Bulent Rauf
Bulent Rauf (1911-87) was a man who escaped definition, deliberately, but whom many varied descriptions fitted easily: a gentleman, a mystic, a world-class cook, archaeologist, writer and translator, Consultant to the Beshara School, Life President of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society, Turkish citizen and man of the world, lover of Beauty and champion of esoteric education.
His sole concern in life was the absolute Unity of Existence and the perfectibility of man. In an age of gurus, he spurned the title of "teacher", preferring to be a student of Reality, thence to share the wealth of knowledge that he had discovered with his fellow-students.
Bulent was a friend to the Real, and friend to all who would be a friend to the Real.
The Essential
'A lover has to know for certain that the love is returned for love…'
What is the single most important point that must be understood by a person who wants to know?
'It is that there is only One, Unique, Absolute, Infinite Existence. It must be more than an idea…'
Union
'It is indeed a pleasure for us of Beshara to talk of Union. This is our daily bread and meat since our constant and only aim is to reach that point in the Unity of Existence which we call Union...'
Union
'Es ist für alle von BESHARA in der Tat eine Freude, über EINSSEIN zu sprechen...'
Prayer and Meditation
'This main condition of all meditation, this concentration, cannot be overstressed…'
Love and Knowledge
'…beware, that Love alone without knowledge, remains unfocused, unaimed, undirected.'
New Dimensions Radio
Will Knofke interviews Bulent Rauf and Richard Hornsby
An Esoteric Exposition (sic) of Finance
'Totting up turnover figures for the three largest centres alone and multiplying by the business days of the year produces...'
For more information see: www.bulentrauf.org
