The Sun Will Rise in the West : The Holy Trail
by Es-Seyyid Es-Shaykh Taner Ansari, Es-Seyyid Es-Shaykh Taner Ansari Tarsusi er Rifai el Qadiri
Category: Sufism

A renowned Sufi Shaykh synthesizes his wisdom of the Sufi path for knowing & loving God, specifically for the Western reader. This study of Sufism serves as a guide for finding your purpose & acting according to it. To the Sufi, actions, thoughts, feelings, spoken words, all transmit vibrational patterns which produce reactions in the universe. The goal is to understand which reactions please the Creator as opposed to one's ego. The Sufi route to this goal is via the heart, for love is the medium of unity necessary for a connection between a person & the Divine. The book discusses the practices that open a student's inner organs of perception to an expanded world of radiance which is normally unseen. The Shaykh serves as the guide & protector on this journey & the book clearly describes the responsibilities of both the Shaykh & the Sufi student. The ultimate goal of the Sufi path is the purification of one's heart, a process known as "surrender," i.e., the achievement of complete mastery over the selfish urgings of ones egoistic nature. Intention & sincerity are the springboards of the surrender process -- the inner aspect which gives meaning to our outer deeds.