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How do you become a part of the Sufi community?
The outer process is to find an order and a Sheikh and to declare one's membership. The inner processes leading to this are as diverse as people themselves. Some search consciously and with a goal, others are led to the path in dreams and others are guided by strange coincidences and providence. Some experience this suddenly and dramatically, with others it is the result of a long development.
How do I find a teacher?
Our tradition says that the master chooses the follower and not the other way around. Many Sufi followers can tell of dreams in which they were distinctly called. This outward search can be sometimes very confusing, even more so because one often meets teachers that are useful at certain times and circumstances and can ease the longing for a time being. The teacher's commitment to Islam and the laws of Islam are an important guideline for the seeker, as well as sobriety and patience along the way.
The outer process is to find an order and a Sheikh and to declare one's membership. The inner processes leading to this are as diverse as people themselves. Some search consciously and with a goal, others are led to the path in dreams and others are guided by strange coincidences and providence. Some experience this suddenly and dramatically, with others it is the result of a long development.
Our tradition says that the master chooses the follower and not the other way around. Many Sufi followers can tell of dreams in which they were distinctly called. This outward search can be sometimes very confusing, even more so because one often meets teachers that are useful at certain times and circumstances and can ease the longing for a time being. The teacher's commitment to Islam and the laws of Islam are an important guideline for the seeker, as well as sobriety and patience along the way.
