Musings

Must or at least all of our problems, worries difficulties, sorrows, pain and suffering arise out of our daily living and mal-adjustment with our life. Those who give up like totally and accept a secluded life like a hermit or

What is it that one requires to reach the goal of inner peace, solace and solitude amidst all the demands of life, turmoils, rigmaroles, pain and suffering?

Sufism is as old as man himself. There is no word like Sufism in the study of the subject. The German scholar while studying the science and the learning of the Sufis wrote a book terming the subject as Sufism. From then on the western nations and western scholars have been calling the study of Islamic mysticism as Sufism, which study in Islam is known as ‘Irfaan’, the knowledge of your own self or ‘Tasawwuf’, the depth of the knowledge of the Divine. How did this Sufism arrive and has it got any basis and has it got any logic is an often question asked by strangers to this subject. People confuse religion with mythology. The atheist and empirical minded say that mythology is based on superstitious believes of the people and they being in dark always assume that some strange things happen in the cosmos and there is influence of the planets and that creates problems in the world. There is a lack of understanding of their own self and its nature.

The greatest mystery in the universe is the invisible mother Earth revolving around its master, the glorious Sun. The planet Earth alone is blessed with life and Man stands at the apex in the evolution of life. The life on

The moment you recite the kalima, the crescendo of Islam, “La illaha illallah,” you at once give up idol worship both outwardly and inwardly and submit to the Will of the Lord Almighty. Islam means surrender to the supreme will