Cardiff Sufi Group

Weekly Readings

Forbearance

With this weeks readings, we move to consider the theme of forbearance We suggest this four step approach to working with this selection! Read this selection, out loud if possible, seven times "well upon the phrase or sentence that touches you #sk yourself what relevance or application this has for you Finally, sit in the afterglow of these reflections and open yourself to whatever new insight or message the "ivine might have for you $Sometimes, in order to help %e makes us miserable& but heartache for %is sake brings happiness 'aughter will come after tears Whoever foresees this is a servant blessed by God Wherever water flows, life flourishes! wherever tears fall "ivine mercy is shown () *)+,-./ Text Two $When a feeling of spiritual contraction comes over you, 0 traveler, it1s for your own good "on1t burn with grief, for in the state of e2pansion and delight you are spending 3hat enthusiasm re4uires an income of pain to balance it 5f it were always summer, the sun1s bla6ing heat would burn the garden to the roots and depths of the soil 3he withered plants never again would become fresh 5f "ecember is sour,faced, yet it is kind Summer is laughing, but yet it destroys When spiritual contraction comes, behold e2pansion within it& be cheerful and let your face rela2 (7 7+78,7+79/

Text One