Sufism

One of the words to which the term 'Sufi' is related is the Greek Sophia, meaning wisdom; wisdom which is a knowledge acquired both from within and without. Therefore Sufism is not only an intuitive knowledge nor is it only a knowledge acquired from the outer life of the world. Sufism in itself is not a religion nor even a cult with a distinct or definite doctrine. No better explanation of Sufism can be given than by saying that any person who has a knowledge of both outer and inner life is a Sufi. Thus there has never in any period of the world's history been a founder of Sufism, yet Sufism has existed at all times. 

The true religion to a Sufi is the sea of truth and all the different faiths are as its waves. The message of God from time to time comes as tides in the sea, but what remains always is the sea, the truth. Those who consider another on the wrong track, they themselves are also not on the right track, for the one who is on the right track finds every road leading to the same goal sooner or later.... The sufi..... does not make converts to a certain faith to the exclusion of all faiths. A convert to the Sufi orders means a convert to all faiths of this world and bound by no particular faith. Faith to a Sufi is a free ideal, not a captivity. Excerpted from Alt.Sufi FAQ.

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