The Call of the Dervish [antikvár]

PROLOGUEThe Veil of the BelovedFor there to be a change from the lonely state of delusionif we are really to fulfill our purpose in lifewe have to go about it in a very strong way. We have to plug in to something so enormously great that we can't say we grasp it, but rather that we are grasped by it. Our minds tell us that it is the divine splendor, but all our ideas and representations fall by the way and seem so futile, and what we do to bring about the change we seek seems to be so very inadequate.Perhaps we are shaken to our foundations when we do spiritual practices, and it seems like a big deal until we realize that it is just a pinprick in the whole process of life; but sometimes things happen that cause us to be transported. Something is suddenly triggered off, or it seems as if we have lost our precarious foothold on the world. Sometimes it's so strong that our foundations are made to quake by the power that is coming through.This is because the world as we thought we knew it is such a very small, fragmentary expression of reality. It's like a ripple on the ocean of reality, and at no time can we ever expect to