When you see from only a part of yourself, like from your physicality or from your self-image (Nafs), you see only a part of the other...

To Commune with Unity is true service as Community. The servant of Unity is the servant of the One who is the inmost Self (Sirr) of...

Rumi says "The One you are seeking is actually Seeking you!" So try to "find" that One who is Seeking you, in you, and abide therein. Try...

Here.Now.One: From the Doing to the Being to the Knowing of Islamic Meditation Meditation is the very nature of essential Being....

When the mind is mindful, it is present. When the heart is heartful it is Presence. The difference between the two is that in mindfulness...

“May God increase your awareness of His Nearness to you.” This prayer expresses the underlying Truth and essential ‘Goal’ of the Path of...

Eid Mubarak Dear Friends, As we break with the fasting of Ramadan and celebrate Eid, let us take a step back and reflect upon all the...

Grace is ever pouring on us from God, as the sun is ever shedding light on all [types of] objects: opaque, translucent, and transparent....

Among all the good deeds and spiritual practices that human beings can do, or are commanded by God to perform in order to gain nearness...

There is something quite special about the Fast, which makes it always solely for God. This specialness comes from God, but is realized...

"Die before thou diest, so as not to die when thou diest, or indeed must thou perish." — Angelus Silesius "People of this world are...

In your seeking of Him, know that God ‘begins’ where your seeking ends. Yet God is known as without beginning and without end. If He is...

“Nafs” connotes selfhood or individuality in Arabic and Islamic teachings. When applied to God, it is understood as God’s Essence or...

Ignorance, Nothingness, and Everything-ness are symbolic of the three spiritual journeys of Sufism. 1. ‘In ignorance I am something’: ...

Yesterday commemorated the Day of Arafat and today, the Celebration of Eid Al-Adha. The Day of Arafat is the 9th Day of the Holy Month of...

The fire of my yearning has died With the water that He provides The stillness has descended With His praises ascended Do not leave me...

Oh my nafs do not take over me Obey your Lord and surrender to Thee In Him, you will find the Joy that you beseech For desires that you...

I remember You my Lord by calling out Allah Allah Sometimes in low voice and sometime out loud to Then i wonder who is it that I am...

A Poem on nearness Still the ocean inside of Me By Your command Be! And it Is! For truly You are the only one there Is .........

BismiLlah wa salatu wa salam 'ala RasuliLlah, wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wa man(w)wala. Amma Ba‘ad. I pray that, on this Blessed Friday,...