11/12 Reading

The reading in Aslan’s book and the discussion in class about Sufism was particularly intriguing to me. The video we watched made me a little sick though, and I have a lot of respect for all the people who participate in that kind of worship and dedication. The idea of trying to lose yourself to have a more personal experience with God is interesting. But I really liked the aspect that each person has their own special and unique path finding God and not everybody’s path may look the same. I think that is cool because I feel like sometimes monotheistic religions can be very “black and white” depending on how strict one follows the religion, but Sufism is for that personal experience. There are not humanly distractions like worrying about judgement, etc. because you are in the process of removing yourself from the experience anyways. I was surprised to read that the Sufis are suffering political prosecution because some consider Sufism a polytheistic religion. I guess I don’t understand why some believe that because they are trying to connect with God, not gods.