Chapter

 1    3|        beginning nor end. As a Sufi mystic has said, 'The universe
 2    4|     DUAL ASPECT~ ~According to Sufi tenets the two aspects of
 3    7|           THE SUFIS~ ~The word Sufi is derived from Safa meaning
 4   11|   their inborn attributes.~ ~A Sufi considers all prophets and
 5   12|        worthy initiates of the Sufi Order; just as the electric
 6   12| bravery are the real proofs of Sufi advancement.~ ~The sensational
 7   12| advancement.~ ~The sensational Sufi movements which took place
 8   12|      Abdul Ala and other great Sufi poets, have very substantially
 9   12|     therefore natural that the Sufi Order should stand foremost
10   12| recognized in the West.~ ~Many Sufi saints have attained what
11   12|     And among the lives of the Sufi saints may be found some
12   12|     and philosophies.~ ~A true Sufi remains in the thought of
13   12|    affection for all beings. A Sufi accomplishes the divine
14   12|         etc., but that which a Sufi particularly wishes to acquire
15   12|        only a hindrance on the Sufi's path towards the accomplishment
16   12|    object of initiation in the Sufi Order is to cultivate the
17   12|     manifest themselves to the Sufi through his natural development,
18   13|                                SUFI TRAINING~ ~The murshid prefers
19   13|        is a peculiarity of the Sufi training that the mureed
20   16|   develop into spirit.~ ~For a Sufi at the beginning of his
21   17|   existence. The first thing a Sufi undertakes in order to harmonize
22   20|     different religions, but a Sufi's will is the principle
23   21|    inactive, in order that the Sufi may be elevated to the spiritual
24   21|       always been the favorite Sufi means of spiritual development.
25   21|   become the second subject of Sufi practices. They declare