I made that up in 30 seconds, does that make me an enlightened Sufi too
Enlightenment is often accidental, unconscious, momentary and even more often missed. Nevertheless, it underlies all Jouissance and laughter we gain, so I am thankful for your enlightenment and laughter, and the bawdy Truth of your brethren in the other post regarding the delectable Aylar Lie.
Think about how your humorous comment runs into a deep perception of your brother apostates' wanking in this forum: there is profundity within everything, even in your humour and their jism on monitor screens. But after the jism has dried, and after the laughter has quieted, do we keep the Truth close to us? The Sufis are those for whom the laughter continues after the porn show finishes (as, by definition, it must, in climax).
Tailor, do you accept the prophet used slaves and Allah approved of their usage? If so, do you accept the prophet and the Quran as a perfect example of all time?
I accept that he had slaves, just as you and I have slaves (we -- everyone, even Kings -- cannot "physically"/"socially" escape the master-slave system -- the only way we can do this is to live as a naked hermit). The Buddha was an exception. But the King -- he was ultimately an illuminated management consultant, and did not "give it all away", he just understood completely both how to Love Me Tender and the commandment Not to Step on Blue Suede Shoes. He STILL lived within the system and played the role of commander in the war:
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/8/7/Elvis-Presley-at-press-conference-in-Germany-March-1960-MirrorPix-87004.jpgBut rumour has it that he spent most of THAT time making love to 12 or 13 chicks in a go, hyped up some form of stimulant.
I consider this to be a good example for the kids to follow, yes, cause I dig on the Rock and Roll lifestyle, man. I accept that, for puritans, his swagger and machismo, the fact that the girls flock to him so ... it's scary and they disapprove. And yes, some wierdos try to transform him into a celebate Stalin (or Victor Hugo) figure, but nevertheless: I've bought his album and dig the records. Yes, I admit I would like to follow his example and make such music.
Regarding Allah's approval ... Allah does not approve nor disapprove of a whole bunch of stuff that we humans get up to, but nevertheless in the CONCEPT of master and slave there is much meaning to be gained -- in particular, the only escape possible.
Can you see how your interpretations can almost make a mockery of the religion itself? How do you know you have the correct interpretation? Why did God say he was clear/ why wasnt he?
And last but not least, how do you really know that the Quran is just not man-made?
Yes, thanks mainly to my blog, I've got all kinds of threats and lesser bad vibes from people who claim to hold the keys to the Qur'an. They claim that I make a mockery of the religion. But I say that it is they who mock and obfuscate! If you saw things through my (Sufi beer glass eyes) things would be reversed and everything I say of Qur'an and hadith would be clear as day, and everything THEY say would take a LOT of thinking to even appreciate as an admissible potential interpretation. That's how drunk the Tailor is. But wine is Truth. Wine is Truth. Wine is Truth.
How do I know that my interpretation is correct?
I could give some intellectual arguments -- I tend to give them to my Sufi brethren, because they are so anti-intellectual that I like to wind them up by citing logic and philosophy of language. For example, I could say that I know I am correct because the Revelation is a process of uncovering within each sign (everything we read and everything we perceive) an illuminated reference to how we read the sign itself: this self-reference, a reference that refers to perception, is the "correct" way of reading, and leads simultaneously (via Heidegger and Derrida) to both self-awareness and God-consciousness. (This is in my blog).
But yknow, I am really a True Blue Sufi, and ultimately, my faith in my interpretation derives from a personal experience, where -- well, basically -- the Prophet told me this is so. That's a shocking thing to say for a Muslim. Shows you how dire the state of the Ummah is. In the past we were having visions aplenty. And the Christians -- well, they got the spirit, though we know from Dhul Quranain that there are dangers also in the visonary. If we were Christian apostates, we'd have a different discussion as visionary experiences would be de rigueur: Sarah Palin and George Bush apparently speak to Jesus and and the Holy Ghost on a regular basis. So I would not expect you (or anyone) to convert to the Hound Dog way on the basis of my personal experience. Nevertheless, historically, this is exactly what happened: and certain Sufis remain a lineage to that, based on the Real King, not a restaurant impersonator such as myself.
Why didn't God say it clearly? Things weren't that bad under the pagans: they were just as bad before as they were after. God can't change a state: only a state of mind. And this change of mind happens through learning jihad-ninja tactics according to the Drunken Hound Dog Aikido. Hi-yah!
Love and Light,
The Tailor
Topic: Hadiths and Verses about Slavery in Islam