MAQLT Snippets of Sufi Wisdom

Sufism is perhaps the deepest mystical current in the rich,venerable and multi-faceted spirituality of Islam. NeitherIslam, Judaism, or Christianity must be mistaken simplyas religion . All religious practices emerge and developfrom a pre-existing apprehension of a Divine Mysterythat is too deep for words. Silence about God, whoseName is above and beyond every other name, is acautionary tale told by each of the world s three majorreligions. The Sayings of the Sufi Masters collected in this book area small sampling of what is a bottomless wealth of Islamicspirituality. The accompanying meditations are myattempt, for a Christian perspective, to disclose a mysticunity underlying the religious differences that so oftenseparate two of the world s greatest faithcommunities. Like the Persian poet, Hafiz, I aspire to be a hole in the flute that the Christ's breath movesthrough . The reader can decide how beautiful the musicsounds