Another great and glorious practice of the Sufis is attuning to the Divine Qualities or names of Allah (Asma Illahi)-called repetition of wazifa (mantra). Regarding this practice, my teacher Amin said:

The mystics speak of the sacred names of God with great reverence, and when one knows more and more about the truth within the sacred names-so too will all revere them. The sacred names are the center of the mystery of the great power of sages, prophets, yogis, mystics or mudzubs. The power to heal, to control weather, circumstances, the outcome of events, the complete mastery of life, to always be able to attain; this is the power locked up in the sacred names. The Sacred names are the treasure chest of the one reality called God! The sacred names come from the older languages, including Sanskrit, Arabic and Hebrew. The older languages are more resonant with the true inner sounds or vibrations behind all of life.

Actually, working with Wazifa is in truth working with living, divine consciousness. Pir Vilayat says:

You could consider each wazifa as the signature tune of an angel. So you are communicating with being instead of just entertaining abstract thoughts. You imagine that the angels embody qualities.

So in order to remember, the Sufi continually strives to focus the mirror of conscious upon something sacred, higher… and unlimited. There is a universal spiritual axiom: What you focus upon you become!

I will end this article on the Path of Sufism simply with a quote from the great Sufi Al-Ghazzali:

To be a Sufi means to abide continuously with God and to be at peace with humanity.

Christopher Moinuddin Clarke, PhD obtained his Doctorate from Kent State University in Human Communication Studies and has 25 years of formal spiritual training in the Sufi tradition.

He is the spiritual director of The Fraterntiy of Light, Co-founder of the Universal Church of the Prophets in Ohio, and has conducted meditation seminars and retreats throughout the United States. Professionally, Dr. Clarke is Director of the Academic Information Management Center in St. Louis, Missouri. For information on Sufi activities in Missouri email Christopher at: Moinuddin.Clarke@att.net

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