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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.sufi,alt.islam.sufi,alt.religion.gnostic,talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage,alt.consciousness.mysticism From: di@b4u.di Subject: Re: Real Sufis (2) Date: 25 Dec 1997 14:52:15 GMT In article <67q84s$b3l$1@shell.accesscom.com>, tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com wrote: > # ...since true Sufi's have no problem recognizing each other, the title is > # unnecessary under ordinary circumstances, > > why is it that true sufis have no problems recognizing one another? is it > a tattoo or a button they wear or a special identification card? : To use the regular paradigm, from the Intellectual Nafs state you can see a characteristic look in the eyes of others in that station, and can merge with their viewpoint (and see where those in the Commanding Nafs and Accusing Nafs are at, without having to get caught up in their dramas). From the Satisfied Nafs state you get a kind of detachment that you can recognize immediately in others, and you can still assume the viewpoint or being of the lower states as needed. The Satisfied Nafs state is often confused with "being enlightened", as far as I can tell.
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