Then Gai told me about the famous cup of the heart, which I should now begin to empty. The Sufiscompare our spiritual heart, the seat of God within us, with a cup into which the...

Study institutions may become visible when the head is more emptied of imaginings.

Un libro, para los Sufis, es tanto un instrumento como algo que brinda infromación… La clave es el maestro.

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

I have made You the companion of my heart.But my body is available to those who desire its company,And my body is friendly toward its guest,But the Beloved of my heart is the guest of...

The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: ‘the Sufis are not merchants’.

No existe práctica en aislamiento.

I searched for my Beloved in the strangest of places, until the day I realized I couldn’t take my eyes off Her.

Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.

Los Sufis son aquellos que han erradicado de sus mentes las tendencias humanas de envidia y enemistad.

,Eso significa que es mejor musulmán que tú?”.

116. “I have heard that on the day the world was born,the bird of love was released to fly.It searched all the three worldsbut could not find a fit resting place.So it turned and entered...

Words have to die if humans are to live.

El secreto del sufismo es que no tiene en absoluto ningún secreto”.

EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMIWhen we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.

If the path has been laid down, why the successive appearance of different teachers? Why would anyone reinvent the wheel, if everything were as cosy and sequential as primitive longing so easily convinces us?

Cuando una creencia se transforma en algo más que un instrumento, estás perdido. Permanecerás perdido hasta que aprendas para qué es realmente la ‘creencia’.

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair.Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be...

Show a man too many camels’ bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one.

La mayor barrera para la comprensión es el pensamiento anhelante y seguir lo que a uno le gusta.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

Don’t Worry Be Happy

We are here in a wood of little beeches: And the leaves are like black lace Against a sky of nacre. One bough of clear promise Across the moon. It is in this wise that...

Si eres “humilde”, puede ayudarte en tu vida ordinaria. Si no lo eres, no irás a ningún lado respecto a las cosas superiores.

To say “yes” to the Sufi way is to say “no” to imagined escapes.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

No ser codicioso es, paradójicamente, la más elevada forma de mirar por los verdaderos intereses de uno.

An educated man believing in a this-that vile sky-god rewarding him-her, but punishing your enemies with hell and fire, is uneducated.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

El hombre impaciente es su propio enemigo, cierra de golpe la puerta de su propio progreso.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.

To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.

La persona que tú mismo sientes ser, de acuerdo con los Sufis, es una falsa persona que no tiene una realidad verdadera.

That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information….but knowledge does not come in that manner.

Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in the...

When Fortune knocks, open the door,’ they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Has recorrido un largo camino, y no lo sabes. Tienes un largo camino por recorrer, y sí sabes lo que eso significa.

The Sufi Islam practiced in northern India is quite different from the Shi’a Islam practiced in Lebannon, which in turn is different from the Sunni Islam practiced in Pakistan. Even within a single branch of...

The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.

Aprender a aprender: Decir “sí” a la vía sufi es decir “no” a las fugas imaginadas.

With enough information, it is almost impossible “not” to predict people’s action.

A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it’s been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Cuando se ejercita la humildad, la gente comienza a advertir que, por así decirlo, no existe en modo alguno.

Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.

When no one is looking,I swallow deserts and cloudsand chew on mountainsknowing they are sweet bones!When no one is lookingand I want to kiss God,I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

There is a Persian proverb: ‘To test that which has been tested is ignorance.’ To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Cuando la fortuna llama, abre la puerta”, dicen. Pero, ,por qué mantienes la puerta cerrada y obligas a la fortuna a que llame?

If you don’t know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt account.