BIOGRAPHY Muzaffer Ozak Hz. was born in Istanbul in 1916. (d.1985) He was educated by a succession of wise and learned who instructed him in all branches of the Islamic tradition. He became Muezzin and eventually Imam to many of the mosques of Istanbul. He later retired from the office of Imam and preached the […]
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The Alhambra and Reflections on Deserts and Mountains by Galia Todorova
“Deserts and Mountains” is a book about the joy of finding the Road to one’s ownself and to God. This is a vivid novel combining within it past and present, Sufism and real life experience-all in the name of Love; showing us how love (divine,human,…spiritual) can change our lives. The main character Ali (a Canadian […]
The Beauty of the Heart
The beauty of the heart is the lasting beauty: its lips give to drink of the water of life. Truly it is the water, that which pours, and the one who drinks. All three become one when your talisman is shattered. That oneness you can’t know by reasoning. From: Mathnawi II, 716-718 – Rumi
The Sufi use of Music By Hazrat Inayat Khan
It goes without saying that one of the ways of recognizing the beauty around us is listening to a stirring piece of music. Previously, I have posted the guitarist Gasbarroni playing “Recuredos de l’Alhambra” (Memories of the Alhambra, authored by Francisco Tarrega). I thought that today we would look at one of the spiritual consequences […]
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