Table of Contents
The Religion of Love 1
Introduction Syed Hamraz Ahsan
1 The Masters of Love Stepping onto The Path With Heart 7
Seekers After Happiness 9
The Flowering Soul 14
The Lover's Wheel: Medicine Teachings 18
The Sufi 'Medicine Wheel' 23
How the Stream Crossed the Desert 28
Taking the First Step 35
2 The Birth of the Lover Why Our Souls Fear Love and Love Fear 38
Where Did I Come From? 41
Myth-Conceptions 43
Meetings With God 45
Facing Our Fears 48
Where All Fears Begin 51
Forms of Fear 53
The Growth of Fear 54
The Mood of the World 55
These Fatal Wounds 58
Explorations 63
How Etsaa Became the Sun 69
3 Seeking the Beloved Where True Power Can be Found 72
Powerful Myths 72
The Illusion of Power 74
Grabbing Power From Others and Losing it for Ourselves: Family Scripts and Dramas 77
The Shocking Conclusion 79
Meditations on Not-Being 82
When We Are Not Selfless 94
Loving the Tyrant 96
Explorations 101
The Tyrant's Message 102
The Priest Who Knew Too Little 105
4 Life Games and Their Players Finding A Pathway to Truth 107
The Games of Life 108
In the West of the Wheel 118
Knowing How to Know Truth 119
The God in the Hat 120
All That We Know 123
Explorations 125
5 Staying Awake On the Path Avoiding That 'Is it All Worth it?' Feeling 132
But If Not Love, Then What? 133
The Value in Suffering 136
The Compassionate Soul 139
The Beauty of Death 141
Living With Patience and Good Intentions 144
Nothing Matters 145
Explorations 147
6 The Medicine Wheel of Relationships Balancing Ourselves and Finding Our Way to the Centre 157
Balancing the Four Bodies 158
Explorations 174
7 Completing the Circle What Our Relationships Teach Us 179
Self-Knowledge: Shrinker of Journeys 180
The Map of Loving Relationships 181
The Soul of Souls 189
Explorations 191
The Beetle and the Broomstick 194
8 Strive to Be a Lover Throw Away the Books and Start a Revolution! 196
The Wise King 198
References and Further Notes 200
About the Author 210
