| It is mysticism -- and it is mystery, profound contemplation of the answers to our human dilemma: we are connected to the world and connected to God. It is the divine faith leading its followers to a path of spiritual enlightenment.
Inside the Mysticism of Sufi Enlightenment
It is mysticism -- and it is mystery, profound contemplation of the answers to our human dilemma: we are connected to the world and connected to God. It is the divine faith leading its followers to a path of spiritual enlightenment. Sharon Marcus is committed to Sufism, a spiritual path transcending the religions while incorporating their revelations, offering a special recognition of Islam. She has spent half her life studying this faith, devoted to truth, remaining in acknowledged awe of M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen. He is the Sufi master who, from the moment of their first meeting, inspired in her the wisdom and courage to follow this path to new understanding.
The author is indebted to Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, a debt that she feels compelled to repay because she has been given so much. This explains, at least in part, why she has written Sufi, a commentary. It is a deeply involving, engaging book of more than four hundred pages, presenting an explanation of Sufism itself and the author's place within it.
As Sharon Marcus herself observes, "This book presents a synthesis, a compression at my point of understanding, of the Sufi way seen from the inside by a student, a disciple who had the bliss and grace conferred by proximity to an outstanding teacher."
She writes engagingly and with insight in chapters on the prophets, the inner Qu'ran, questions of a searching heart, states of consciousness, surrender and destiny. Sharon Marcus takes her readers on a journey of insight and understanding -- a journey which Sufi followers will value and which others will find revealing, deeply informing.
Sufi is a moving, important work, a publication that enlightens, a publication for readers of all faiths and followings. Within these pages lies the path to revelation and understanding.
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