Dante's Inferno: Beatrice's spiritual beginnings
The essence of starting a spiritual journey is expressed beautifully by the character Beatrice in Canto II of the Inferno:
Italian:
Amore mi mosse
English:
Love has moved me
When I ask Sufis how they have come to Sufism, they often answer that it was through God's love or Grace, and by no doing of their own. The Sufi, Maghrebi, says:
No one can journey towards God on his own feet;
To arrive at God's district, one must go with God's feet.
posted by BostonSufis @ 5:48 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
True indeed :) As Hafez says:
Although Union with the Beloved
Is never given as a reward for one's efforts,
Strive, O heart, as much as you are able.
asallam alaykum Hu Ya Darvishs,
I just wanted to invite you, our good neighbors, to a yahoo group I created for sufi happenings in the New England area. Its not really a discussion group, it is more just an announcment board for our area.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newenglandsufis
Ya Sallam ~ kevin germain Qadir Rifai dervish, Huuuuuu.
nice to see your dergah online :)
Thank you, Irving, for that wonderful dash of Hafez : )
And Kevin, your invitation and online efforts are greatly appreciated. Please accept our request to join your online community.
Ya Haqq
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