Cardiff Sufi Group: The Spiritual Journey, Week 12

Weekly Readings

Real I-ness

Welcome to the Cardiff Sufi group, part of the Threshold Society. This weeks readings focus on real I-ness. We suggest this four step approach to working with this selection Read this selection, out loud if possi!le, se"en times. #well upon the phrase or sentence that touches you. $sk yourself what rele"ance or application this has to yourself. %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.

Te&t 'ne
(ou know the "alue of e"ery article of merchandise, !ut if you dont know the "alue of your own soul, its all foolishness. (ou"e come to know the fortunate and inauspicious stars, !ut you dont know whether you yourself are fortunate or unlucky. This, this is the essence of all sciences that you should know who you will !e when the #ay of Reckoning arri"es. )*.+,-+-+,-./

Te&t Two
The prophet is you, !ut not this unreal 0you1 he is that 0you which in the end is conscious of escape from the world of illusion. (our last unreal 0you has come to your first real 0you to recei"e admonition and gifts. (our real 0you is !uried in another unreal 0you1 I am the de"oted sla"e of one who thus sees himself. That which the youth sees in the mirror the 2lder sees !eforehand in the crude iron ingot. ),.*334-*333/