WE ARE
EXPLORING THE HEAVENLY ATTRIBUTE
OF TRUTH
+ We are called to create and enjoy a realm of compassion, peace, justice and sustainable abundance for all.
+ Here are The Ten Sufi Thoughts of
Hazrat Inayat Khan:
1) There is one
God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none else exists save God.
2) There is one
Master, the Guiding Spirit of all souls, who constantly leads all followers
towards the light.
3) There is one
Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, which truly enlightens all readers.
4) There is one
Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal,
which fulfils the life's purpose of every soul.
5) There is one
Law, the law of Reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience
together with a sense of awakened justice.
6) There is one
human Brotherhood, the Brotherhood and Sisterhood which unites the children of
earth indiscriminately in the Fatherhood of God.
7) There is one
Moral Principle, the love which springs forth from self-denial, and blooms in
deeds of beneficence.
8) There is one
Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper through
all aspects from the seen to the unseen.
9) There is one
Truth, the true knowledge of our being within and without which is the essence
of all wisdom.
10) There is one
Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to
immortality and in which resides all perfection.
+ Number 9 speaks to Truth directly but the rest are also
all about Truth and I think the context is useful, even necessary. Hazrat
Inayat Khan was one of the greatest Sufi teachers of the twentieth
century. You can find plenty of his
immense knowledge and wisdom at
http://wahiduddin.net/. I recommend that
you take a little time and read the Long Version of the Ten Thoughts
where Hazrat Inayat Khan wrote illuminating explanations for each thought. Here
is an excerpt from the Thought on Truth:
The Sufi recognizes
the knowledge of self as the essence of all religions; he traces it in every
religion, he sees the same truth in each, and therefore he regards all as one.
Hence he can realize the saying of Jesus; 'I and my Father are one.' The
difference between creature and Creator remains on his lips, not in his soul.
This is what is meant by union with God. It is in reality the dissolving of the
false self in the knowledge of the true self, which is divine, eternal, and all
pervading. 'He who attaineth union with God, his very self must lose,' said
Amir.
Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam with ancient roots
including one of the most famous poets who ever lived, Rumi. Two great Sufi teachers of our era are Kabir
Helminski and David Llewellyn
Vaughan-Lee, founder of The Golden
Sufi Center which is the vehicle for the work of the
Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Order of Sufism.
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