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De la Croyance et l’Appartenance à la Confiance et le Partenariat Jun 23, 2025

Dans le paysage spirituel actuel, nombreux sont les chercheurs en quête de sens qui se sentent désillusionnés—non pas par le sacré en lui-même, mais par les structures censées le porter. Pour beaucoup, notamment au Canada et dans d’autres sociétés modernes et sécularisées, les institutions religieus...

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From Belief and Belonging to Trust and Partnership english maturity paradigm shift Jun 23, 2025

In today’s spiritual landscape, many seekers find themselves disillusioned—not with the sacred itself, but with the frameworks that were meant to carry it. For countless individuals, particularly in places like Canada and other modern secular societies, traditional religious institutions no longer s...

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Le Hajj, c’est ‘Arafah ! Jun 05, 2025

Un jour de ‘Arafah, il y a vingt ans, un homme appelé — et connu de tous les Fouqaras soufis du sud de la Tunisie — sous le nom de « El-‘Arif », le Connaisseur du Divin, ou l’homme de Dieu, bien qu’il n’eût ni l’apparence ni l’éloquence qu’on attend généralement d’un tel homme, m’a dit :

— Tu sais ...

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Hajj is ‘Arafah! arafah english hajj Jun 05, 2025

One day of ‘Arafah, twenty years ago, a man known by all the Sufi fuqarā’ of southern Tunisia as “al-‘Ārif” — the Knower of the Divine, or the man of God — though he bore neither the appearance nor the eloquence we usually expect of a “man of God,” said to me:

— Do you know what happened on the day...

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To be in search of Allah is not to be disturbed by anything Apr 04, 2025
" A Zen master was once asked how long it would take to reach enlightenment.
The master said:
- Ten years.
- ‘And by working intensely at it?’
The master replied: "Twenty years, then.
 
He  who seeks peace is disturbed by everything that is not peace.
He who seeks joy is disturbed by al
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Aylan loves Allah, Allah loves Aylan (Part 2/2) Apr 04, 2025

Aylan loves Allah and Allah loves Aylan! A true “salah”, being that the literal meaning of “salah” is connection. What a deep and true prayer indeed. 

This spontaneous, natural and beautiful prayer reminds me of a story my grandmother used to tell me when I was a child, the story of the saint lalla...

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Aylan loves Allah, Allah loves Aylan (Part 1/2) Apr 04, 2025

When I entered our spiritual center a few days ago, after a Growing in Love session I wasn’t able to attend, my attention was caught immediately by a message written by one of the children on our whiteboard. My eyes welled with tears, and a deep sense of gratitude filled my heart.The message wrote: ...

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The Universal Experience of Divine Breath Apr 04, 2025
I invite you to do this exercise: take a deep breath and breathe in the sweet fragrance of the air that has just been exhaled by the people around you. Appreciate the air exhaled by your brother or sister. This air is not pollution, but an invitation to feel the Truth that we are really only One:
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There Is No Straight Path ! Apr 04, 2025
The passage from Surat al-Fatiha "ihdina sirat al-moustaqim" is often translated as "Guide us to the Straight Path"...
 
However, "moustaqim" does not really mean "straight" in the sense we understand it today, i.e. "path of rigidity and limitations"...
 
Moustaqim rather refers to a p
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