A few lines on Sufism, .. think mystic, islam, enlightened whirling poets..

Sufis as Rough Wool of Integrity

The Sufis, named after their rough woolly garments, are renowned for their love of this inner light and for an inner freedom which stops at nothing to experience the divine in love.

~ To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideasand from preconceptions;
and not to try to avoid what is your lot.Abu-Said, son of Abi-Khair (Shah 1968 ) ~

~ His activity, like that of an artist, is reduced to that of illustration. (Chisti Order Shah 135) ~

~ People think that a Sheikh should show miracles and manifest illumination. The requirement in a teacher, however, is only that he should possess all that the disciple needs. - Ibn El-Arabi (Shah 87). ~

There's a trove of gems in Sufi-sm, a website which simply & beautifully presents:
http://www.dhushara.com/book/zulu/sufi.htm