Yunus Emre

Love is Ancient and is Eternal

By Yunus Emre Love is ancient and is eternal and it is the highest plane thereis. Tongue talking of Love is full of grace, God the real speakeris. God is that One Who speaks, listens, sees, allows us to see;every word God says: our body, soul’s home; who the dwelleris! How can this form possibly…Read more Love is Ancient and is Eternal

Humility and God’s Infinite Grace

By Yunus Emre I am called by these folk ‘Sufi’ and I’ll use my rosaryceaselessly...the wisdom my tongue speaks my heart won’t accepteasily.Although I’m allowed to spread the Word, a lie is my piety;what I care for is in another place, the Path I cannotsee!Wise may be my words but a mere cloak for show…Read more Humility and God’s Infinite Grace

Humility

To be really on this Path you have to have humility: if you judge others, pushed down the stairs you'll be!If heart flies too high from this Way you'll fly away: one can't hide, what is inside out will be, all will see!Even that long white bearded one, looking O so wise, if he breaks…Read more Humility

Sufism: Knowledge and Wisdom

Yunus Emre’s early interactions with the man who would become his Shaykh. He had the best education money could buy at the time, so what was he looking for in a simple wall builder, like Taptuk Emre? This reminds me of when I sat with my teacher Shaykh Sufi Abdullah, seeking to be his student.…Read more Sufism: Knowledge and Wisdom