Islam is one of the major religions of the world, and within that there are many philosophical ranges of ideas and practises, as there are within any faith. A broad one within Islam is 'Sufism'. Sufism, generally, is seen as a more 'mystic' than mainstream Islam, with many concepts of the harmony of all living beings, a deeper spiritual dimension and practise with much metaphysical debate, and a very inward worship of Allah. Where much of mainstream Islam is focused on jurisprudence, the stick legalistic interpretation and debate of the Sharia to find the right way to live, Sufis look outside of that path, while still deferring to it, to find a way to live and worship. Sufism, in it's embrace of trying to find a deeper spiritual exploration to existence, has come to be known as a more tolerant and even syncretic form of Islam, with many of the melting pots of the Islamic world, such as the Indian Mughal Empire, containing a flourishing interfaith dialogue with other philosophical, spiritual, and metaphysical ideas and cross pollination.
One of the core concepts of Sufism is 'Wahdat' (Unity), the idea that the worshipper has some form of 'Unity' with Allah himself, with two main interpretation of Wahdat and what this 'Unity' is and means on a deeper level about us, and the nature of reality. These are Wahdat ash-shuhud, the unity of witness, and Wahdat al-wujud, the unity of being. The Unity of Being takes the position that the only True thing to exist in all of creation is Allah himself, and therefore, all things must exist within Allah and he is the total culmination of all that exists, and not merely a singular entity which one worships. Conversely, Wahdat ash-shuhud argues that this personal close connection with Allah is only subjective, and only exists within the mind of the worshipper, where through meditation, one can reach fana fillah and sublimate ones very own self into the will of Allah, and form a unity with Allah through this total destruction of the self in all forms. Although, it has been argued by many that the difference is semantical, and neither position means the other is wrong, many Sufis believe in both.
An analogy used by the Sufi scholar Ibn Arabi talks of Humans as reflectors of Allah. A mirror perfectly reflects the subject who stands in front of it, and yet the reflection is not independent, it cannot exist without the original 'true' form, it can never be without that original 'creator' standing in front of the mirror. A human is nothing without Allah for them to reflect through themselves, they are a blank nothing, and so this relationship shows the unity of Humans with Allah, but also a dependence on and clear hierarchy within the unity.
for those who wish to read further, Fusus Al-Hikam by the theologian and, arguably most influential, Sufi Abn Arabi goes in to the topic much deeper than I can for a megathread http://www.sufi.ir/books/download/english/ibn-arabi-en/fusus-al-hikam-en.pdf
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Realizing that the whole "don't accept homemade stuff on Halloween" is probably fueled hard by Hershey, Nestlé, Mars, etc. "Well, I guess my only choice then is to buy one of those packs of candies individually wrapped in sealed plastic, otherwise, my neighbors will think I'm trying to poison their kids."
People would get much better stuff, and save money, and it would be better for the planet if people did homemade stuff for halloween. Everything from marshmallows to cookies to candy could be fair game.
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The Trots in Argentina did really good :chad-trotsky: in the elections yesterday , they got 1.3 million votes and 4 seats in congress which means they are the 3 biggest party in the country behind the peronists and the neoliberals.
also their indigenous candidate for congress got in so thats good
looks like the maoists keep their 2 seats :mao-wave:
the peronist lose some seats to the neoliberals
Why are boomers so proactively subservient over the dumbest shit? Like I was at walmart with my grandmother the other day, and she was like "you should put that stuff in a bag, otherwise the person at the door will need to see the receipt." And I'm just like, "So what? Keep walking." And she goes on about how they're just trying to make sure we're not stealing and you've gotta pay attention and I cannot seem to get through to her that, no, we do not owe them anything. We paid for the stuff, it's our stuff, if they want to tackle us and catch a lawsuit they're more than welcome to. Otherwise, keep fucking walking.
It's a minor thing, but just so infuriating to deal with. No I'm not going to take unnecessary plastic waste to hold my other plastic waste, and no I'm not going to answer any questions about whether I did or did not pay for it. I don't have to. I thought these fuckers were supposed to like exercising their rights? Only hypothetically, I guess.
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Did I tell u guys about my company's "We want to have a 'webcams on' culture 😇" email that was obviously just a surveillance thing? Well they're canceling it because it was a too much strain on the network or smth like that lmao.
