Calling all Sufis

If the divine is found through ablutions

surely frogs and fish would find him first

if the divine is hidden in jungles

the cattle would have discovered him by now

O Bulleh, the divine is found by those

with pure and true heart

Enough of learning, my friend!

You meditate and you say your prayers

You go and shout at the top of the stairs

You cry reaching the high skies

It's your avarice which ever belies

Enough of learning, my friend!

The day I learnt love's lesson

I plunged into the river of devine passion

An overwhelming gale. I was confused and lost

When my guide cruised me across

Enough of learning, my friend!

Enough of learning, my friend!

An alphabet should do for you

To it there is never an end

An alphabet should do for you

It's enough to help you fend.

Enough of learning, my friend!

You've amassed much learning around

The Quran and its commentaries profound

There is darkness amidst lighted ground

Without the guide you remain unsound

Enough of learning, my friend!

Learning makes you Sheikh or his minion

And thus you create problem trillion

You exploit oyhers who know not what

Misleading them with wild opinion

Please oops shekar

Thanks for your input Shekar!

Whenever a religion is alive, it is because Sufism is alive within it. Whenever a religion is dead, it shows only that the spirit, the Sufi spirit, has left it. Now there is only a corpse, howsoever decorated - in philosophy, metaphysics, in dogmas, doctrines - but whenever Sufism has left, religion stinks of death. This has happened many times. This is happening already almost all over the world. One has to be aware of it, otherwise one can go on clinging to a dead corpse.

There are religions and religions, but Sufism is THE religion - the very heart, the innermost core, the very soul.

Sufism is not part of Islam; rather, on the contrary, Islam is part of Sufism. Sufism existed before Mohammed ever was born, and Sufism will exist when Mohammed is completely forgotten. Islams come and go; religions take form and dissolve; Sufism abides, continues, because it is not a dogma. It is the very heart of being religious.

You may not ever have heard of Sufism and you may be a Sufi - if you are religious. Krishna is a Sufi, and Christ too; Mahavir is a Sufi, and Buddha too - and they never heard about the word, and they never knew that anything likeSufism exists.

You have learnt so much

And read a thousand books.

Have you ever read your Self?

You have gone to mosque and temple.

Have you ever visited your soul?

You are busy fighting Satan.

Have you ever fought your

Ill intentions?

You have reached into the skies,

But you have failed to reach

What's in your heart!

Bulleh Shah

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.

You feel it, don't you?”

-Rumi”

Any thing happened? I am willing to discuss and attend such meetings.

Meditation is always good for the Human mind and soul.

interesting..at least u bring something different to discuss.

sure this post is attract lots of noobs and idiots!

islam and shiesha ,zekeir music all are contradictory how u make zekir by sheha ,,

She's trollin the sufi way ;-)

Sufi muslims have wings!

so what is the difference between sufi and normal muslim?

Sufism is a self cleansing and total surrender. In modern world the confusions arrived to mixing of different thoughts. Where as true sufi always on the line of Islam. The total surrender is the prerequisite to travel on this route. Regards.

what is Sufi? is it supposed to be part of islam? or it has new belief?

You guys not caught any waves yet?

Always interested :)

http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sheikh-yahya-rhodus_28.html - here you will find some real sufi teachers who are educating the world today.

We do need a sufi forum here - if anyone is interested then let us know.

I've always been curios to explore more about Sufism or tasawwuf as some call it... couple of times i have seen sufi's of Turkey doing zikhr as well and would imagine how would that be like to experience!!!

Hmmm don't know...

I am interested I am very fond of mysticism :)

I once watched a documentary about Jalaluldin Al-Rumi and sufism in Turkey. I thought it was very interesting. Something that I'd definitely like to learn more about and learn from, and then I'm out again.

So I'm up for any gathering or discussion.

"Time not important, only life important" Giant bug from 5th element.

^--:)

confused mind

could you teach me more about this sufisim?

Who has a drink?

Hahaha thanks I'll check the groups out more!!

You can try the religious teaching groups or.......the Russians group, we all know Russia!

In Russia you don't smoke shisha,shisha smokes you!

Yeah, it's 'weekend'. Did you see the movie by Jean Luc Godard?

Haha no you, Blosted. I checked the groups and found a big fat nothing towards what I'm looking for :P

@Spock stop discomforting people! no seriously , if this continues this topic will be hijacked by mods.

Resist the temptation!

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." (Platon)

Whose the big fat nothing ? the lemon?

Already did! Big fat nothing.... Lame.

Hope you follow only Quran and hadith as an islamic learnings.

Drinks !! Vodka only :D

I'm just a developed animal ! ;) nonetheless check out the groups.

You might find your comfort there.

I'm just a Muslim ;)

Well I don't drink but I'm always interested in meeting new faces!!

Amen! I think we're all after the same end, just how we decide to get there sometimes differs....

I only know one Sufis and he's from Australia. He didn't bring his board here as the waves are crap. He likes a drink though if you are up for it. Last person standing doesn't have to pay the bill! Bloody good night out

I'm interested in Shisha , tea , coffee & movies and i dont care with who or what religion. (We are all humans and we are all in same level )

I am interested in Sufism .

Kindly explain what's host a zhikr?

I only say "sufi" because most mainstream "muslims" don't approve of Sufi thoughts/practices/beliefs. So I say it only to target a certain audience.

Peace n

I Completely agree wid you frenchies. such division is not allowed.

@Frenchies I hope you don't push it any further or this will have to get hijacked by the mods for being religious topic.

lolz thanks for that....

FYI @Tahsin Shisha is not crack lol.

as much or as little as you want them to be!

Thanks I'll get right on that! ;)

I'd suggest to take a look at the groups section