Rosary of Love: Sufi Mysticism

＂Man, ever since the beginning of time, has been looking for true love.

Loving anything within the material realm brings untold suffering due to our own desires and needs. These misconceptions are bound to happen when we are ignorant of the real self. Bliss is also continuously sought after by mankind. In fact, what a drunkard pursues through drinks is happiness, which is also similar to someone addicted to physical pleasure. As a matter of fact, all of humanity, without an exception, desires love and joy. None has told them to do so, yet they only seek happiness. No one desires the emotions of sorrow and pain. As the myriad scriptures declare, ＂Man is made in the likeness of God.＂ Mystics are called that because they yearn for a divine entity, who transcends all material realms. Man, being a part of this Power, desires God, who alone is synonymous with Love and Joy.＂

＂Ikshit Satija has done English Honours from Shivaji College, Delhi University. At the age of thirteen, he had written a review for the gaming magazine Gameforce. Besides academics, he has also pursued extra-curricular activities related to literature. He was the President of Pandemonium - the Literary Society in his college. During his second year, he, along with two other members of the college, won a literary quiz at the Pandemonium festival. He was the college topper throughout his bachelor’s.

His other interests include the study of esoteric and mystical literature and also expressing his devotion to the Supreme Power by composing poetry, adoring the countless aspects of the One. He has been on the spiritual path since the age of sixteen. Besides meditation and chanting, he considers poetry also to be a form of spiritual practice.＂