Food For THought : September 3rd 3008 -Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis
I was reading this Book Jesus in the eyes of the sufis and I came across something that plunged me into deep thought until someone tried to sell me candy not to promote a basketball team but to put some money in his pocket. If you live in NY CITY you know exactly what I mean by that, and that unfortunately he has only M&M peanuts available at the time
THE WAY OF JESUS AND HIS METHOD
The way of Jesus was the path of striving, of seclusion and of self abnegationin a sufi manner he enjoyed solitude and disliked ceremony, being detached from the world and its surroundings.
Hasan Basri (disciple of Ali) said of jeesus that he “dressed in coarse woll, ate what he could pluck from trees, and slept wherever nigth found him.
Jesus was an ascetic amongst the prophets, attaining the highest station of asceticism, which is total abandonment of the world
Jesus was dedicated to poverty (faqr), and his practice of poverty is proverbial
Junaid said “The sufi is one whose heart like Abraham, has become immune froma ttachment to the worlds and complies with God’s command; and whose submission is that of IShmael, and whose sorrow is that of David, and whose poverty is that of Jesus, and shose patiences is that of Job, and whose yearning is that of Mosese engaged in prayer of supplication, and whose sincerety is that of Mohammed.”
-dave
