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GOD IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL THEmysteries. Philosophers, scientists, and artists havepondered His mystery and existence since thebeginning of time, trying to find and understandGod.God is beyond knowing and not knowing. He isbeyond form and essence. He is beyond matter andspirit. He is beyond being and not being. No wordsare adequate to describe Him.Where do we begin to describe something that isbeyond description? When we have exhausted alldescriptions, we have not even started to describeGod. The reason for this is that we can only describethat which we know. God, however, is beyond ourlimited understanding and no words are adequate todescribe Him. Thus, the Sufis say it is the experience
KNOWING GOD 13of God that brings wisdom — an experience that wecan be blessed with, but that we are unable to sharein words because there is seemingly no form inwhich the experience can be expressed. We can createpoetry or music to express our love for God, but wefind ourselves attempting to fathom the sun with theunderstanding of the lamp.In this chapter we look at the following oneminuteSufi concepts: The Mystery of God Everything Is a Signpost Leading to God
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Page 5 and 6: VITHE ONE MINUTE SUFI“Seven Steps
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Page 9 and 10: XTHE ONE MINUTE SUFIam now moving i
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Page 14: AcknowledgmentsI gratefully acknowl
Page 18: ContentsIntroduction 1One Knowing G
Page 21 and 22: I N T R O D U C T I O NThe Historic
Page 23 and 24: INTRODUCTION 3there will die of thi
Page 25 and 26: INTRODUCTION 5Labels do not matter
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