Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Feb 7, 2012, 2:13 pm
1. Laqad jaakum Rasoolun min anfusikum Aazeezun 'alayhi ma 'anittum  hareesun 'alaykum  bil mu'mineena raoofun raheem. Indeed there has already come to you a Messenger among yourselves, Mighty (grievous) to him is your sufferings; most eager is he for you...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jan 31, 2012, 10:53 am
1. Reply of Love is only by Love The response of Love's call can only be given through Love. There is nothing else, neither below, nor above. Reply of Love is only by Love. How can you not commemorate the praising of him who is the ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jan 28, 2012, 2:58 am
1. "Allah is the qibla of intention; intention is the qibla of the heart; the heart is the qibla of the body; the body is the qibla of the limbs; and the limbs are the qibla of dunya." - saying of Shaykh Sahl al-Tustari Asked "What is food?" Tustari replied: "Fo...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jan 25, 2012, 2:57 am
1. The Book  The Sufi work is foremost the quest for gnosis (ma'rifah) - the state of opening or illumination in union with God. Sufism undeniably exists as a living esoteric tradition of human transformation and as such is a valuable resource for the Western seeker. - The Sufi Conundr...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jan 23, 2012, 11:55 pm
Painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister, Boat on Sea Our Master, the great servant of God, may Allah be pleased with his servitude one day was by the Sea. This was his time for public discourse before his sunset prayer. Now today a great multitude of people gathered other than h...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jan 21, 2012, 12:30 pm
In the Name of Allah, the Universally Merciful, the Singularly Compassionate ALIF, LAAAM, RA. These are the Signs of the Book of Wisdom. Are mankind amazed that We have revealed to a human being from amongst them, "Warn all the people and give good news to those who b...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 29, 2011, 5:38 am
The Verse that brought Revolution in the Heart Circa 1256 / 1258 after completing his zahiri ilm, (external sciences of religion) including the commentary of Quran, Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence and other knowledge such as mathematics and astronomy, Muhammad bin Ahmad Bukhari was livin...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 25, 2011, 2:03 am
"Kun Fa Ya Kun" : Collage based on Arabic Calligraphy 1. Poems and lyrics are rough notations, for the Music We ARE!   ~ Mevlana Rumi, Coleman   Ya Nizamuddin Auliya, Ya Nimzamuddin sal ka Qadam badha le, Hadon ko mita le, Aaja khaali...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 22, 2011, 8:32 am
In the Name of the Supreme Being, the Truth Absolute: For Thine is the Kingdom,          all Power, and all Glory,                      for ever and ever. 1. Be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength. - Jesus Christ, Gospel of...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 18, 2011, 5:19 pm
1. Deception \De*cep"tion\, n.      1. The act of deceiving or misleading.      2. The state of being deceived or misled.      3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.      4. A misleading falsehoo...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 15, 2011, 12:35 pm
1. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed libera nos a malo. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from darkness. - Prayer of Blessed Christ And it is Allah: the Divine Being who brings the faithful from darkness into the Light of guidance. - The Qur'an All the greatly ill...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 12, 2011, 11:43 pm
... a stepping stone to those stations of Love and abandoning all else for ... in the heart to recognize someone of higher spiritual station. Without any ... in it; and know that the root of all sin is the ... a house on the wave of the sea? The world is that, so do not take it as ... world i...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 10, 2011, 11:53 pm
Introduction. When I was younger, a conviction in me grew that there must be truth in every religion and was curious of the how, where and what - in those days I used to study books of all major religions that was available to me and tried to learn about the life of their central figures....
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 9, 2011, 12:31 pm
Yaa ayyatuha an nafsu-l mutma-inna! IrjiAAee ila Rabbiki radiyatan mardiyya. O serene soul! Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (to Him). - The Qur'an 89:27-28 The Master was reciting one of his favorite verses from the Quran. We have gath...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 6, 2011, 2:59 pm
Photograph from Mark Tucker's Journal - My Day With Ayesha Nur: Sufi and CandlemakerWho will loan Allah a beautiful loan  so He may multiply it for him or her many times over? ~ The Quran ~ Our Beloved is a wonderful bargainer! Whenever we pay a small price for something that is dear to...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 4, 2011, 2:32 pm
1. Throughout Islamic history, written correspondence has played an important role. Even during the time of the Last Prophet, Divine benediction and peace to him, it was his way to write letters to various leaders and representatives conveying the Message of God for which he was appointed in his tim...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Oct 2, 2011, 10:55 am
1. Found weeping and asked the reason, Sulaiman ad-Darani (d. 830) said: "Why should I not weep? For, when night falls, and eyes are closed in slumber, and every lover is alone with his beloved, and the people of love keep vigil, and tears stream over their cheeks and bedew their oratories, then God...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 28, 2011, 4:43 pm
1. Every single night when the two-third of it is over, the old Dervish is awakened. The process of his waking up from sleep never ceases to feel mysterious to him, even though it’s a seemingly ordinary phenomenon for others perhaps. Deep within, the Dervish has always felt like a mystic and...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 26, 2011, 6:49 am
... immerse yourself in an experience that is life-changing, that enriches you ... of Jerusalem since the year 1959. The teaching from his spirit is ... man of God, who had no fear of anyone but God, and ... the real soul for themselves and for the heart. It is the ... and guides...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 24, 2011, 2:01 pm
... events of the day. Such dreams are usually confused and fragmented, ... the dreamer's soul. Such dreams often have an aura of ... ask his companions about their dreams. A number of important decision ... -time was taken based on dreams, significant of them was electing ... a series on shar...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 22, 2011, 10:59 am
1. But it is necessary that you learn about zikr, for it is only possible to know the truth if you are in a state of continuous (divine) remembrance, if you are always awake. - The spiritual guide, Hamid of Reshad Feild, as shared in his spiritual autobiography, "The Last Barrier." ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 20, 2011, 9:04 am
Following are a selection from the Malfuzat (wisdom sayings) of Hazrat Pir Sayyid Jamaat Ali Shah, may Allah sanctify his soul's secret. If the Name of Allah is uttered even once with the tongue, it is the dhikr (remembrance) of the tongue; if Allah is remembered once with the heart, then that is eq...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 17, 2011, 5:27 am
... of being vexed Maulabakhsh was pleased with my inquisitiveness, and after a little ... the happiest man in the world. After I had entertained him with my ... were all poorly clad, some without shoes and others without coats; one had a shirt with only ... and thereupon I watched their cerem...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 15, 2011, 1:22 am
Awestruck and humbled by revelation     exalted and magnified          through the light              of creation                     trembling                     from the softness        �...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 13, 2011, 4:43 am
When I am with You, We stay up all night. When You’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for these two insomnias! And the difference between them. ~ Rumi (Secret, quatrain #36) Humanity's superficial pursuit for external knowledge (knowledge of the outside, a...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 10, 2011, 11:18 pm
Irshaad Hussain via Islam from Inside Sura 39, verse 42 reads as follows: "God takes the souls (al-anfus) at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep; then He withholds those on whom He has passed the decree of death and sends the others back till an appointed term; ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 8, 2011, 12:51 pm
Mohammed, upon him be peace and may our love be perfected for him, said: “The night is long, do not shorten it with your sleep.  The day is bright, do not darken it with your sins.” The night is long for you to voice your inmost secrets and ask for your needs without the distraction of...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 5, 2011, 11:55 am
Author of her debut Novel: WHEN THE MOUNTAINS ARE SCATTERED AS DUST, Fatima Martin is a seeker of the Sufi Path. Fatima Martin grew up in a small town in Lower Austria, south of Vienna. She studied Arabic and Islamic Studies and Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna. During her studies s...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 3, 2011, 6:49 am
"Give Me Your Love: A Journey into Mevlevi Music" is a short (30 min length) documentary film by Pakistani film-maker Nameera Ahmed that explores the role of music, especially the reed-flute, in the lives of the contemporary spiritual followers of the 13th-century Persian Sufi poet-mystic Mevlana Ja...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Sep 1, 2011, 3:12 pm
In Quest of My Oasis at Technology of the Heart is a series of dialogues with seekers & lovers of Sufi path. Grand Master of Mystics, Prophet Muhammad said, "at-turuqu ila 'Llahi ka-nufusi bani Adam", 'the paths leading to God are as numerous as the children of Adam'. The Qur'an states in the v...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 29, 2011, 2:56 pm
We need spiritual activism instead of political activism - So that when you enter a room, Light enters with you. ~ Shaykh al Yaqoubi Around this time every year during Ramadan, for the last few years, thanks God for His generous servants and Allah is al-Karim, the Most Generous, we are fortunate e...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 27, 2011, 5:12 am
Ahmet Kayhan was known to his students as Dede or grandfather, for he was fond to be known by that affectionate title than anything else. The following teaching is taken from among the many sheets distributed by him, may his soul find eternal bliss. His written teachings comprise a special selection...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 25, 2011, 7:10 am
1. Reading and talking about Oneness of God is one thing, But to enliven it is another matter all together. There are many for whom Oneness is just a spiritual theorization, For the friends it is Seeing the Friend's Face in every direction. O Beloved One, help us walk ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 21, 2011, 2:17 am
To me Henry Bayman is one of the most important contemporary writer of Sufi Science. This modern transmitter of the Path is an American Engineer and an independent scholar who lived in Turkey for more than twenty five years and is a direct student of grand father of Sufism, Ahmet Kayhan, may Allah b...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 18, 2011, 12:08 pm
Dear Readers, Visitors and Well Wishers of Technology of the Heart, Greetings of Peace! Thank you for your companionship and inspirations over the months and years in this humble journey at this site. I am collecting some data on your preference and what kind of articles / posts ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 17, 2011, 4:57 pm
Astaghfirullah! Astaghfirullah! Astaghfirullah!I seek forgiveness of Allah! I seek forgiveness of Allah! I seek forgiveness of Allah! Ya Allah! Ya Zul Jalali wal Ikram O Allah! O Sublime, the Most Generous Lord! Ya Muqallibal Qulub O The Transformer of Hearts - Please remove pr...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 16, 2011, 2:26 pm
Muraqaba literally means "waiting". Waiting for Divine illumination, waiting for revelation, waiting for Divine Voice to speak within the heart of heart. Muraqaba is Sufi way of meditation. According to the walkers of the Path, Muraqaba can be of various kind, but they have a generality which in the...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 11, 2011, 10:00 am
1. Sufi Master Sidi Muhammad Jamal, may Allah bless him, in his teaching gives the following parable: (Look at the bee) when she flies, and she goes to the garden full of different flowers, different fragrances, and different tastes. And she takes everything from every flower that meets her, because...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 8, 2011, 5:54 am
When the lips are closed, then the heart begins to speak; when the heart is silent, then the soul blazes up, bursting into flame, and this illuminates the whole of life. - Traditional Sidi M. al-Jamal (ra) in contemplationThe (inner) meaning of Muraqaba - is to preserve the heart from e...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 5, 2011, 7:55 am
Following are the intimate communications (munajat) of the Real to His servant upon the tongue of the exclamations of the realities (haqa’iq) on the subject of tadbir (self-direction) and rizq (provision). O servant: Direct your listening to Me while you are a witness, and the increase will ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 3, 2011, 6:01 am
Selected from al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya | Translated by Aisha Bewley O you who laugh in the form of the weeper! By us you are the complaint and the complainer. Is the fast abstention without elevation, or elevation without restraint? They are both together for the one who affirms tawh...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Aug 2, 2011, 2:05 am
~ Bismillah ~ Yaa Ayyuhal-ladhina amanu kutiba alaykumus siyamu kama kutiba alal-ladhina min qablikum la 'allakum tattaqun. O you who securely believe! Fasting is prescribed for you just as it was prescribed for those who came before you, in order that you might (lead yourselves) to Taqwa (Awar...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 31, 2011, 4:22 am
The whole universe is contained within a single human being - you. Everything that you see around, including the things you might not be fond of & even the people you despise or abhor, is present within you in varying degrees. Therefore, do not look for shaytan outside yourself either. T...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 27, 2011, 10:03 am
The Sacred Heritage of Humanity For those places on the planet that are considered to be of outstanding value to humanity, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO declares them as World Hertiage Sites and seeks to encourage the identification, protection and p...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 25, 2011, 7:20 am
Oh, my God! I want to love You Not that I might gain eternal heaven Nor escape eternal hell But, Lord, to love You just because You are my God. Grant me to give to You And not to count the cost, To fight for You And not to mind the wounds, ...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 23, 2011, 2:22 pm
In his book, "Logic and Transcendence" (London: Perennial Books, 1984, translated by P. Townsted), Swiss Philosopher and Sufi Master Frithjof Schuon states, "Man is what he is, or he is nothing." The statement has Zen Koan like paradoxical characteristics and at the same time carries within g...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 20, 2011, 2:02 am
What is meant by wholehearted devotion to God alone? It means that in every act, public and private, the aim and purpose should be purely work for God’s sake, to please Him only, without winning the approval of other people. How achieve wholehearted devotion to God alone? In ten ways. If these...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 15, 2011, 5:21 am
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Indeed, it is the Divine Majesty who resurrect the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register, the book of life. - The Quran 36:12 The full moon of this present lunar month...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 14, 2011, 3:41 am
Shams Tabrizi was a revolutionary Sufi Master, the Spiritual Teacher of Mevlana Rumi. The following teachings are featured in his Malaqat (Conversations). Mevlana Shams was a spiritual heir of the Divine Messenger and remains to be a Sultan of those who have attained. Let thine Eye be Single Shams...
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Mystic Saint posted an article on Inspirations and Creative Thoughts - Jul 12, 2011, 2:47 pm
  Qul: in kuntum tuhibboona Allaha fattabiAAoonee yuhbibkumu Allahu wa yaghfir lakum zunoobakum, waLlahu Ghafoorun Raheem. Qul: ateeAAoo Allaha war Rasoola fa-in tawallaw fa-inna Allaha la yuhibbu al kafireen. O My Beloved Muhammad, convey this secret love-connection: "If you really love Al...
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