786…die in the Ocean of Love- the life of a sufi
Serigne Fallou, Jalal & Sufi
“the sufi is the son of the moment.”- sufi proverb…. a sufi lives in the NOW. for a true sufi there is no past, present, future, day, or night. a sufi lives in a state beyond time and space in oneness with the Divine. a sufi lives in the 4th chakra-the heart-the closest place to find Allah. a sufi lives in the ocean of LOVE. in fact, a sufi is one HU has died in the ocean of love. a true sufi practices the alchemical science of taskiya tul nafs (purification of the soul). the life of a sufi is a life of remembrance, love and service(kidma) to God. a sufi is a worshiper of the Divine Light of Allah that dwells in the hearts of all living Beings. a sufi only see’s GOD. for a sufi there can be no other reality or existence other than GOD. for a sufi ALL religions are TRUE!!! a sufi can see the inner esoteric truth of all religions. a sufi is a christian to a christian, a jew to a jew, a hindu to a hindu, a buddhist to a buddhist, and a muslim to a muslim.
the first day eye met my beloved cheikh, Cheikh Betcio, in senegal he said to me “the only one closer to Allah than you, is the one HU loves Allah more than you.” the founder of our sufi order, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, wrote in one of his sufi poems, “my religion is the religion of LOVE.” love love love. the way of the sufi is love. love is a wave, that takes the traveler to its source, the Ocean, Allah. just as the wave and the ocean are one, love and Allah-God are ONE.
the Ocean of Love
intoxicated
eye
drowned in a river
the river took me to the Ocean
the river was
Love
the Ocean was
God
living in the ever-present now
eye
transcend
the illusion of duality
seeing God as
the only Reality
eye live in love
love lives in eye
as me
all EYE see
is love
is love
is
the Ocean
is GOD
—-sufi
Love is a flame in the heart that burns All leaving only the Beloved. When two people experience true Love they disappear and become One. In disappearing and becoming One, the two people lose all since of self. When the since of self disappears the only thing left is GOD-LOVE. The way of the Sufi is Love. true Love of God leads to death and dying in God. Sufi master Bawa Muhaiyadeen teaches that “when you are there, God is not. when you(ego) are not there, God Is.” I die daily that God may live through me as ME. The beloved prophet Muhammad(peace be upon Him) once said “die before you die.” In this process of death before death, the lover loses all since of self(ego-separation-duality) and is resurrected into the conscious Oneness with God. Re-gaining the lost consciousness of our innate Oneness with God is the purpose of life. A seed is planted in the ground to become a Flower. Man-Woman come to earth to become -realize-know-remember their ONENESS with God. It is as if God is playing hide and seek with Himself from behind the hiding place of YOU. In union with Love, by the power of Love, God-LOVE wins the game, and YOU(lover) no longer exist. God exist as U. Love reigns supreme! Love reigns supreme! Love reigns supreme! A Love supreme, a Love supreme, Allah supreme, Allah supreme…..living in the light of love—sufi ananda
Posted on March 27, 2012, in bhakti yoga, Buddhist, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Betcio, consciousness, Dharma, ENLIGHTENMENT, God, hinduism, Islam, love, meditation, mystic, non dual advaita, OM, poetry, self knowledge, Self Realization, soul, spirit, spiritual, sufism, Uncategorized, wisdom and tagged advaita, enlightenment, God, I am that I am, knowledge of self, meditation, mystic, mystic poetry, nature of self, oneness, purification of the soul, Rumi, spirituality, sufism, the heart, true self. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
Wonderful post!
Theses poems are beautiful. This least one really open my eyes to what I thought I wanted thank u.
786…your words are toooo kind. may you live in the Ocean of Love…sufi
Beautiful ..
786…and so are U…thanks for the appreciation…love and light—sufi ananda