9/9/12

Do not judge another by your own law

Last year - at Suluk, Pir Zia presented this rule and asked us to contemplate it... I am still contemplating....
Life is so full of difficult situations  - and as long as we do not take full responsibility for our own life and the lives of others, we need laws...
But at Suluk, I realized, that at the age of 60, this is no longer my main challenge... it is gradually changing to... how can I meet life's challenges with a neutral mind ? "What if things are not as they appear to be?" (Pir Vilayat)
How is it possible to live a life without preconcieved ideas or laws to guide me? I started my adult life as an anarchist, and was drawn to the sufi path out of a longing for spiritual freedom.... I want freedom  - for me, and for all living creatures - freedom, freedom, freedom