Some Spiritual Essays

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The Sufi mystical path (tasawwuf) involves a process of purification under the guidance of an authentic (properly authorized) spiritual guide or master that focuses on different spiritual potentials within human beings, and if that process is successfully completed, may lead, if God wishes, to the realization of one's essential identity as well as to the active expression of one's unique spiritual capacity to know, love, and serve Divine purpose. 

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Background

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By the Grace of God, my spiritual guide knew far, far more that what he has said to me. Unfortunately, I have forgotten far, far more than what I remember of what has been related to me by him.

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Moreover, I have written far less than what I remember of what he taught me. The result of this funneling process is given expression through, among other places, the essay on this page, along with other essays concerning a Sufi perspective to which the links at the bottom of the page should (God willing) take one.

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Everything that is good and correct in these essays comes, by the grace of God, through my spiritual guide who was willing to accept me as a reclamation project. Everything that is incorrect in those essays comes from my own shortcomings and ignorance.

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The material contained within these essays is intended to stimulate reflection concerning a variety of themes that are important to spiritual life in the midst of everyday life. God willing, the content given expression through such spiritual essays -- both individually as well as collectively -- reflect something of a mystical perspective.

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However, one does not have to be traveling on the Sufi mystical path or be inclined to that path in order to engage the material in these essays. Anyone with an interest in spirituality and mysticism will find, God willing, an abundance of themes within the boundaries of the essays that may be able, God willing, to form the seeds of contemplative reflection for any faith background.

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None of the topics is dealt with in anything remotely resembling a definitive manner. The idea was to introduce a problem, issue or focal orientation in each essay and, then proceed fairly quickly to provide something of the flavor of a mystical perspective concerning the theme being considered, before moving on to another topic.

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