by T.L. James of MarsBlog. Part of our weekly Sufi Wisdom series.
As terrorist Islam does its best to discredit the religion, it is important to remember that there are other voices within the faith. One such is the Sufis, a branch of Islamic mystics with roots in many religious traditions. The lessons of Sufism are often communicated through humorous stories and mystical or romantic poetry.
From Shah's Learning How to Learn, an observation apropos the Churchill brouhaha -- and one which possibly hits closer to home:
As terrorist Islam does its best to discredit the religion, it is important to remember that there are other voices within the faith. One such is the Sufis, a branch of Islamic mystics with roots in many religious traditions. The lessons of Sufism are often communicated through humorous stories and mystical or romantic poetry.
From Shah's Learning How to Learn, an observation apropos the Churchill brouhaha -- and one which possibly hits closer to home:
It is often said, and almost as often seen, that those who imagine that they are scholars 'live in a world of their own'.
How little it is noticed, though, that this world of their own is not the world of whoever or whatever they are supposed to be studying.
Note this and you will not be surprised at the otherwise amazing imaginings of the armchair scholar.
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