Your piece is really about how spirituality has been turned into something people can buy, and how that’s made it lose its deeper meaning.
You explain how today’s “spiritual marketing” uses religious words and symbols but takes them out of the traditions and communities they came from.
What’s left is a kind of empty spirituality—made for personal use and self-expression, but missing the strong connections that used to link people across generations.
From a Sufi point of view, real tradition isn’t something you can sell. It’s something you receive, care for, and pass on through love, service, and dedication.
In Sufi thinking, community isn’t just a group of people who think alike.
It’s more like a big family, where everyone—young or old, wise or learning, strong or struggling—has a place.
Problems start when spiritual teachers act like they own the truth, cutting off the chain of learning and turning sacred wisdom into something they can sell.
The quote from Ibn ‘Arabi warns about this: leaders who seem kind but quietly destroy the traditions they’re supposed to protect.
Following the Sufi path isn’t about chasing new trends or collecting spiritual experiences.
It’s about treating faith like a garden—something that needs care, patience, and respect.
Without that care, communities dry up, and nothing meaningful can grow.
Stephan,
Your piece is really about how spirituality has been turned into something people can buy, and how that’s made it lose its deeper meaning.
You explain how today’s “spiritual marketing” uses religious words and symbols but takes them out of the traditions and communities they came from.
What’s left is a kind of empty spirituality—made for personal use and self-expression, but missing the strong connections that used to link people across generations.
From a Sufi point of view, real tradition isn’t something you can sell. It’s something you receive, care for, and pass on through love, service, and dedication.
In Sufi thinking, community isn’t just a group of people who think alike.
It’s more like a big family, where everyone—young or old, wise or learning, strong or struggling—has a place.
Problems start when spiritual teachers act like they own the truth, cutting off the chain of learning and turning sacred wisdom into something they can sell.
The quote from Ibn ‘Arabi warns about this: leaders who seem kind but quietly destroy the traditions they’re supposed to protect.
Following the Sufi path isn’t about chasing new trends or collecting spiritual experiences.
It’s about treating faith like a garden—something that needs care, patience, and respect.
Without that care, communities dry up, and nothing meaningful can grow.