There are spiritual teachers who soothe the heart. And then there are masters who shatter the mind. This book is about the latter.
Meet Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, the 12th-century Andalusian visionary known to history as al-Shaykh al-Akbar-the Greatest Master. More than a mystic or a saint, he was a spiritual genius, a cartographer of the cosmos who left behind a breathtakingly complete map of the inner and outer worlds. His is not a path of simple devotion, but a journey into the very architecture of reality itself.
The Wisdom of Ibn Arabi is an accessible yet profound guide to this vast and luminous universe. It is for the seeker who is no longer satisfied with simple answers and is ready to explore the deepest questions of existence: What is the nature of Being? How does the One give rise to the many? And what is the ultimate purpose of human consciousness?
This is not a book of abstract philosophy; it is an initiation. Inside, you will:
Explore the Unity of Being (Wahdat al-Wujud): Learn to see through the illusion of separation and perceive the one divine Reality manifesting in every atom and every star.
Harness the Divine Imagination (Khayal): Discover why the cosmos is not a solid object but a sacred dream, and learn to read the symbolic language of your own life and visions.
Discover Yourself as the Microcosm: Uncover the secret that your own being contains the blueprint of the entire universe and is the very purpose of creation.
See with the "Eye of the Heart" Learn to move beyond conceptual knowledge into a direct, intuitive "tasting" of the Truth that is beyond all forms.
Ibn Arabi's wisdom is a powerful medicine for our fragmented modern world. It is an intellectually exhilarating, spiritually profound, and deeply integrative path. This book is your invitation to set sail on the "ocean without shore."
This is not a book of easy answers, but of bigger, more beautiful questions. It is a journey to the stunning realization that the seeker and the Sought were never separate.