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Sufism is often referred to as “Islamic mysticism.” It is not a distinct sect of Islam but rather an approach to or discipline of practicing Islam, focusing on the purification of the inner self, striving to make a direct connection with or experience of God. Practitioners, or Sufis, frequently favor asceticism (abstinence from sensual pleasures), but they are also known for their delight in and devotion to God. Whirling dervishes are practitioners of Sufism. The intensely emotional poems of the Persian Sufi poet Rumi still inspire those across many spiritual paths worldwide today.

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The Sufi Approach to Opening the Heart

My Sufi master taught that the goal of Sufism is to develop hearts that can pray.

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Rūmī and the Sufi Tradition

Like a majestic peak that dominates the countryside around it near and far, the figure of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, that supreme Sufi poet of the Persian language, dominates the whole of the later Sufi tradition in the eastern lands of Islam.

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Wisdom – An Ongoing Conversation with Divine Reality

Within the Way of Islam and the mystical path of Sufism, wisdom is received through the Qur’an (revelation of the “Book of God” conveyed through the heart of the Prophet Muhammad) and the example of how the Prophet, himself, lived, as well as through the “Book of Nature,” which includes...

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Illuminated by Love: An Interview with Author Camille Helminski

The co-founder of the Threshold Society, an educational foundation rooted in the Mevlevi tradition of Sufism, author and translator Camille Helminski’s books include The Book of Nature, The Light of Dawn, and The Rumi Collection.

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Was Rabi’a Basri – The Single Most Influential Sufi Woman – A Feminist?

Rabi’a Basri is a classical example of how faith and love can set you free. She was the first female Sufi Saint of Islam, Rabia al-Adawiyya, also known as Rabi’a Basri. She made one of the greatest contributions towards the development of Sufism.

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Which of the Ultimates Is Ultimate, Part 1

We live at a time when all spiritual traditions and contemporary inner work schools are available to the interested seeker. However, many of us rest in the comfort of believing all spirituality and spiritual teachings lead to the same place and aspire to the same awakening.

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Yunus Emre - Poems

Poems by Yunus Emre.

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Obituary: Idries Shah

The man who devoted the best years of his life to bringing to the West a better understanding of Sufism (a mystical movement of Islam, with the belief that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge).

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Rumi's Masnavi, Part 4: Rumi's Sufism

Sharia and the external observance of religious rules are only the beginning for the seeker after truth.

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Rumi's Masnavi, Part 3: Knowledge and Certainty

Can learning lead to God? For Rumi, knowledge is always partial. The Sufi way, however, can provide a taste of true reality.

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