Monthly Archives: December 2009

Where Are All the Others? – Poem by Rumi’s Son Sultan Veled

December 31, 2009
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I came across this poem and it was really touching. It was a reminder that “When you feel separate, you’re in your imagination, inside the motion of the friend, inside that motion, how can anything be “other?”  Enjoy Dave Where Are All the Others?   Those full of fear are not really on the way.…

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An Excerpt from Paramahansa Yogananda’s The Wine of the Mystic

December 30, 2009
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  Indeed the Idols I have loved so long Have done my Credit in men’s eyes much wrong Have drown’d my honor in a shallow cup and sold my reputation for a song. Glossary: Idols –Name. fame, sense pleasure – objects of the ego’s veneration Have done my credit in men’s eyes much wrong –Have…

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Remember Old Times, a Rumi Poem & excerpt from Chasm of Fire

December 30, 2009
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Remember Old Times, a Rumi Poem & excerpt from Chasm of Fire

Just remembering…. I remember when I was either in elementary school, I cannot remember which year it was but there was a group of people talking about spiritual matters. I believe they were all professionals some doctors some engineers. My father brought me along  for some reason as he always did when he met his…

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A Christmas Thought from St Catherine of Sienna

December 25, 2009
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A Christmas Thought  from St Catherine of Sienna

CONSECRETED All has been consecretad. The creatures in the forest know this, The earth does, the seas do, the clouds know as does the heart full of love. Strange a priest would rob us of this knowledge and then empower himself with the ability to make holy what already was

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Merry Christmas to Everyone Dec 25, 2009

December 25, 2009
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Merry Christmas to Everyone Dec 25, 2009

  Hello Everyone, I just wanted to wish eeveryone a merry Christmas. I had to walk the dog in the blizzard last week and this is what I look like when I came back. The Picture makes us all laugh hysterically. My best wishes for all of you, irregardless of nationality, race or religion [and…

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Mirabai: The Voice of a Female Mystic (1)

December 22, 2009
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Hey Friends, I have been really moved by the poems of Mirabai lately. Let me share some with you tonight. Here is a brief blurb on Mirabai. Check back often to see the other parts in this series Dave ____________________________ Mirabai is one of India‘s most beloved poet-saints. Her devotional poetry — directed toward Giridhara, a…

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