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"There is a custom, both in Persia and in India that, when a younger person greets an older one,

He bows his head bringing it closer to his breast, and the elder person, taking his arms, raises him up as if the younger person wanted from the elder person love, light and life;

and the elder person gives it to him and raises him with it."

—Hazrat Inayat Khan in The Wisdom of Sufism

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The Consciousness of Unity

In Sufism, as has been stated, the goal for life is to become conscious in every moment. As in some other disciplines or on other spiritual paths, attachment to the goal may be a distraction from full awareness.

However, in Sufism, it is clear from the beginning what the goal is. In this way, we have a standard by which to live and a way to determine, by the knowledge of a teacher, if we are moving toward the intended goal.

This goal of consciousness includes awareness in every movement and every breath.

The awareness is transcendent and beyond any limitation or separation. The limitations are also referred to as illusions, in Sufism. Seeing a part of something is an illusion in contrast to seeing the whole.

Attraction to, or the distraction of the physical realm and its possessions is one of the limitations of human nature. However, because of the rule of balance, the Sufi does not practice extended seclusion or mortification.

These practices may be considered distractions or limitations at the other extreme rather than attraction to the world.

By Amineh Amelia Pryor

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You are to me like my soul, but You are dearer to it.

You are an eye to the eye, and a heart to the heart.

My love is enough for me, that I love what You love.

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*Sufi love

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