Sufis existed long before Islam - and have been wise enough to get Islam
to forget, ignore, or otherwise rationalize this. Truth makes no
enemies, claims of same do. They were careful not to make the same
mistakes their Gnostic Christian cousins had centuries before. Wise
indeed. Great sense of humor too. A spirit not unknown to Zen - when
some of the more eccentric figures are considered...
KG
On 8/4/2012 7:45 PM, Merle Lester wrote:
Yes joe spot on...sufism....merle
Edgar,
Some religions preach killing of infidels, those not "yet" converted
to the ways of the self-righteous and self-forgiving Camel-thief. He
wrote himself a "hall-pass" in his Koran (people raised in American
public [government...] schools will understand the reference).
May all our religious codes, and other codes, keep us free from such
people and such dastardly ways. Imagine: their "Book" says these
things, and they read it and go ahead and trust it, and enact the
actions. The chapter "The Spoils" says enough for me. There's no way
to hide the intent by re-translation(s), nor commentary. Danger, Will
Robinson! Reboot, pls.
Yet, I trust the Sufis with my life. Mysticism separates the grain
from the mould-infected chaff. Sufism is a tradition of transmission,
like our Zen, not dependent on words or letters. Salam malecum.
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone who gets their morals from some religion has none of their own...
