Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 The Sufi mystics are supreme masters of this knowledge of suffering, because they are supreme masters of the alchemical " science " of love. And what is the path of the Mother but the path of love? And how can pain be avoided on that path, especially in a time like ours, when to open to the facts of what is happening to our psyches and to the environment is to open inevitably to agony and horror and the prospect of ultimate catastrophe? In such an opening to the full pain of the facts and the full pain of real transformation, the Sufi mystics, with their profound understanding of the nature of adoration and of the transforming mercy of accepted heartbreak, can be extraordinary and helpful " midwives " of a new possibility. The heart, everyone's heart, is longing to give birth; and giving birth, becoming a " mother " of our own divine self, is the aim of human life. Accepting the price of this birth of fearlessness is the courage of the Divine Feminine, the supreme inner courage of the mystic, and leads to what the Sufis know as the ultimate state of union with reality, of being able to " dance " with adoration and nondual bliss in all dimensions simultaneously. And as Rumi reminds us, with the authentic passion and realism of the Divine Feminine, " Dancing is not raising your feet painlessly like a whirl of dust blown about by the wind. Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces and giving up your soul. " The Divine Feminine Andrew Harvey & Anne Baring - Conari Press Berkeley, CA ISBN 1-57324-035-4 (hardcover) Pgs. 125. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.