A seeker once sent a list of burning questions across the desert to a silent mystic — and the answers that came back became one of the great spiritual texts of the world. This is Part 5 of Garden of The Secret, and here we finally reach those questions. We begin with the very first …
Welcome to Part 4 of my journey through Garden of The Secret, a 700-year-old Sufi masterpiece by Shabestari that maps the path of inner spiritual ascension. In the earlier parts we walked through the nature of thought, discernment, and the question “Who am I?” In this part we turn to the guides themselves — the …
There’s one question that, if you ask it sincerely enough, can unravel everything you think you are: Who am I? This is Part 3 of my walk through Garden of The Secret, Shabestari’s map of the inner ascent. So far we’ve explored Spirit, perception, and discernment — but here we go to the root. We’ll …
Everything that exists — every star, every thought, every breath you’ve ever taken — poured out of a single divine “Be.” That’s where Shabestari begins Garden of The Secret, and that’s where we begin too. This is Part 2 of the series. In the Introduction we met the mystic and the world he wrote in; …
Spirituality and Mysticism as Explained in the Masterpiece Sufi Text “Garden of The Secret” Introduction I’ll be writing some translations and commentaries on this great work, one that still remains largely unknown here in the West. Gulshan-e Raz, “The Rose Garden of Secrets,” is a collection of poems written in the early 14th century (around …