself from the fetters of lust and passion. God did not create you to be their captive; they should be your servants, under your control for the journey that is before you, to be your steed and your weapon, so that you may use them to pursue your happiness, and when you have not more need of them, then cast them under your feet.


quote 2956  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.247 




A Sufi began to weep in the middle of the night. He said, "The world is like a closed casket in which we are placed and in which, through our ignorance, we spend our time in folly. When Death opens the lid of the casket, each one who has wings takes his flight to Eternity~ but that one who is without wings remains in the casket. Before the lid is taken away from this casket, become a bird of the Way to God. Develop your wings and your feathers. No, rather burn your wings and your feathers and destroy yourself by fire, and so will you arrive at the Goal before all others.'


quote 2955  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.247 




I n truth, it is the one who has lost all knowledge and trace of his own existence who has, at the same time, found knowledge of the Beloved. So long as you will not ignore your own body and soul, how will you ever know the Object you love?


quote 2954  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.248 




I t is easy to know God. But to find the way to God is painfully hard. You cannot find God without passing beyond your own being. A Sufi does not become a Sufi by sitting on a prayer mat. The dervish way is not just the donning of a special turban and cloak. A Sufi is one who annihilates himself in the Truth, one whose heart is purified. The Sufi is someone who needs neither the sun by day nor the moon by night. For the Sufi is one who walks night and day by the Light of Truth. Sufism is poverty that can dispense with property.
How is one to know one's degree of saintliness and vigilance? Only if all parts of one's body join in the Remembrance of God can one be aware of such things. This is the kind of person who is called a Sufi.


quote 2953  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.213 




Y ou cannot find God without passing beyond your own being.


quote 2952  | 
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.213 



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