Spiritual Superhighway

Book Review: Adventures in Sufism by Michael Greenstein

Book Review:     Adventures in Sufism: A Memoir

                                 By Michael Greenstein

This is a wonderful book for any spiritual traveler who wishes to glimpse an insider’s view of what takes place in A Sufi Mystical School. Michael and I are life long friends and we shared many of the experiences described in this memoir. I strongly urge you to pick-it-up and enjoy the fragrances from the mystical bouquet.

Our teacher used to say: To Refuse the Gift is to Refuse the Giver.  In this book, there is an old treasure waiting and you are encouraged to sip of this very ancient, life altering elixir.

With Michael’s autobiographical account, the traveler is provided with a rare view of the Sufi mystical path and combination of spiritual and every day life experiences which are interwoven to help create the completed person. This is an insider’s view of spiritual learning; interchanges between Master and student, and how this learning impacted his life.

Also, as one of the other travelers who shared common experience: This was the right time, with the right people, and in the right place.

Pick-up, read this book and you will learn about religion: long before there was such a thing as formal religion, and how this knowledge is a nutrient to enrich your life. This is a 5 Star Read.

Cost: $12.99                Adventures in Sufism by Michael Greenstein

To Order- Go to Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Adventures+in+Sufism

 

10 Rules For Getting Effective Results From Prayer*

1)      Set aside a few minutes every day. Do not say anything. Simply practice thinking about God. This will make your mind spiritually receptive.

2)      Then pray orally, using simple, natural words. Tell God anything that is on your mind. Do not think you must use stereotyped pious phrases. Talk to God in your own language. He understands it.

3)      Pray as you go about the business of the day, on the subway or bus or at your desk. Utilize minute prayers by closing your eyes to shut out the world and concentrating briefly on God’s presence. The more you do this every day the nearer you will feel God’s presence.

4)      Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm God’s blessings are being given and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.

5)      Pray with the belief that sincere prayers can reach out and surround your loved ones with God’s love and protection.

6)      Never use a negative thought in prayer. Only positive thoughts get results.

7)      Always express willingness to accept God’s will. Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you ask for.

8)      Practice the attitude of putting everything in God’s hands. Ask for the ability to do your best and to leave the results confidently to God.

9)      Pray for people you do not like or who have mistreated you. Resentment is blockade number one of spiritual power.

10)  Make a list of people for whom to pray. The more you pray for other people, especially those not connected with you, the more prayer results will come back to you.

 __________

*Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking, Fawcett Crest Edition, 1963, p.51-52.

__________

Check-out my two new books: Sufism for Western Seekers: Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Everyday Life and The Ferryman’s Dream.  Both books are available through Amazon.com or local bookstore.

Living A Dream

Become a mountain stream

And free the valley people of thirst;

Laughingly glide over immobile stones and stumps,

That is living a dream.

 

Become an eagle and soar above the earth;

Make your home on the highest peak,

Live on the wind, and adorn the sky.

Realize each is part of nature

And where we fit into this theme;

That is living a dream.

 

Embrace your Higher Self,

And caress the Holy Name;

Learn to touch God, for an instant,

With your Heart;

That is living a dream.

-SB

Death's Call

Gently, the ocean waves break upon the rocks;

As an old woman rests

Beneath the late afternoon sun.

Sheltered beneath her favorite umbrella,

Sitting in a worn beach chair.

Listening to the ocean’s soft lullaby;

Slowly, she raises her head

And peacefully calls out across the water.

 

“You are nothing more

That a warm afternoon in the sun;

An eternal vacation by the shore

And I am no longer afraid.”

 

Again very slowly, she rests her head

Back on her chest;

And for a moment, closes her eyes to rest-

Breathing deeply the fresh ocean air.

-SB

______

Check-out my two new books: Sufism for Western Seekers: Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Everyday Life and The Ferryman’s Dream.  Both books are available through Amazon.com or local bookstore.