Among the signs...
that a branch of a Sufi Tariqa [school] has lost its connection to the roots...
that it has been severed from the Source of Divine Wisdom...
is that the Tariqa begins to occupy its followers in various outward activities. These generally serve to distract from the realization that no one is receiving any real spiritual guidance, no one is progressing towards his destination of inner peace and spiritual stations.
People who are seeking to fulfill some social, psychological or economic need may feel satisfied with membership in such organizations, as they are often highly coordinated, and provide the appearance of material and emotional stability and security.
But the true spiritual seeker will never feel satisfied with membership in such a group, as all Tariqas that become official and formalized are no longer real Sufi Paths: the spiritual has been sacrificed for the temporal.
~bron~
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