Cardiff Sufi Group

Weekly Readings

Adab

This weeks readings continue our exploration of adab. Adab (meaning broadly character and courtesy is an essential !uality on the spiritual "ourney. #ne of the early masters of $ufism defined the importance of adab in this way% the whole of this path is adab
We suggest this four step approach to working with this selection%

Read this selection& out loud if possible& se'en times. (well upon the phrase or sentence that touches you. Ask yourself what rele'ance or application this has for you )inally& sit in the afterglow of these reflections and open yourself to whate'er new insight or message the (i'ine might ha'e for you.

Text 1: *ain& boastful talk repels acts of kindness and tears the branch of mercy from the trunk of the tree. $peak honestly& or else be silent& and then behold grace and delight in it (+.,-./,-0
Text 2:

1o'ing/kindness is drawn to the saint& as medicine goes to the pain it must cure. Where there is pain& the remedy follows% where'er the lowlands are& the water goes. 2f you want the water of mercy& make yourself low3 then drink the wine of mercy and be drunk. 4ercy upon mercy rises to your head like a flood. (ont settle on a single mercy& # son. 5ring the sky beneath your feet and listen to celestial music e'erywhere (0..6+7/.680