786..way of the sufi….
786….to Love. from Love. with Love…..knock and the door will be opened . seek and u shall find… my sufi journey started in 1996. in 1996 eye was blessed to travel to senegal west africa in search of a spiritual master/sufi cheikh. eye left for senegal with a one way ticket and a backpack. arriving in senegal eye did not know a soul. all eye had was the name of a contact person who was suppose to meet me at the airport with a sign that had my name on it “Qiyamah Abdallah.” eye spent 3 days at my host house before meeting my master. upon meeting my master, eye never saw my host again.
the first thing my master, Cheikh Betcio, said to me was ” as soon as you step foot into this house, Allah has began to bless you.” Then Cheikh Betcio spoke about love saying “the only one closer to Allah than you, is the one who loves Allah more than you.” the way of the sufi is LOVE. sufism is the way of the heart. sufism is the unification of the 4 Lights in the inner chambers of the heart. in the heart of all truth seekers there are for Lights: the Light of Allah, the Light of Muhammad, the Light of the Master, and the Light of the Soul. each of these four lights resides in one of the chambers of the inner heart (Qalb). the sufi way is to unite these four lights through the vehicle/power of LOVE. in fact these 4 lights are manifestations of Love. Love was a hidden treasure that wanted to BE known. ALLAH-LOVE sent itself(Muhammad), to itself(the Soul), through a point of manifestation on the physical plane(the Master), to teach the way of UNIFICATION of the four LIGHTS of love. the Beloved, Love, wanted to be known, so it polarised ITSELF, thus creating the Lover, to contemplate, see, know and ultimately LOVE itself through the vehicle of the lover….the path of the sufi is LOVE….love is all. all is Love….love and light —–sufi
Posted on December 6, 2011, in Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Betcio, consciousness, ENLIGHTENMENT, God, love, Muridism, mystic, non dual advaita, Rumi, self knowledge, Self Realization, spiritual, sufism, wisdom and tagged Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Betcio, enlightenment, God, knowledge of self, love, mystic, mystic journey, senegal, Serigne Saliou, sufism, the heart, Touba, true self. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Sounds like a great journey you are on. Prior to walking this path myself I had heard that the heart is the place where forgiveness & love live. It is not surprising to me that Sufism makes working on the heart a priority in order to walk the straight path. A path of Oneness. Thank you for the insight.
Heaven;)
As-Salaam Alaikum Cheikh, Loving the Blog!
786…wa laikum as salam..may the force be with you! please let the other brothers in ny know about the blog…peace 7…