Back in 1992 I met the first person I’d ever met who called themselves a Sufi: he was the Reverend Lesley Foot, an Anglican priest who explained he had his Bishop’s permission to be a Sufi too. This demolished most of my preconceptions about Sufis. A year later, at a Sufi workshop, someone asked the […]
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Listen to this story:When the soul left the body,it was stopped by Godat heaven’s gates:“You have returned just as you left!Life is a blessing of opportunity: Where are the bumps and scratchesleft by the journey?” Poem by Rumi, translation Neil Douglas-Klotz A few people are seeking a spiritual thread to help them find meaning and […]
A Sufi View of Climate Change
I’ve been exploring Sufi spiritual teachings for over twenty years, and felt it might be useful to explain how these help me to live with and respond to the climate crisis. My sense is that a spiritual path and practices can help a lot in this process. So what do I mean by Sufi? It’s […]