My closest friend and I have been studying Rumi and practicing dhikr together for years, but she's started channeling what she believes are direct messages from deceased Sufi saints, and I'm struggling with whether this is genuine mystical experience or spiritual delusion. I don't want to judge her opening, but I also can't pretend I'm comfortable with where this is leading our shared practice.
More people experience this than they realize.
The mystical path requires discernment between genuine spiritual states and ego projections, but questioning a friend's experiences risks both judgment and abandonment.
“Where Are You with Sufi mysticism — the inner path in Islam?”
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