Who were the ancient Sufis? How far back can we trace this seed of spirituality and awakeness? Hazrat Andaya Khan says that the germ of Sufism is believed to have existed from the beginning of time and can be traced particularly back to the Hebrew Prophets, who were themselves Sufis. I think it has to …
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Who is a Sufi?
Hazrat Inayat Khan’s writings say that the word Sufi comes from the Arabic word ‘Sufa’ or ‘Saf’ which means pure (pure from distinctions and differences). It also means wool because the Sufis would wear wool. Many people call Sufism the mystical thread of Islam. Hazrat Inayat Khan’s writings say the germ of Sufism is believed …
The Line that Captured Me
Many years ago, when I first started learning to be a Dances of Universal Peace teacher, I was handed a stack of papers to study. One of the papers was a photocopy of an old flyer from Hazrat Inayat Khan, the man who brought Sufism first to the West. There was a line in there …
John Trudell
All human beings are descendants of tribal people who were spiritually alive. I want to read a quote that’s going to be important for our entire discussion here about how we belong here on Earth. This understanding will transform not only our lives, but life on Earth. This is from John Trudell, he was a …
Your Beliefs Define You
Your beliefs define you, and they shouldn’t. Think of your beliefs like a crust between you and reality. They like to call it the veil, but a crust is also a good description of it. The truth has to get through that crust to get to you and reveal itself. Your belief systems form an …
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan is the man who first brought Sufism into the West in 1912, over a hundred years ago now. His story is very interesting because he came from a musical spiritual family in India. He naturally awoke through his training because he was living in a culture of awakeness. He was from a …
If I Was Really Spiritual
So… if I was really spiritual, I would have healed myself of cancer and not taken chemo, right? Come on, I know you’re thinking it! Right? I mean… that’s kind of our spiritual ideal these days—to get cancer and cure yourself. I disagree. That’s not spiritual. There are so many nuances in life, where everything …
A Grounded Sufi
In this series, I’m going to be talking about Sufism a lot because this is very close to my heart. I’m a Dances of Universal Peace teacher and a Sufi student of various different Sufi teachers, and I just love the heart sense of Sufism. But so often, it becomes ungrounded. As I work through …