Economy Of Laughter
Mulla Nasrudin listened very attentively while a stranger told a long story in the coffee-house. But the man spoke so indistinctly and muffed his punchline so badly that the...
Disappear In Dance
One Sufi mystic was so full of love, and so full of joy — his whole life was laughter, music, dancing. And the story says God became very interested...
Master Kissed On The Forehead
This Junnaid I mentioned was himself once a seeker. He used to tell his disciples, “When I met my master, the master never looked at me for three years....
In Search Of A Master
There is a famous Sufi story: a man went in search of a Master. He was ready to go around the world, but he was determined to find the...
Everything Is Allowed
Just explaining this to you: that there is no goal, that there is nothing to achieve, that everything is good as it is. I will tell you a Sufi...
To Be A Disciple Is Very Difficult
These are the stages a seeker moves through: the student, the disciple, the devotee. The fourth is also there but it does not belong to the seeker, it belongs...
The Holy Shadow
Let me tell you one very famous Sufi story, “The Holy Shadow.” There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a...
To Be With God
God is there but you cannot see because your eyes are blinded by the concepts given to you. God is not a Jew, so if you have a Jewish...
The Destiny of A King
A king dreams in the night that a dark shadow is putting her hand on his shoulder. He looks back. He is horrified. It is just a dark shadow,...
Old Man’s Garden
The king of Bhagdad used to go around the city on his beautiful horse, just to see how things were going – of course in disguise, not as the...