Once Mullah Nasruddin was shopping in a village. He left his donkey on the street and went into a shop to purchase something. When he came out he was furious. Someone has painted his donkey completely red, bright red. So he was furious and he inquired, “Who has done this? […]
If you listen with the ear of the heart, if you look with the eye of heart, if you speak with the tongue of the heart, you will find out that there is not a second voice, another option. You will never be uncertain what to choose, you will be […]
There’s hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music. If the brain and belly are burning clean with fasting, every moment a new song comes out of the fire. When you fast, good habits gather […]
Today is the last Friday of the holy month of Shaban. The Sermon Given By the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) On the Last Friday of Sha’ban on the Reception of the Month of Ramadhan “O People! “Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Allah. A month of blessing, mercy and […]
The Judge asked the defendant, “Mullah Nasruddin, do you understand that you have sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?” “I do,” nodded the Mulla. “Now what do you have to say to defend yourself?” “Your Honor,‘ replied Nasrudin: ‘under those limitations … […]
Dil ba yor dast ba kor “The heart with God, the hands at work” Saying of Shah Bahauddin Naqshband founder of our tariqa (Photo: Master Course 2013, Casa Rabbani)
Nothing tyrannizes the heart of a sufi. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl. Rumi
Laughter What is Laughter? What is Laughter? It is God waking up! O it is God waking up! It is the sun poking it sweet head out From behind a cloud You have been carrying too long. Veiling your eyes and heart. It is Light breaking ground for a great […]
Creativity brings us closer to the Creator. What can give us more joy than creativity? Creating is a spiritual act. Not only the art is creative, it is the way we eat, we walk, we speak, we dress, we move. This is what the dervishes call style. One may be the last of the […]
Sunnah means the ‘path’ or ‘example’, the whole of rules of life, the habits and the usual precepts of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) that have been transmitted to us about many situations, practically in every occasion, from the most practical ones like the way to dress, to the highest one like […]
Were it not for the excess of your talking and the turmoil in your hearts, you would see what I see and hear what I hear! Ibn al-`Arabi
Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation! I say these things disinterestedly. Accept them in kind. Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains, drinking poison, and now quietly choosing annihilation. A tiny […]
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft my voice so tender my need of God absolutely clear. Hafiz
The subject tonight is Love. And for tomorrow night as well. As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! Hafiz
God exists. Angels exist, let’s accept it for now as a matter of fact. But if you do not know the ways to rise up to them, you end up denying their existence. The dead ones can see us, but we do not see them, because they vibrate at a higher frequency. […]
In a Handful of God Poetry reveals that there is no empty space. When your truth forsakes its shyness, When your fears surrender to your strengths, You will begin to experience That all existence Is a teeming sea of infinite life. In a handful of ocean water You could not […]
This Path to God Made me such an old sweet beggar. I was starving until one night My love tricked God Himself To fall into my bowl. Now Hafiz is infinitely rich, But all I ever want to do Is keep emptying out My emerald filled Pockets Upon This tear […]
Build a House for men and birds. Sit with them and play music. For a day, for just one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace, into your Beautiful eyes. Hafiz