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A sufi and a dog story 2007-12-23 17:50:00 Photo source: Don't go-Stay there by Arun Kumar Sinha"Bayazid Bistami"Bayazid encountered a dog and started to pull his robe away from it, so that it should not defile him.The dog in a human voice, said :'If I had been dry, there would have been no purpose in avoiding me. If I had been wet, you could have washed your robe. But the hate which you have towards me can never be cleansed.'Bayazid said :'O enlightened dog, come and stay with me for a while.'The dog answered :'That is impossible, because the world uses me as an epithet, and you are regarded by the world as a paragon.'Bayazid exclaimed :'Alas! I am not fit to live with one whom the whole world regards as inferior: how can I therefore approach the Truth which all regard as the Highest of all?' ~ + ~Upon being asked: 'What is being a sufi?' Bayazid said :'Giving up comforts and trying to carry out efforts. That is the practice of the Sufi.' ~+~Text Source of this Post:THE WAY OF THE SUFI by Idries Shah , Arakana Pen ...

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Poetry: ( Listen.. ) 2007-12-23 16:45:00 Photo source: Choobi (juee) bridge by alirezanajafianwhat is your name?where do you live?why do you rebuke them..by hiding yourselflet me see thee..let me run and fly dust in the deserts..are you love..or beloved !(c) afterwind ...

** 2007-12-21 06:40:00 ** HAPPY EID DAY **MAY ALLAH FILL UP YOU ALL PEOPLES' HEARTS WITH PEACE, LOVE AND SATISFACTION. FEED POOR PEOPLE, IT SOOTHES HEARTS AND RELIEVES PERPLEXED MINDS. ENJOY THE DAY. ...

Appearance: Luxury and Simplicity 2007-12-16 11:31:00 Photo (Simplicity) originally uploaded by •Laurie•Luxury and SimplicityTHE Sufi ancient Junaid taught by demonstration, through a method in which he actually lived the part which he was trying to illustrate. This is an example:Once he was found by a number of Seekers, sitting surrounded by every imaginable luxury.These people left his presence and sought the house of a most austere and ascetic holy man, whose surroundings were so plain that he had nothing but a mat and a jug of water.The spokesman of the Seekers said:'Your simple manners and austere environment are much more to our liking than the garish and shocking excesses of Junaid, who seems to have turned his back upon the Path of Truth.'The ascetic heaved a great sigh and started to weep'My dear friends, shallowly infected by the outward signs which beset man at every turn,' he said, 'know this, and cease to be unfortunates! The great Junaid is surrounded at this moment by luxury because he is impervious to luxury: and ...

Self Realization by using Triangle 2007-12-15 08:10:00 Photo (Sop Ruak..Thailand) originally uploaded by Travel BuzzMy Dear Sufi said that the world is like a triangle. There are three tiers of the triangle, namely: philosophy, wisdom and reality.The three tiers work together. As we go on concentrating different tier, the result would be different. i.e. putting more stress on 'philosophy' and 'wisdom' gives rise to the result which differs from the one achieved by pressing upon the 'reality'.Self-realization can be achieved by keeping the three tiers working in a specific proportion. This proportion is maintained by keeping 'philosophy' and 'wisdom' along with 'reality'. But more stress will be put upon 'reality', the third tier. One must place his 'self' on a better location somewhere in the three tiers of the triangle. But 'concentrating on the third tier' is must. If this proportion is rendered, The third tier 'reality' will also push other two tiers to work in a better way. For example: Many times, 'Reality' will ...

In the wine of love 2007-12-14 12:16:00 Photo source: lovely red silk fabric by u2.ultraviolet81Poetry in Persian:bu ali andar ghubaarey naaqa gumdastey rumi pardaaey mohmil garift (Rumi)Translation:Bu Ali (Avicenna) is lost in camel's dustRumi's hand caught the curtain of The Hidden!Comments:The logician scholar trying with the power of his logic and knowledge to reach the Beloved.. but he is still lost in the dust sprung by the feet of The Beloved's camel.Rumi who is drunkard with the wine of love.. his hand reached the last curtains hiding the Beloved.(c) afterwindThanks to Sikander Ali ...

S E P E R A T I O N is bitter than hell ! 2007-12-12 10:54:00 Photo (STS - Magical Street Light) originally uploaded by Mr. TRONAWhy does always the left side of chest burns in pain and emotions..Is this because it has heart.. or heart is without You!Why do always eyes drenched in tears..Is this because they are empty.. or You do not live in them?Why did You made hearts and tears of the lovers..Is this because You wanted to play with them!(c) afterwindWritten by Tariq Rasheed ...

Islamabad by night (2) 2007-12-11 06:15:00 Photo (Islamabad by night (2)) Originally uploaded by mjabbasiRaat.. Tanhaei.. aor Gham-e-Yar!!Yeh sarrkein.. aor gard me liptey hamary aansuNight.. solitude.. friend's griefthese roads.. and my tears entwind into the dust(c) afterwindWritten by Tariq Rasheed ...

Beloveds are always beautiful!! 2007-12-11 05:26:00 Pomegranate flower photo originally uploaded by gwilmoreA pomegranate flower and a bulbul bird became friends. The young flower was so much beautiful and delicate that the bird fell in love for him without out any notice. One day the bird thought:"I am a bird, and a bird's nature is eating buds and flowers.. nature can never be changed.. My presence is injurious to my friend. On someday, I may lose my wits and would certainly eat my sweethart up !".He dediced to secure the flower by offing his company and keeping himself away. The bird had made up his last decision.Photo originally uploaded by ??z???After making up his mind, he said to the flower:"I am leaving you. Because I fear that on someday... on seeing your beautiful red petals,... being obliged by my nature, i might lose control... and eat you up!"The flower was much hurt by this decision of separation. He uttered a question in a deep painful sorrow:"Why are you leaving me.. Am I not beautiful like a Pomegranate flower!!?" ...

Cause of a M E E T I N G 2007-12-11 05:10:00 caution yellow lighting photo originally uploaded by MaxFG"Cause of a M E E T I N G"What could be the cause of their (prospective) meeting?Lover's justification is his passionbut the beloved asked for a reasonable causeLover says:"if there is some reason,the Beloved would come.because he is pleasedpleasure is his passion!passion is his reason!"who cares whose passion !!?Beloved might say:"your passion alone is reasonless --because it is unsufficient to fulfil my reason."but he might also say:"I shall care, (and come)if you have high emotions,or unable to control your heart !"Is lover ready to set free his heart completely !?(c) afetrwindwritten by Tariq Rasheedad & t ...

Enigmas 2007-12-09 14:47:00 flickr photoA novice Sufi put a burden on his pocket by handing over a large sum of money to a needy person. The man went away. After enjoying some moments of spiritual solace, he started feeling suspicious about the sincerity of person. His conscience started stinging him.Now he tried to set up a philosophical idea to soothe his heart and to justify his deed. The idea was:"if the man were really sincere and he had not paid him money.. it would be not good for his improvished children.But if the person were a charlatan whom he had given money. This situation was better than the first on. At least there had been no poverty or pain !!"Philosophy is philosophy.. can never heal sick minds!His stinging conscience coiled round him like a phanton.He asked the teacher -- who tried to console by saying, "Do you have any right to judge others!!"This was an advice. Even Fake Consultations and lamb Consolations have more better effect than hideous philosophies. But this was also a good idea to muc ...

In love with a Black Engine! 2007-12-06 04:46:00 Steam TrainOriginally uploaded by seanjohn3342Once upone a time, a Sufi fell in love for black locomotive engine.. He made it habit since his childhood to get up early and go to stand alongside the railway track and pay a salute to it..Someone asked him: "what is the reason for your love with the black locomotive engine?"He replied: "because of its three qualities..1. It runs over a straight path (regular track)2. It takes people to their destinations3. It does not dicriminate between poor and rich. It serves them all (equally), albeit whoever they are."Note: I am doubtful about sufi's identification. Maybe he was "Pir Meher Ali Shah". His grave is situated at Golra, a rural town in outskirts of Pakistani capital Islamabad.Related Post:Poetry of "Pir Meher Ali Shah" ...

God.. How He looks like? .. masculine or feminine? 2007-11-30 08:22:00 Photo (Petals Of Pink) originally uploaded by artkat0116" ... nothing is like Him ..."~ Quran, The Holy Book of God[Quran - Shoora 42:11] ...

Suggested Read 2007-11-30 08:22:00 CrowOriginally uploaded by S. F. Boegeman (??????? ????????)Suggested Reading of Today: One Day After Saturday (1984)(A short story by Gabriel García Márquez) ...