exploring eclectic canyons

meaning can be found in all things, it's simply a matter of creative and insightful observation. here i share the experiences, interpretations, observations of an open hearted, wide eyed desert dervish

[idriesshah]

Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.

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[idriesshah]

#sufis #sufism #HazratAli

Remedy

Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.

  Hazrat Ali

  The Way of the Sufi

[idriesshah]

#sufis #sufism

A Sufi school comes into being, like any other natural factor, in order to flourish and disappear, not to leave traces in mechanical ritual, or anthropologically interesting survivals. The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.

  The Sufis

[idriesshah]

You have come a long way, and you do not know it. You have a long way to go, and you do know what that means.

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[idriesshah]

'Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'. #sufis

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[islamic-art-and-quotes]

Be patient with others. You took years or decades to change your wrong ways but you become impatient with them in seconds or minutes.

Mufti Ismail Menk

From the collection: IslamicArtDB » Mufti Ismail Menk Quotes (40 items)

Originally found on: islamicrays

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[idriesshah]

#sufis #sufism

As to the problem of recognising a true Sufi, this is no problem to the true person. (…) Sufis say that you will only be misled if something unworthy in yourself attracts you to an unworthy person. It is not for the Sufi to represent himself as worthy; it is not for anyone to give you a test for a Sufi. It is for

 wants to discern truth to focus on that part of himself or herself which is honest towards the supposed Sufi. Like calls to like, truth to truth and deceit to deceit. If you are not yourself deceitful, you will no be deceived. The assumption, you know, that all seekers are honest and that they only need a test to ascertain the honesty of a spiritual teacher is very much out of line with the real facts.

  Seeker After Truth

[islamic-art-and-quotes]

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

Tariq Ramadan

From the collection: IslamicArtDB » Tariq Ramadan Quotes (107 artworks)

Originally found on: tariqramadan

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[idriesshah]

#sufis #sufism #rumi

Within mankind is a “treasure”, and this can be found only by looking for it. The treasure is, as it were, inside a house (fixed thinking-patterns) which has to be broken down before it can be found. In his “elephant in the dark” house, Rumi teaches that “if there had been a light in the house,” multiplicity would be seen to be in fact unity. Man sees only pieces of things because his mind is fixed in a pattern designed to see things piecemeal.

  The Sufis

[sosuperawesome]

Inspired by Riusuke Fukahori, Keng Lye creates these artworks by applying layer upon layer of acrylic paint on clear resin.

[lubruton]

*burns every art material*

[thirty-birds]

Love it!

[islamicthinking]

Be like the flower that gives it’s fragrance to even the hand that crushes it. (Ali RA)

[idriesshah]

#Sufis #Sufism

Counsels of Bahaudin

Second.

Never rely upon what you believe to be inner experiences because it is only when you get beyond them that you will reach knowledge. They are there to deceive you.

  Thinkers of the East

[idriesshah]

#Sufis #Sufism

Definition of a Sufi

To learn, people must give up a great deal, and this includes ritual as something from which they imagine they might learn. It is to emphasise this that Abu-Yaqub al-Susi, quoted in Kalabadhi’s Taaruf, states that the Sufi is ‘One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.’

  Learning how to Learn.

[nirvikalpasamadhi]

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

Idries Shah (via nirvikalpasamadhi)

[exhibition-ism]

Incredible geometric sand art from Calvin Seibert

[islamic-art-and-quotes]

You should not look at what the person used to do, rather you should look at what kind of person they are today. The one who gets bogged down about people’s pasts, is just like Iblees who said to Allaah, “You created me from fire and you created him from clay”.

Ibn Taymiyyah

From the collection: IslamicArtDB » Islamic Quotes » Islamic Quotes By Topic » Islamic Quotes About the Past

Originally found on: aburayyaan

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