David Sterling (Hajj Mustafa Ali)
David Sterling is an
American Muslim, born of Jewish heritage, who has been devoted to the discovery
of unity for over three decades.
He
was born in New York and raised from the age of 10 in Los Angeles, California.
From the early age of 13, he was caught by yearning for divine realization and
spent time with many spiritual teachers of different paths such as the Fourth
Way, Zen Buddhism and the esoteric aspects of both Christianity and Judaism. He
was taught by illustrious personalities from the Vajrayanna and Tibetan schools
of Buddhism such as Kalu Rinpoche, and Lama Kunga. He also had instruction from
the late Swami Muktananda.
In
the late 70s he met Murshid Hassan al-Moumani a Sufi Shaykh from the West Bank
in Palestine. Murshid Hassan conferred spiritual permission upon him in the
Sufi path of the Rafa`i order which led David Sterling to embrace Islam. In the
following few years, he became a student (Mureed) of Shaykh Fadhlalla
Haeri and has since remained under his guidance and instruction.
David
Sterling has traveled throughout the world in search of truth and lived abroad,
teaching and heading communities of seekers in Canada, America, Pakistan, and
South Africa. His experiences with realized beings of the age are truly
remarkable. In addition to apprenticing under several Sufi shaykhs, he has
taken instruction and blessings (baraka) from over a dozen other
realized masters.
Currently
residing in Houston, Texas, USA, David Sterling is the designated
representative (Wakeel) of Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri in the United States.
His primary mission is to call people to “Original Islam”, the way of reality.
At present he is holding regular gatherings of “dhikr” and instruction in the
art of the Way. He is also engaged in writing and publishing books regarding
the Sufi way of realization.
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