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The Art of Sufi Healing

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I have never seen a book quite like this, although I have come across self-help books or instructional guides which try to help with some simple guidelines. This book on the other hand gives complete and numerous examples and practical methods to achieve the goals given (Note: the section on working with the AIDS Patients.) As if all the other books were afraid to open up..........or perhaps they just didn't have much to say. This wonderful guide lets it rain down.....and when it rains, it pours.

By reading this book one certainly understands the radiance that comes of the pages... for lack of better term... a joyful energy that the author carries through out the entire book. At times it may appear it is all too easy and elementary but not so, depends on its application. It is a window to a vast ocean and one who thirsts for that water will certainly walk in that direction.

When I read this book, I was so at peace with how easy is it to become healthy and happy!!! With this book, those who feel as
though they are always in duress, can see that they don't have to be! I have given this book to many of my friends, most of whom
have never practiced Sufism, or even heard about it, and they seemed to have loved it. Also the recipe for the soup is GREAT!!! I recommend this book to anyone who wants to be healthy and happy, and move on from their past!

This book contains a sound, practical, and holistic approach to healing through Sufi methods.

As I understand it , the main premise of this approach is that the body heals itself. To look at it this from a spiritual angle, the soul, whose physical manifestation is the body, is the all-knowing intelligent manager and healer, and if we stop interfering with it through our thoughts, habits, and mal-nutrition, it will preserve the balance that is a pre-requisite to healthy living and the main healing factor for existing complications.

There is ample information relating to concentration and energy balancing techniques, physical exercises, and health boosting nutrition.

If only all authors had such a delightful way of presenting spiritual teachings and healing methods. Keep it coming!

This book should have been titled 'Being Healthy Through Islamic Sufism'. There is almost nothing on Sufi methods of healing. Since this book is titled 'The Art of Sufi Healing' if you are looking for the actual *methods* or *art* of Sufi Healing, you will be very disappointed with this book.

Very little of the book talks about the nature of the body and the causes of disease and methods of healing. The author does not display any detailed knowledge of Sufi healing methods. Certainly nothing that would allow someone interested in being a healer to be able to apply. Most of the first part of this book is common information in alternative healing circles and available on the Internet. No reason to buy this book for that information.

The majority of the book is a collection of practices, meditation, whirling, stretching, etc. aimed at keeping someone healthy. Again, this information is not about healing. It seems the author had not achieved enough experience in specific Sufi healing methods to arrive at a meaningful synthesis in this book. The information that is presented is cursory, based on an Islamic Sufism order. There are other Sufi orders, including the Sufi Healing order, which possess much more meaning knowledge of 'The Art of Sufi Healing' than is presented here.