Sufism is perhaps the deepest mystical current in the rich,
venerable and multi-faceted spirituality of Islam. Neither
Islam, Judaism, or Christianity must be mistaken simply
as ‘religion’. All religious practices emerge and develop
from a pre-existing apprehension of a Divine Mystery
that is too deep for words. Silence about God, whose
Name is above and beyond every other name, is a
cautionary tale told by each of the world’s three major
religions.
The Sayings of the Sufi Masters collected in this book are
a small sampling of what is a bottomless wealth of Islamic
spirituality. The accompanying meditations are my
attempt, for a Christian perspective, to disclose a mystic
unity underlying the religious differences that so often
separate two of the world’s greatest faith
communities. Like the Persian poet, Hafiz, I aspire to be
‘a hole in the flute that the Christ's breath moves
through’. The reader can decide how beautiful the music
sounds
