By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee PhD

With the eagerness and intensity of feeling that belong to enthusiasts, Sufi masters in the course of the centuries have defined the soul's trip towards union with God. This number of sayings, relationship from the 9th century to the current day, follows the levels of the adventure, permitting the masters to beckon us alongside this historic direction.

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Only union with the Friend can cure it. R ÂBI ‘ A 48 I will cry to Thee and cry to Thee and cry to Thee Until the milk of Thy kindness boils up. R ÛMÎ If the eight Paradises were opened in my hut, and the rule of both worlds were given in my hands, I would not give for them that single sigh which rises at morning-time from the depth of my soul in remembering my longing for Him. B ÂYEZÎD BISTÂMÎ Oh Lord, nourish me not with love but with the desire for love.

B ÂYEZÎD BISTÂMÎ Oh Lord, nourish me not with love but with the desire for love.

Completing the circle of existence is freedom. N ASAFÎ 30 The inner pilgrim wraps himself in the light of the holy spirit, transforming his material shape into the inner essence, and circumambulating the shrine of the heart, inwardly reciting the name of God. He moves in circles because the path of the essence is not straight but circular. Its end is its beginning. ” D HÛ - L -N ÛN 31 The Path 32 T HE T EACHER AND THE D ISCIPLE The Sufis say that you need a teacher as a guide on the mystical path.

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