The 10 Sufi Thoughts and 3 Objectives of the Sufi Path

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There are ten principal Sufi thoughts, which comprise all the important subjects
with which the inner life of humanity is concerned.

1. There is one God:
the Eternal, the Only Being; none else exists.
2. There is one Master:
the Guiding Spirit of all souls, who constantly leads all followers toward the Light.
3. There is one Holy Book:
the Sacred Manuscript of Nature, the only Scripture that can enlighten the reader.
4. There is one Religion:
the unswerving progress in the right direction toward the Ideal, which fulfills the life’s purpose of every soul.
5. There is one Law:
the Law of Reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience together with a sense of awakened justice.
6. There is one Family:
the Human Family, which unites the Children of Earth indiscriminately in the Parenthood of God.

7. There is one Moral Principle:
the Love which springs forth from a willing heart, surrendered in service to God and Humanity, and which blooms in deeds of beneficence.
8. There is one Object of Praise:
the Beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper through all aspects, from the seen to the unseen.
9. There is one Truth:
the true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of Wisdom.
10.There is one Path:
the effacement of the limited self in the Unlimited, which raises the mortal to immortality, in which resides all Perfection.

The 3 Objectives of the Sufi Path

  1. To realize and spread the knowledge of unity, the religion of love and wisdom, so that the biases and prejudices of faiths and beliefs may of themselves fall away, the human heart overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences be rooted out.
  2. To discover the light and power latent in humanity, the secret of all religion, the power of mysticism, and the essence of philosophy, without interfering with customs and beliefs.
  3. To help to bring the world’s two opposite poles, East and West, close together by the
    interchange of thought and ideals; that the Universal Family may form of itself, and
    people meet with people beyond the narrow national and racial boundaries.

(The wording of these Thoughts, in a few instances, has been slightly altered from the original words of Hazrati Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, to make them gender neutral, as a reflection of ongoing guidance.
–Murshid Moineddin Jablonski and Murshid Wali Ali Meyer)