Learning from my sufi teacher

naorma

The Living Force
Since two years (app.) I do regularly spinning and listening to the teachings of a female sufi in a group that is defined for women.
I came to know this Lady by refusing to take an earlier train and therefore meeting an acquaintance who told me about this spinning and the lady who does it.

I was at first not so eager to do this and was grumbling with myself on the way to the first meeting always letting it open whether I would end up there or not. But my feet went direct to the place and I obviously had to follow.

It was quite an experience. When learning to spin most often your stomach says "NOOO!" and you feel sick. And I thought I would never do that again, BUT: She had explained before that that was a normal physical reaction, because our body has the order to refuse transformation. When you go on it would disappear.
Next time I was there - one week later - I REALLY felt sick, my stomach said "NONONONONO!" but "I" was stronger and continued.
The third time I had no problem and since then I never feel anything bad (besides when I have eaten to much, but thats my own fault ).
We were spinning app. half an hour to three quarters of an hour. Spinning is wonderful and the stories we get to know are wonderful, too.

When the course ended (after 4 times) we were five people who definetely wanted to continue and asked her for private lessons. Since then we do this regularly, app. twice a month or more often (depending on money and time) (2 persons left, one of them me).

Today is just the important thing to open the thread - it was my plan for a long time.
 
One small little story just to start:

When we were having a little dinner where she was telling us about her journey to India, she mentioned that Sufis always have the spoon with the round side up when sitting together for a meal.

The meaning of this: In conversation everything just should be said and done in order to support transformation and development of the persons around the table. So you have to think about your neighbour and what would be helpful to him.
Nice, isn't it? And something one can integrate in everyday life! :wizard:
 
naorma said:
One small little story just to start:

When we were having a little dinner where she was telling us about her journey to India, she mentioned that Sufis always have the spoon with the round side up when sitting together for a meal.

The meaning of this: In conversation everything just should be said and done in order to support transformation and development of the persons around the table. So you have to think about your neighbour and what would be helpful to him.
Nice, isn't it? And something one can integrate in everyday life! :wizard:

That is kind of sweet actually! I'm in the middle of reading Ibn Al Arabi's The Sufi Path of Knowledge, and the more I read it the more Gurdjieff I tend to see in the work. It's been like a little treasure hunt. :scooter:
 
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