9.) If one
wishes to be a Sufi, does one have to retreat to a mountain cave or live in a jungle hut
for the rest of one’s life?
The Sufi
path is intended to be pursued and observed in the midst of everyday life. While there may
have been some mystics who, either temporarily or for long periods of time, did retreat to
remote, isolated locations, these instances would have constituted, for the most part,
exceptions rather than the rule.
One can be
a fully practicing Sufi and still have a job, family life, and be involved in community
activities. The trick is to work toward understanding how to be in the world without being
of the world and, as a result, becoming entangled in the world’s machinations, chaos
and deceptions.
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