tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post5191296695044880881..comments2024-03-23T09:27:34.737+02:00Comments on Traditionalists: Nasr on SchuonMark Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998818251387897344noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post-58949445557871817212018-05-12T21:45:28.924+02:002018-05-12T21:45:28.924+02:00If God can speak through a burning bush then why n...If God can speak through a burning bush then why not a man? God can make His Theophany in anything! There's no limits that can be put on it! One cannot turn to God unless God turns to them first and there's different degrees to this! Should one look past the place of illumination for illumination! It's easy to get caught in a tangle of veils when one isn't aware of what it is that they are seeing!Digital 93https://www.blogger.com/profile/06433203100167422249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post-41953656703758865772017-08-26T16:31:20.745+02:002017-08-26T16:31:20.745+02:00What makes you so certain that Mary was not a prop...What makes you so certain that Mary was not a prophet? There were a number of scholars from the Islamic tradition who believed her to be a Prophetess, namely the likes of Ibn Hazm, Al-Ash'ari, and Al-Qurtubi if my memory serves me correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post-81859717196389577842017-01-27T22:21:04.416+02:002017-01-27T22:21:04.416+02:00One is supposed to seek union with G-d, not with a...<br />One is supposed to seek union with G-d, not with anything G-d created.<br /><br />Extinction in the sheikh is supposed to be a temporary halting place on the journey, not the ultimate destination.<br /><br />Sadly, it is all too easy to become entrapped and to turn a mere human person into<br />a surrogate for G-d. <br /><br />The key question is whether high level Schuonites actually regard Schuon as G-d -- and hide this from the rest of us.<br /> <br />If accepting that Schuon as G-d is the ultimate teaching of Schuonianism, this should be made clear. Otherwise this type of "family secret" is a recipe for group neurosis that can do damage across generations. <br /><br />The effort and energy needed to conceal a secret of this kind<br />creates a climate of distraction that would hamper spiritual practice.<br /><br />Worse, those initiates who are privy to such a "secret" live in fear of those who<br />might learn of the "secret" and be dismayed. They would regard all who <br />are not aware of this "secret" as potential enemies until thoroughly vetted<br />for reliability. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post-22567405210492009732017-01-15T11:32:39.363+02:002017-01-15T11:32:39.363+02:00Not necessarily that controversial. The notion of ...Not necessarily that controversial. The notion of extinction in the shaykh as a preliminary stage to union with God is indeed found, though it is probably more of a minority view. And a shaykh may indeed be seen as embodying prophetic qualities. Mary was not a prophet, of course.Mark Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998818251387897344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29711878.post-46268230678444791722017-01-15T00:43:57.900+02:002017-01-15T00:43:57.900+02:00Are these couplets 'controversial', as the...Are these couplets 'controversial', as they may seem to some? The first seems to refer to the well-known Sufi notion of extinction in the shaykh, a preliminary stage to union with God and hence not in contradiction with it. Similarly, in regard to the second, if I understand correctly, seeing the shaykh as embodying prophetic qualities is quite common in Sufism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com