One day when he was feeling his own faults very strongly, Murshid [Sam Lewis] went into meditation and asked God what to do. He received the answer: "Your faults are My Perfections." In the Garden [writings from & about Murshid Sam Lewis]
It isn't easy being a critical person. "The Accuser," after all, is the true meaning of the name "Satan". But somebody's got to do it (I… Continue
Added by Forrest Curo on 9th mo. 20, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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I came to my first Quaker meeting around 1960, because (even though I'd been raised an atheist) my best friend had invited me. And though I found that meeting a good experience, I remained an atheist & therefore didn't think I should return. Later, after I'd been drawn into the "psychedelic" mass-awakening of the time, I occasionally attended Meeting, but didn't really fit in.
Later in the 60's I read a line in a friend's Sufi book, that really clicked-- about God… Continue
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