A Sufi teaching

Maria Arpa

Wednesday Whisper

23 June 2021

A Sufi teaching

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A beautiful lesson for life

David and I have spent some time with a Sufi Community. Known as the peacemakers of Islam, I was delighted to hear this teaching:

No PEACE without JUSTICE.

No JUSTICE without MERCY.

No MERCY without LOVE.

No LOVE without FORGIVENESS.

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This teaching is a wonderful explanation of why we need Restorative Justice in the mainstream systems of society.

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Who do you want to forgive? Whose forgiveness do you want?

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8 Comments

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Posted 3 months ago Reply

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Posted 4 months ago Reply

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Posted 4 months ago Reply

Sufism is the inner aspect of Islam. Its emphasis is on cleansing the inward of a person which is the real person.
We call that person Shaikh or Murshid.
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- Maria Arpa
  Posted 4 months ago Reply
  
  Thank you for this contribution. Indeed, we were honoured to learn from the Murshids.
Tamzie Hollands
Posted 3 years ago Reply

I felt the brilliant ‘Time’ by Jimmy McGovern perfectly addressed this. Sean Bean’s, Mark Cobden, is unable to forgive himself for drunkenly taking a life through drink driving and then the introduction of the victim’s wife in the last episode, including their meeting in the last scenes, really drives this concept home. There can be no peace without forgiveness for the person committing the crime nor for those who are the victims of it. It was powerful to see others serving time, in horrendous circumstances, equally suffering, as they can neither forgive themselves for what they did nor can be forgiven by the victims’ families. The sense that the lack of restorative justice was leading to drug abuse or mental illness, is simply something as a society that we must fully invest in. Simply putting people behind bars and throwing away the keys, is not the way to best serve our society or our communities. We need to keep talking…
- Maria Arpa
  Posted 3 years ago Reply
  
  Tamzie, I very much appreciate your post. One thing I learned is that it is completely unwise to separate the ‘crime’ from the context. Of course, I agree that is may important to remove someone from society but we have to ask what is the purpose. Do we want to waste resources just punishing and humiliating or is it to put resources into rehabilitation and recovery? I want those that have created injury, loss or harm to accept responsibility, make good and come back to society and contribute from a place of humility and gratitude. That is more likely to make our communities safe.
Paul Baker
Posted 3 years ago Reply

What is the next step of the sequence? Does it become a circle?

No forgiveness without …(?)

The obvious answer is something like harm / injury / insult / violence / etc.

What is it that precedes peace?

No … (?) without peace

One obvious answer is disturbance.

Paul
- Maria Arpa
  Posted 3 years ago Reply
  
  Hi Paul
  I like your question what precedes Peace…No wellbeing without peace, no functionality without peace, no harmony without peace
  And what follows forgiveness…maybe something different…. How about And forgiveness springs from the understanding that disturbance is a natural part of life? or No forgiveness without acceptance?
  Maria