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Heart of Sufism

Heart of Sufism

The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) was the very first teacher to bring Sufism to the Western world. This is the first representative collection of the master’s teachings – making it the perfect book for anyone who has been intrigued by his writings but unsure about where to start in his sixteen-volume collected works. Newcomers will be inspired by just how delightful and useful Inayat Khan’s teachings are for everyone, regardless of religious background. Long-time students will find the book a valuable reference to the essence of his teachings on a variety of subjects. Each chapter includes a wealth of material taken from Inayat Khan’s work on a particular subject, such as Mysticism, Discipleship, Music, Children, or Divine Intimacy, followed by a selection of his short sayings and aphorisms on the same topic.

Essential Sufism

Essential Sufism

The definitive compendium of Sufi wisdom, ‘Essential Sufism’ draws together more than three hundred fables, poems and prayers that reveal the luminous spirit of Islamic mysticism

Sufism

Sufism

For more than a millennium, Sufism has been the core of the spiritual experience of countless Muslims. As the chief mystical tradition of Islam, it has helped to shape the history of Islamic societies.
Although it is the Sufi face of Islam that has often appealed to Westerners, Sufis and Sufism remain mysterious to many in the West, and are still widely misunderstood. In this new, redesigned paperback edition of this bestselling book, a scholar with long experience of Sufism in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe succinctly presents the essentials of Sufism and shows how Sufis live and worship, and why.
As well as what Sufism is and where it comes from, the book discusses Sufi orders not only in the Islamic world but also in the West. The political, social, and economic significance of Sufism is outlined, and the question of how and why Sufism has become one of the more controversial aspects of contemporary Islamic religious life is addressed.
This book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It is a penetrating and concise introduction for everyone interested in Islam and Islamic societies.

Rumi Unseen Poems

Rumi Unseen Poems

(2019) Rumi (1207-1273) was trained in Sufism–a mystic tradition within Islam–and founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Rumi’s poetry has long been popular with contemporary Western audiences because of the way it combines the sacred and the sensual, describing divine love in rapturously human terms.

However, a number of Rumi’s English translators over the past century were not speakers of Persian and they based their sometimes very free interpretations on earlier translations. With Western audiences in mind, translators also tended to tone down or leave out elements of Persian culture and of Islam in Rumi’s work, and hundreds of the prolific poet’s works were never made available to English speakers at all. In this new translation — composed almost entirely of untranslated gems from Rumi’s vast ouevre — Brad Gooch and Maryam Mortaz aim to achieve greater fidelity to the originals while still allowing Rumi’s lyric exuberance to shine.

طيران

طيران
ذاتَ يَومٍ، صارَ لَدَى السَّكَندَريِّين قُدرَةٌ على الطَّيران، فقط داخِلَ مَدينَتِهم، فلا يَقْدِر أَيُّهُم على الطيران خارِجَها، ولا يقدر غَيرُهم على الطَّيران فيها، أو خارجها.
لماذا؟ وكيف؟ ومَن هُم عَبَدَةُ النَّورَسِ؟ وهل هُناكَ مَن يُريدُ شَرًّا بهذا الوَطَن؟ وهَل يَرى المُهندِس عَلي الشَّيطانَ فِعلًا؟ وهل كُلُّ ما تَحتاجُه سُندُس “كريم” تفتيحِ بَشرَةٍ، وعريسًا وَسيمًا؟ ما سَبَبُ الطَّيرانِ أَصلًا؟ وفي مَصلَحَةِ مَن؟
كُلُّ هَذِهِ الأَسئِلَة، وأكثر، لا تَهتَمُّ هذه الروايَةُ بالإجابَةِ عَنها، وإنَّما يُحاوِلُ مُؤلِّفُها سَرْدَ ما يَذكُرُه مِمَّا وَقَعَ في المَدينَةِ القَديمَة (الَّتي يُحبُّها البعضُ بجنونٍ، ويَكرَهُها آخرون كالطَّاعون) في الأَعوامِ المُربِكَة الَّتي تَلَتْ خَريفَ 2005، عندما طارَ النَّاسُ لأَوَّلِ مَرَّة.

استدعاء ذاتي

هل هذا ما يمر به كل إنسان عند الموت؟ النفق والضوء؟ هذه الجنة الزائفة؟ هل يعني هذا أني فشلت في انعاش الخط الزمني الأصلي وانتهى العالم؟ أم أني خارج الزمان، انجذب إلى داخل الثقب الأسود الساحق، ثقب ذكرياتي الأسود؟… لا أريد أن أنظر إلى الوراء أكثر من هذا. أنا مستعد لتقبل أن وجودي سيشمل الألم أحيانا. لا مزيد من محاولات الهرب، الحياة بشفرة للغش ليست حياة. وجودنا ليس شيئا نهندسه أو نحسنه كي نتجنب الألم. هذا ما يعنيه أن تكون إنسانا، الجمال والألم لا معنى لأحدهما دون الآخر.

رواية خيال علمي أخرى مثيرة لصاحب “المادة السوداء” يخلط فيها كراوتش ببراعة بين العلم واللغز، ليخرج لنا بخبرة ما يعنيه أن تكون الإنسانية بعمق. 

The Notebook of Happiness – 52 weeks that will change your life

Notebook of Happiness
Are you happy?
The great existential question we struggle to answer?
The reason is that we often feel empty inside. We’re in constant search of fulfillment and try to live our lives searching for that happiness. Whether it’s finding the one you love, starting a family, the perfect job, or having good health, we all search for that inner peace. We have all the right puzzle pieces, but it’s never complete and we’re continually searching for it.
The Notebook of Happiness is designed precisely for that purpose; finding happiness. Every week for a total of 52 weeks, you will follow the proven practices in this book that will allow you to live a more rich and fulfilling life. The Notebook of happiness is an interactive notebook where you dedicate yourself to a happiness practice every week and track your progress along the way.
Written by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Art of Happiness, this powerful and thought-provoking notebook seeks to help you delve into your mind and create the life of your dreams. Over the course of 52 weeks, you’ll explore your innermost thoughts, learning how to build successful habits, defeat procrastination, develop healthier relationships, and much more.
Packed with inspirational advice, this notebook offers you a practical and empowering way to finally take charge of your life and start being happy.

Map of Consciousness Explained

Map of Consciousness Explained

(2020) The Map of Consciousness Explained is an essential primer on the late Dr David R. Hawkins’s teachings on human consciousness and their associated energy fields. Using muscle testing, Dr Hawkins conducted more than 250,000 calibrations during 20 years of research to define a range of values, attitudes and emotions that correspond to levels of consciousness. This range of values – along with a logarithmic scale of 1 to 1,000 – became the Map of Consciousness, which Dr Hawkins first wrote about in his New York Times bestseller, Power vs. Force. In this book, readers will gain an introduction and deeper understanding of the Map, with visual charts and practical applications to help them heal, recover and evolve to higher levels of consciousness and energy.

Tarot Made Easy

Tarot Made Easy

Spellcasting Oracle Cards

Spellcasting Oracle Cards