Teachings of the Sufis, the tale of the reed pipe, Massud Farzan
Perhaps the most valuable contribution of the Islamic East to human thought and experience is Sufism, which is not a philosophy, religion, doctrine, or even mysticism as mysticism is commonly understood.
Rather, Sufism is a unique phenomenology of Reality. The psychology of Sufism is Sufism itself; the art and science of Sufism are the very practice of Sufism. In his new book Massud Farzan, a native of Iran (Persia) who has taught at several colleges and universities in the United States and who is the author of Another Way of Laughter: A Collection of Sufi Humor, provides an invaluable guide to the main concepts of Sufism and the Sufi way of life.
