Cardiff Sufi Group: The Spiritual Journey, Week 3

Weekly Readings

The Divine Initiative

Welcome to the Cardiff Sufi group, part of the Threshold Society. This week we continue our e ploration of the !ourney, e panding our focus to e plore notions of guidance and companionship. We suggest this four step approach to working with this selection" Read this selection, out loud if possi#le, seven times. Dwell upon the phrase or sentence that touches you. $sk yourself what relevance or application this has to yourself. %inally, sit in the afterglow of these reflections and open yourself to whatever new insight or message the Divine might have for you.

Te t &ne
$#undance is seeking the #eggars and the poor, !ust as #eauty seeks a mirror. 'eggars, then, are the mirrors of (od)s #ounty, and they that are with (od are united with $#solute $#undance *+.,-./, ,-/01

Te t Two
2oving3kindness is drawn to the saint, as medicine goes to the pain it must cure. Where there is pain, the remedy follows" wherever the lowlands are, the water goes. If you want the water of mercy, make yourself low4 then drink the wine of mercy and #e drunk. 5ercy upon mercy rises to your head like a flood. Don)t settle on a single mercy, & son. 'ring the sky #eneath your feet and listen to celestial music everywhere. *,.+6783.,1