Sufism:

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The substance of Sufism is the Truth and the meaning of Sufism is the self less experiencing and actualization of the Truth. The practice of Sufism is the intention to go towards the Truth, by means of love and devotion. This is called the tariqat, the spiritual path or way towards God. The sufi is one who is a lover of Truth, who by means by love and devotion moves towards the Truth, towards the perfection which all are truly seeking. As necessitated by love’s jealousy, the sufi is taken away from all except the Truth.

Sufism is a school for the actualization of divine ethics. It involves an enlightened inner being not intellectual proof; revelation and witnessing, not logic. By divine ethics, we are referring to ethics that transcend mere social convention, a way of being that is the actualization of the attributes of God.

  

It is not something that belongs to any one religion. It is the Essence which has been filtered out from all four religions by Wisdom. It is the Essence which has analyzed and sifted right from wrong, extracted the clear Filtrate that is the Truth, and out of that Truth distilled the Power that resides within all created lives-the Power that is God. It has ascertained and extracted the qualities, the tendencies, the awareness, and the intelligence of all these lives. And understanding clearly their characteristics, their intelligence, their actions, and their behavior, it scrutinizes and comprehends them through Wisdom, and from this understanding of all of creation it gives praise to the Glory of God.

“Sufi” is to bestow Compassion on these lives, to bestow Love, Kindness, Compassion, and Mercy on all creations. Just as God protects all lives and nourishes each being with exactly the right type of food for its needs, Sufi gives to each one the explanation appropriate to its level of wisdom. Sufi explains, teaches, and leads them on the Good Path. Knowing the level of each and imparting the Wisdom that each one requires, Sufi leads them within the fold of the Mercy of God. This is for all six kinds of lives.

There are six categories of life, five of which are: earth life, fire life, water life, air life and ether life. Earth life has 400 trillion kinds of lives; fire life has 1008 kinds of lives; water life has 1008 kinds of lives; air has 2008; and ether life (such as that which is found in stars, moon, sun, etc.) has 1008 kinds of lives.