the sufi of suburbia

The word 'sufi' is nowhere to be found in the Qur'an. And the word 'love' or for love?

Why do you look for the word and not the thing?! Why do you spend so much time on the outskirts of the city?

But Islam is simple and clear. In the desert there is only the word and the Law. Why don't you stick to the root meanings: wool!

Wool, yes! Wool, which at the end of time flies off like clouds to an invisible centre. And in the desert is also Man, and in his heart are wild flowers, stars, abandoned camp fires, ruins, forgotten mirrors in which the beloved once looked...his wandering makes the desert the desert...the desert in man.

you found a ring in your home, whilst not even looking. you knew it was there, somewhere. you remember her speaking to your heart silently that first time. and what is time, but the attempt to find that moment again?