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Re: Classical Sufism: Ahmad Zarruq: Qawaid al-Tasawwuf (Principles of Sufism)

SAT Admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:10:58 -0000

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Re: Classical Sufism: Ahmad Zarruq: Qawaid al-Tasawwuf (Principles of Sufism)

Guest — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:27:05 -0000

It would have been nice if you'd given proper credit for this translation of Zarruq's Qawa'id at-Tasawwuf. What you have above is taken from Zaineb Istrabadi's doctoral dissertation ("'The Principles of Sufism' ('Qawa'id al-Tasawwuf'): An annotated translation with introduction"), which is available on the internet.

Re: About

Michelle — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:25:42 -0000

PRAYER FOR THE EARTH is a new short film with excerpts from Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's new book, Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism:
http://vimeo.com/40055596

Re: Laurence Galian: She is the holiest and most secret inwardness of Allah

SAT Admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:39:10 -0000

Walaikumasalaam,

the link is http://feeds.feedburner.com/se...
you can use http://tineye.com to do a reverse image lookup, this was from deviantart.com
Fi aman Allah.

Re: Laurence Galian: She is the holiest and most secret inwardness of Allah

Mercyrules786 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:49:24 -0000

Peace to you! I just found your awesome blog while researching the Divine Feminine in Islam. I have 2 questions. How can I add your blog to a blog reader? I use Google Reader and it won't acknowledge it as a blog. Also where is the image from of the woman? I would like to save it to use for inspiration in a future art project, insha'Ala.

Re: Sufi Powers of Invisibility

Malamalama — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:50:45 -0000

Good answer. See. Very sober. I need this.

Re: Sufi Powers of Invisibility

SAT Admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:27:25 -0000

To convey the moment of actual physical danger.

Re: Sufi Powers of Invisibility

Malamalama — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:15:26 -0000

no - no - I really was confused. You acted as an instrument of the divine to provide me with a sobering experience which I really needed at the time, so many many thanks! I actually love the picture of the soldiers. Why did you pick that one?

Re: Sufi Powers of Invisibility

SAT Admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:03:03 -0000

No, you author your own perceptions and your own reactions.
Quite a fancy one at that. Considering it reflects the similitude of the soldiers.
Please don't troll this site.

Re: Sufi Powers of Invisibility

Faisal Humayun — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:59:15 -0000

Your inability to grasp the metaphor of how the unlettered have preconceived notions about the manner in which others' hold their views is quite ironic.

Re: Charles T. Tart: Concerning The Scientific Study Of The Human Aura

Faisal Humayun — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:17:08 -0000

Dr. Tart may be reached for further inquiries via
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/

Re: Charles T. Tart: Concerning The Scientific Study Of The Human Aura

Pat Moore — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:49:27 -0000

Interesting and thorough discussion. Have there been controlled experiments with psychic auras with persons supposedly sensitive to same?

Re: Classical Sufism: The Alchemy of Happiness [E-book]

Hotty_funky — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:58:37 -0000

رثقغ عسثبعم هىبخقةشفهخى

Re: Robert Frager Discusses The Promises and Pitfalls of Spirituality

Randall King — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:06:50 -0000

Enjoyed this alot! thanks

Re: Inayat Khan: On Limited and Unlimited Love

SAT Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:39:52 -0000

So very glad to pass along these little gems and joys.

Re: Inayat Khan: On Limited and Unlimited Love

Karl - Stepping Into Wonder — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:57:42 -0000

Ah. Refreshing to read. Thank you for sharing so many wonderful quotes, articles, and videos. I enjoy this site and look forward to engaging with it.

Re: A Sadraean View: An Ontetic Elimination of the Subjectivistic Self

Guest — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:36:45 -0000

I got really delighted by reading this book. It seems to keep the positive aspects of metaphysical men without being traped in modern subjectivism or old metaphysics.

Re: Gregory Bateson’s Theory of Mind: Practical Applications to Pedagogy

Bob draper — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:50:03 -0000

I wish someone would construct a sort of synopsis of this !

Re: Shinzen Young: Six Common Traps on the Path to Enlightenment

Chris — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:29:11 -0000

It is always useful to have counterpoints such as those offered here, in order to more effectively negate the psychological escape and illusion of attachment to an idea or concept, which can never be the thing itself, and can only ever be 'thought' and 'ego' traps attempting to insidiously reassert themselves.

Re: Krishnamurti: It Doesn’t Matter If You Die For it

Chris — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:09:54 -0000

This is one of K's most challenging and disarming statements; a real test of integrity, from which there is no where to escape psychologically if one finds that one is only playing or toying with his teachings, and is not therefore actually all that serious in relation to bringing about a radical change in oneself. And to see this in the context of a talk with children. This statement is one that I use as a kind of ultimate test of my own integrity, and I intend to discover for myself how to live with that level of freedom from the apparent, yet illusory safety zone of 'the known'. Thank you for the posting.

Re: Krishnamurti: On relationship: Ojai, 16 June 1940 & Saanen, 31 July 1981

SAT Admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:56:16 -0000

Cogent observation, Fred! To explain, many of these texts were created by OCR scanning of the books themselves. The hope is that the subject material is intriguing enough for seekers to investigate further much as as you have :-)

Re: Krishnamurti: On relationship: Ojai, 16 June 1940 & Saanen, 31 July 1981

Fredofromstart — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:33:47 -0000

Great texts ! There are many typos, though, especially missing spaces. According to a printed version, « ‘shout conflict » (in the second text) should read « without conflict ».

Re: Michael Talbot University Lecture: The Holographic Universe

SAT Admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:12:18 -0000

Thanks. The same is here: http://www.seekeraftertruth.co...

Re: Michael Talbot University Lecture: The Holographic Universe

Metaphysics — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:04:20 -0000

Great posts. I have a full vid with him on my site.

Re: Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam

Lkay — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:53:34 -0000

May I suggest the following book:

How Early Muslim Scholars Assimilated Aristotle and Made Iran the Intellectual Center of the Islamic World: A Study of Falsafah

Author: Farshad SadriForeword: Carl R. Hasler
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr (June 30, 2010)ISBN-10: 0773437169ISBN-13: 978-0773437166

This work demonstrates how falsafah (which linguistically refers to a group of commentaries by Muslim scholars associated with their readings of "The Corpus Aristotelicum") in Iran has been always closely linked with religion. It demonstrates that the blending of the new natural theology with Iranian culture created an intellectual climate that made Iran the center of falsafah in the Medieval world. The author begins this book by exploring the analytical arguments and methodologies presented as the subject of the first-philosophy (metaphysics) in the works of Aristotle (in particular "The Nicomachean Ethics" and "Rhetoric"). Then, he tells the tale of the Muslims' progression as they came to own and expand upon Aristotle's arguments and methodologies as a measure of their own sense of spirituality. Last, Sadri surveys the implications of that sense of spirituality as it is amalgamated within the Iranian culture and today's Islamic Republic of Iran. The author's aim is to present a different perspective of falsafah (as it is received by Muslims and assimilated within Iranian culture), while maintaining a sense that captures the texture of everyday life-experiences in today's Islamic Republic of Iran. This work is thus about (contemporary) Iranian falsafah and how it remains faithful to its tradition (as falsafah has actually been integrated and practiced by Iranian scholars for the last eleven centuries). It is a tradition that has taken on the task of understanding and projecting a sense of order upon the multiplicity of forms, ideas, examples, and images that have passed through Iran from East and West; it is a story that has gathered, sheltered, and introduced a style and order of Iranian Islamic (Shi'at) falsafah.

Reviews

"While Sadri's monograph is written in an engaging, quasi-autobiographical style, still it is rich in philosophical exposition and insight coupled with a clearly developed explication of Islamic religious/philosophical thought in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In turn this is used to explain Iranian culture as it can be understood in contemporary analysis." - Prof. Carl R. Hasler, Collin College

"The interdisciplinary approach allows [the author] to introduce a chronicle of his people that encompasses the dynamic growth of the intellectual and religious thought in the Middle East. A thoughtful study for scholars of comparative religion, Sadri juxtaposes Medieval Islam with Medieval Christianity, showing the philosophical foundations that distinguish these two contemporary religions." - Prof. Linda Deaver, Kaplan University

"Taking as his point of departure the fate of Aristotle's corpus in medieval Christianity and in medieval Islam, Sadri offers a masterful account of how the current status of Western and Iranian identity can be read through the palimpsest of a philosophical/religious recovery of Aristotle's practical philosophy." - Prof. Charles Bambach, University of Texas, Dallas

Table of Contents
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Commentaries on Aristotle2. Commentaries on Aristotle and Islam3. Commentaries on Islam4. Commentaries on Islam and Iran5. Commentaries on IranEndnotesBibliographyIndex

Subject Areas: Cultural Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy