Monthly Archives: October 2008

Dr Javad Nurbakhsh, Rumi and a poem from Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi

October 31, 2008
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Dr Javad Nurbakhsh, Rumi and a poem from Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi

Hello Everyone, Over the last few weekend I have seen and felt such a strong flow of feeling for Dr Javad Nurbakhsh. I have experienced darvishes at both extremes, extreme happiness that he is finally free from the trappings of a moral coil, or those immensely saddened that the Master has transitioned. I remember a very…

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Why I am taking a two week hiatus – Becoming a Dervish

October 31, 2008
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Hey Friends,             How are you? I hope all is going well. It finally the weekend and its halloween. We can all sit back and relax for a bit , and thankfully we get an extra hour from daylight saving time, which maybe might make the difference in making our morning commutes a bit more manageable.…

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A question for you the readers

October 31, 2008
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Hello Friends,                    Sometimes I oscillated betweenhaving too much to say,(my hands cannot keep up with my mind)  other times I feel I have nothing much to say at all because after all in silence we find God and I feel I have nothing to say worth breaking the sanctity of that silence. I have again felt…

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A beautiful Poem by Hafez: From behind the Caravan

October 31, 2008
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A beautiful Poem by Hafez: From behind the Caravan

Hey Friends,              I hope life is treating you well. I read something beautiful by Hafiz I thought I would share. I am not so familiar with Hafiz but as this blog is called My Caravan of Dreams and the poem or song by Hafiz is called From Behind the Caravan, it had to make an appearance.   We,…

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Forsaking Homework and The Educational Experience

October 30, 2008
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Forsaking Homework and The Educational Experience

Hey Friends             My lil sister recently shared with me something interesting she had read from the Golden notebook, an awesome book by last years Nobel prize winner Dorris Lessing. Lessing if I remember somewhere in the prologue, mentions how a lot of people who were english majors or students of literature end up abandoning their…

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The annoying commute home, annoying people and Salvation

October 29, 2008
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The annoying commute home, annoying people and Salvation

Hey Friends                This weekend a major part of my life came to an end and a new one started, but before that I thought I would share my thoughts on somethings. I was thinking about a quote i had read about in one of Paramahansa’ many books, he said paraphrasing of course    …

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