As three travelers, two scholars and a dervish, crossed the mountains of the Himalaya, they discussed the importance of putting into practice everything they had learned on a spiritual plane. They we so engrossed in their conversation that it was only late at night that they realized that all they […]
The Seal of Prophets, in his holy verse, is saying: Tafakkur sa`atin khayrun min `ibadati saba`in sannah. To sit down and to think about the realities that you are in, about the realities that are inside of yourself and outside of yourself, is more important then to pray 70 years. Because that […]
On the East side of Casa Rabbani in Amelia, Italy, on the top of the hill there is an abandoned old beautiful villa. The four brothers who inherited it never agreed about the division of the property compound with its land, vineyards and olive gardens. So since many years the villa […]
Ash-Shakur The Appreciative Exalted and Glorious Why should Allah punish you if you have thanked Him and believed in Him? And Allah is Ever All-Appreciative, All-Knowing. (4:147) That He may pay them their wages in full, and give them more out of His Grace. Verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready […]
If a perfected Sheikh sees that something seriously heavy is written in the destiny of a disciple, he does not delete it but he may intervene in order to attenuate it: he affixes a sign in the spiritual world so that the student will not have a lethal accident, but he will be only slightly wounded for example. The master can not completely erase the event, because there is a limit in the influence that can be exerted on what it is written. If he would interfere in the matrix stopping completely the accident, then this would jump on someone else. This applies also in […]
One night, Nasrudin awoke and exclaimed to his wife, “Wife! Please get up! I have just been divinely inspired! Get me a pencil and piece of paper at once!“ His wife lit a candle, fetched the pencil and paper, and handed it to Nasrudin. Nasrudin wrote rapidly, and was about […]
When you come back inside my chest, no matter how far I’ve wandered off, I look around and see the way. At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come then, I’ll sit up and sing. Rumi
In Eastern Armenia there was a little village with two parallel streets, called North Way and South Way, respectively. A traveler from afar walked down South Way, and soon resolved to visit the other street; however, as soon as he entered it, the merchants noticed that his eyes were filled […]
“There is an unchanging method in Islam,” says our Grandsheikh, “whoever tries hard, and carries difficulties in the way of Allah Almighty and His Prophet, must be given his reward. While he is carrying his heavy load of worship and does not leave his practice, there may come, at any […]
Al-Ghafur The All-Forgiving Exalted and Glorious Truly Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (2:173) They thought there would be no fitnah (punishment), so they became blind and deaf. After that Allah turned to them (with forgiveness), yet again many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is the All-Seer […]
Among the true masters, very precise ‘traffic rules’ are acting. When an authentic Sheikh touches you, you acquire a distinctive color. Each master has his own characteristic color: that’s how he puts his signature, and that’s how the other masters, seeing it, they know whom you belong to. If your heart has been touched, and meet another true master, he will not touch you […]
Nasrudin was digging outside, and his neighbor asked him, “What are you working on?” “Well,” Nasrudin replied, “There’s a lot of excess dirt on the road, so I’m digging a hole to bury it in.” “But what are you going to do with the dirt that you ’re digging out […]
When you do things from your Soul, a river moves through you. Freshness and a deep joy are the signs. Rumi
A certain man believed that the ordinary waking life, as people know it, could not possibly be complete. He sought the real Master of the Age. He read many books and joined many circles, and he heard the words and witnessed the deeds of one master after another. He carried […]
Al-Azim The Great Exalted and Glorious Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever-Living. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him […]
When you embark on a spiritual path, at the beginning the theology can be confusing. In truth, all the theologies are a bit crazy, because they are made by man. The word itself says it: it derives from the Greek ‘theos’ God, and ‘logos’ is speech. Therefore it is the human inquiry, the speculative knowledge about God. To try to apply the human logic to […]
Nasrudin and his wife were sleeping late one night, and were awoken by the sound of two men arguing intensely in the street. “I’m going to go find out what they’re fighting about”, Nasrudin told his wife. “Just go back to sleep”, his wife remarked. “This has nothing to do […]
Don’t insist on going where you think you want to go. Ask the way to the Spring. Your living pieces will form a harmony. There is a moving palace that floats through the air, with balconies and clear water running in every part of it, infinity everywhere, yet contained under […]
Many years ago the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire visited one of the great sheikhs of Istanbul. He was deeply impressed with the wisdom and sincerity of the Sheikh and began coming regularly to the Sheikh’s gatherings. After some time the Sultan said, “I have come to love you […]
“There is nothing existing on Earth or in the Heavens that is not glorifying Allah.” (17:44). To glorify is to remember Allah. When you glorify Him, He grants you glory. The one who glorifies is dressed with glory. Because Allah is the Greatest Creator. Everything glorifies Allah. Without glorifying Him they […]