Awakening: A Sufi Experience

When "The Awakening" arrived, it took me 2 weeks before I sat down and turned to page one. I tried to scan through like a "good" student, but somehow this book is not a typical Sufi book that teaches you through steps without wisdom. You have to be "awaken" or to "have died before death", in order to embrace every word, and comprehend the underlying structures and words chosen to convey the message therein. I would recommend "The Awakening" only to serious seekers. If you are a self-labelled religionist {Muslim, Jew, or Christian} and a staunch one at that you might find yourself against a brick wall."The Awakening" is a book that teaches you to take the time to heal your heart, in the wake, will then open you to your "Reality". The religion of the heart is most important here. If you're devoid of that, taking the path written therein can be an awesome task. "The Awakening" is one of the best Sufi manual I've read and understood without recoursing to references. A must-have in your collection, if you're seriously contemplating returning "home" sanely.

This book is definitely a good read. i was very pleased with my purchasing it. However i gave it four stars because I felt that he was with holding some information and only giving you the basic idea of whats involved with becoming an awakened sufi master. although you cant expect a book to reveal esoteric information, he could have given a better idea of things and revealed a little more detailed processes of becoming awakened. but once your on the path, a book isnt necessarily going to speed the process up. its innate action. once your on the path its all your subconscious that tells you what needs to be done, a book is only the persons journey and cant be fully incorporated into every ones lives in the same way..

Although I have yet to actually finish this book, I love what I have read so far. It offers readers an insight into the philosophy behind the Awakening of our Divine Selves through the Sufi beliefs (a branch from Muslim tradition). The book wonderfully explains theories of our Universal existance, which offers readers the chance to obtain a larger perspective on Life itself; the insignificant day-to-day worries seem less intimidating and overall a greater appreciation for our higher purpose in life presents itself to those following along. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in expanding their spiritual scope and learn to view the world from an entirely new perspective.

This book is very good. I did not do the dhikr, or the whirling exercises (nor did I feel obliged to).What I admire about this book is how carefully crafted it is, with not a wasted page.This book is Sufi alchemy, and reading it will change you.A buy.

Loved this book. I have read it again and again.Many wonderful comments are posted here about this book.I loved when Anayat Khan describes connection between physical existence and cosmic existence. Knowing other spiritual figures like Mohammed(s) and Jesus, Abraham in a different way. Their existence was not merely a physical existence on earth but Cosmic existence. Loved this concept of interconnections of humans with universe,space and higher realism.

I liked this book because it didn't stress ideology, it was just a very positive and enlightening book about some of the basics of Sufism. No matter one's religion, or even if one is religious, I think most people would get something uplifting from this book.

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As a person who has seen wonderful things in others from Sufi experience, I find this book to be deep and yet easily understood.