The Sufism Of Saint Francis Of Assisi 

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I went to Saint Francis College and we had pictures of him in the hallways , I had a very intense LSD experience here where I immediately became a Muslim after this experience, I remember walking down the staircase when I was going through withdrawals and seeing his pictures gave me a profound experience as if he was calling out to me and the saints all were inviting me to be a part of something but in my heart I kept thinking I was not worthy to be like them and I was not qualified. I walked through the school trying to hold my tears after this experience of seeing their pictures and I was hysterically crying often for a week straight around this time in Brooklyn. I did not know he was related to Sufism in any way until now and that adds an even deeper layer to this. Thank you, Assalamu Walaikum, Namaste 🙏🕉️☪️✝️☯️🙏

A Sufi story about a man called Baal Shem Tov who sits in a room with Rumi and Saint Francis. It is so silent, you can hear a pin drop, and no one moves. Each leaves through a separate door. Three cups of mint tea remain undrunk. But the bowls of figs and dates are empty.

" "Saint Francis of Assisi lay on his deathbed. He was singing, and singing so loudly that the whole neighborhood was aware. Brother Elias, a pompous but prominent member of the Franciscan order, came close to Saint Francis and said, ‘Father, there are people standing in the street outside your window.’ Many had come. Fearing that the last moment of Francis’ life had come, many who loved him had gathered together around the house. Said this brother Elias, “I am afraid nothing we might do could prevent them from hearing you singing. The lack of restraint at so grave an hour might embarrass the order, Father. It might lower the esteem in which you yourself are so justly held. Perhaps in your extremity you have lost sight of your obligation to the many who have come to regard you as a saint. Would it not be more edifying for them if you would, er, die with more Christian dignity?” “Please excuse me, Brother,” Saint Francis said, “but I feel so much joy in my heart that I really can’t help myself. I must sing!” And he died singing. In the whole Christian history, he’s the only one who has died singing. Many Zen people have died singing, but they don’t belong to Christianity. He is the only Zen master amongst Christian saints. He didn’t care a bit about Christian dignity. Saint Francis of Assisi has a different vision - he is just ordinary. He says, “Please excuse me, Brother, but I feel so much joy in my heart that I really can’t help myself. I must sing!” In fact, it is not that Francis is singing, Francis has become the song. That’s why he cannot help, he cannot control. There is nobody left to control it. If the song is happening it is happening. It is not within control, it can’t be, because the controller has disappeared. The self, the ego, no more exists. Saint Francis does not exist as an individual. There is absolute silence inside. Out of that silence this song is born. What can Francis do? That’s why he says, “I can’t help it. I must sing!” And he died singing. And there can be no other better death. If you can die singing, that proves that you lived singing, that your life was a joy and death became the crescendo of it, the culmination. Saint Francis of Assisi is a Buddha. The characteristic of a Buddha is that he is ordinary, that he has no ideas about himself of how he should be, that he simply is spontaneous, that whatsoever happens, happens. He lives on the spur of the moment, that is his authenticity. You can call it his characteristic, but what kind of characteristic is this? It is simply that he has no character, he has no strait-jacket of a character around himself, he has no armor, he does not live from the past, that he does not know what Christian dignity is. He lives in the moment like a child."----Osho

A fascinating insight into an amazing man. I have always had a soft spot for St Francis despite no longer having much faith in the Catholic church. He was a man for everyone.

I was raised in an Italian Catholic family. I took my confirmation name as Francesco in honor of St. Francis. I was always drawn to him for some reason. Many years later I would have a number of intellectual and spiritual experiences that would lead me closer to God. The nearer I drew the closer I came to Islam and the message of Gods Oneness over creation. I respect Francis for his earnestness and humility.

Beautiful!! Dear Saint Francis and Rumi. Thank you!!! 🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵 Wake! For the Sun Who Scatter'd into The Flight of Flight of The Stars. Rubaiyat Omar Kbayyam, The Astromer-Poet of Persia

Islam had a huge influence on Christianity, including Protestintism. We need to shed more lights on interactions between the two faiths.

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thank you very much for such a beautiful history. may Allah bless his soul

Thank you, many blessings.

An entire chapter on St. Francis and his Sufi sources is in “The Sufis” published in 1965 by Idries Shah. .

There are reports of him meeting with Shamsuddin of Tabriz, furthermore the Troubadour movement itself is possibly a result of Sufic influence..see "The Sufis" by Idries Shah..peace be with you all

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Ace. I love this bit of history.

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Very interesting video

This is way out there, I like it. You mention the Kubrawiyya, and recent studies suggest it was much influenced by Ilkhanid Buddhism, so there's that. But I'm not convinced he would have needed to take a journey to the east in order to feel inspired to write poetry about the sun.

Strange, the galaxies constellations and planets all twirl like Sufi’s!

Zefferelli's film 'Brother Sun Sister Moon' is worth a watch. Interesting stuff. Tx.

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maybe the 'palm tree' 3:45 referring to Surah Maryam..

Great content very interesting; side question about the production...the old movie scene with the leopards in the desert; what was that film called/ title ? thank you

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It seems to me that you can project Sufism and Sufi ideas onto all kinds of great and noble religious and spiritual movements and find a lot of congruence or common ground between them. That does not necessarily make Saint Francis a Sufi, however. Walk into any metaphysical bookstore and you can find books pointing out the common threads that link Jesus and the Buddha, or Mohammed, or whoever may strike your fancy.

I’d like to hear Richard Rohr on this subject.

Wonderful story but oof all that spinning would make me feel unwell aha, does look fun tho 😅 doing something pure and fun like being a kid again

Franciscan history is always fascinating. Particularly his encounters with Islam. Pax et Bonum +

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I thought you had to be a Muslim to be a Sufi?

This is just delusional, far-fetched and totally incoherent in so many ways that it's simply preposterous.

European monastic tradition predates Islam itself let alone the Sufi tradition. it comes from the early Christian practice of desert hermitage.