‘Between being and non-being, between Light and Darkness,’ that is our situation; Responsible for the Darkness in so far as one intercepts the Light; Responsible for the Light in so far as one prevents the Darkness from invading and governing it (after Ibn ‘Arabi; in ‘Man of Light in Iranian Sufism’, by Henri Corbin). Responsibility … Continue reading ‘Between Being & Non-Being’
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“The Body Of Light: Opening The Word”
Pages from the Life of a Sufi Journal Sunday 26th May Jesus said, “Let them who have ears, hear.” * A questioner asked this of Jiddu Krishnamurti: Q. “Can life ever be lived without control? It’s the essence of discipline.” JK responded thus: “When the controller is the controlled, seen as an absolute fact, as … Continue reading “The Body Of Light: Opening The Word”
“Opening the Word”
Opening the “Word” of God “Each sensible thing has a created Spirit by which its Form is constituted. As Spirit of that form, it is related to the form as a meaning is related to a word…” (‘Abd al-Karim Jili, quoted in Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabi, … Continue reading “Opening the Word”
Tracks in a Pathless Land 