O Child of Humanity, Rise- Up, Remember Who You Are by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
Friends, One things which I have found to be almost a constant in Sufi Poetry, if there can be said to be such thing as a constant, is this open [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Chapter 3: Crossing Tremont from Adventures in Sufism: Stories from a Bronx Childhood by Michael Greenstein
Dream I am walking on the street near my old elementary school. Perhaps I am walking home after school. It is the end of day and the sun is going [...]
The Need for aTeacher, The Need for a System. (II) – Two Comments
Hello Friends, I got two interesting responses to the previous post one from Dr Stewart Bitkoff and another from our friend Rizal at the Soul Sanctuary http://thesoulsanctuary.us/ First Responce Let’s [...]
The Need for aTeacher, The Need for a System.
Friends, The other day I had the pleasure of meeting someone who told me that he doesn’t work with any system, that he teaches himself. That raised my eyebrow and [...]
Spiritual Learning Outcomes by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
One of the many things the western spiritual seeker has to face is that within the context of our culture there is limited discussion and awareness concerning the outcome of [...]
Just Wondering Outloud
Once a young woman asked me, “How does it feel to be a man?” And I replied, “My dear, I am not so sure.” Then she said, “Well, aren’t you [...]
This thing called Fun……
I have this friend, who is always asking me if I am having fun. I secretly think he works for Hallmark coming up with those ridiculousy positive platitudes like: Time [...]
Chapter 2: Into the World from Adventures in Sufism: Stories from a Bronx Childhood by Michael Greenstein Part 2
Thocolate Mr. and Mrs. Friedman owned a candy store around the corner of our building. They had a wonderful comic book display but kids weren’t allowed to look at them [...]
My first Audio Post : Saying Hi and reading a poem from Rumi
Hey Everyone, I thought I would take advantage of WordPress’ Audio posting and say hi and read something before I went back to sleep. It’s always odd hearing your voice. [...]
An Interesting Exchange (2) – Sufi Sayings and their Applications in Teachings Stories
Friends, Concerning an intuitive answer its has been said that: ” This form of statement is thought by the Sufis to be almost inspired, to come from the very depths [...]