Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.

Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.
Pleasant journey to the one
Who is the company of the fasting.
I climbed the roof to see the Moon,
Because I really missed fasting
By heart and soul.
I lost my hat while looking at the Moon.
the Sultan of fasting made me drunk.
O Muslims, I have been drunk
since that day I lost my [...]

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A Must Read

I’ve only read a chapter or so of this book (yet) by Mariana Caplan but feel the subject matter is so important that I have to recommend it. Its a must read for anyone interested in the various spiritual paths on offer and their teachers with a useful discussion of counterfeit spirituality and the “less [...]

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In Praise of Tea

 
The teapot and utensils of Hz Mehr Ali Shah (RA).
My dear brother Green Sufi has outdone me again! In a recent post he enumerates the virtues of my favorite beverage chai (tea). A coup from chaiwala’s point of view but I’m not going to complain. Read his post here.

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