Sufism Quotes - Page 9

O You !Come under the roof of LOVE.this is the only place where PEACE exist.

You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.

The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know what happens to chocolate when you leave it out in the sun? I’m that unfortunate chocolate and you, you are the laughing sun. For this reason, I am offering myself to you not as a martyr or some selfless fool, but as a self-indulgent moth who actively pursues the light without much fear for the flame. The moth who revels in the heat and declares: Burn me.

Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to be absolute.

The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know what happens to chocolate when you leave it out in the sun? I’m that unfortunate chocolate and you, you are the laughing sun. For this reason, I am offering myself to you not as a martyr or some selfless fool, but as a self-indulgent moth who actively pursues the light without much fear for the flame. The moth who revels in the heat and declares: Burn me.

Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to be absolute.

Correct teaching brings out human excellence.

Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all.

If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth.

Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'.

Is your division of Understanding into Greater and Lesser common to all Sufis? Nothing which is put into words is common to all Sufis.

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same.

The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it.

Sufis (the name for the realised individual, not the learner or follower) are reunited with objective Reality and Unity.

Knowledge cannot be attained except through humility.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

Sufism," according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in the holy books am I,Nor do I dwell in bhang or wine,Nor do I live in a drunken haze,Nor in sleep or waking known.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in happiness or in sorrow am I found.I am neither pure nor mired in filthy ground.Not of water nor of land,Nor am I in air or fire to be found.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not an Arab nor Lahori,Not a Hindi or Nagouri,Nor a Muslim or Peshawari,Not a Buddhist or a Christian.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Secrets of religion have I not unravelled,I am not of Eve and Adam.Neither still nor moving on,I have not chosen my own name!Bulleh, I know not who I am.From first to last, I searched myself.None other did I succeed in knowing.Not some great thinker am I.Who is standing in my shoes, alone?Bulleh, I know not who I am.

What has he found who has lost God?And what has he lost who has found God?

Ibn 'Ata'illah al-Iskandari

I spent all nightweaving a poem for you to wear. You look so beautifulwhen you wear my light.

Do not be frightened, friend. Let us dance our way to God.

How can you be a lover of loveand not be a lover of God?It is impossible.

It is not enough that you look for Him.You must hunt for God each and every dayas if your life depends on it.Because it does.

It is wonderful, this whole business of tickling and kissing God every night.

Put down your stones. Why are you breaking the window when God has left the door wide open? If you are afraid, lover, follow me. I will guide the way.

If you want to find God, then all you need to do is love.

One sip of this wine and you will go mad with drunkenness. You will drop your masks and tear your clothes — destroying everything that separates you from the Lover. Once you taste the fruit of this vine, you will be kicked out of the city of yourself. You will forget the world. You will forget yourself. I tell you: you will become a madman who wanders the streets looking for the Lover once you drink this Wine of Love.

Having drunk the dregs of Your Love, I am intoxicated beyond recognition. Now, I only pray for the nearness of You so I may advance in my annihilation.

The lover drinksand the cup-bearer pours.The lover thinksbut the cup-bearer knows:love begets love.Since this wine is love,then this cup is love,then this tavern is love,then this life is love.

I am humbled by the grace of God.I am humbled by the beauty of this universe.Humbled by others' kindness.Humbled by life.I drop down to my knees and give thanks.

He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask. It is to love like God.

Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.

Close your eyes. Meditate on your love. This is God.

They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts.

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

Hak cihâna tolıdur kimseler Hakk’ı bilmez / Anı sen senden iste o senden ayru olmaz.

Sufilere sohbet gerek Ahilere ahret gerek Mecnunlara Leyla gerek Bana seni gerek seni

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.

God begets love.

We cannot hunt for love. We can only surrender and become love’s prey.

As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it

ScrapsThe scraps from the meal of the Emir are larger than the gifts of halwa from the merchant. Timur Fazil

Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work

It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.

The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.

If you want special illumination, look upon the human face:See clearly within laughter the Essence of Ultimate Truth.

Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.

The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

The Sufis regard systems which treat everyone alike as mechanical and degenerate.

One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are.

The Sufi teacher’s mission is to be in the service of those who can learn.

The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.

Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.

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