Of Being Woven from Rumi “The way is full of genuine sacrifice. The thickets blocking your path are anything that keeps you from that, any fear that you may be broken into bits like a glass bottle. This road demands courage and stamina, yet it’s full of footprints! Who are these companions? They are rungs in…
Originally Published in the Huffington Post Editor’s Note: This author will be speaking at the Ibn ‘Arabi & Rumi conference, Nov. 4 -5 in New York City. “How many there are who walk upon the earth, and the earth curses them! How many there are who prostrate themselves upon her, and she rejects them! How many there…
The true teacher knocks down the ideal that the student makes of him. Hz Mevlana __________ On all paths of spiritual training known to me, the teacher is of central importance. He or she embodies the teaching as a living representative of the tradition. He or she helps the student to grow beyond the boundaries…
It has been said that there are three cornerstones to the Sufi Path. One cornerstone is that of knowledge as evidenced by Ibn el Arabi, the other is that of Love as seen in the life of Rumi and the last is that of power or moral application as evidenced in the life of Gilani.…
Dreams and art are the smoke signals connecting the one tribe over time. Stories and myths do the same. Often we are so greatly taxed by circumstance that we lose the larger view of time and how we are always related, not only to those around us but to those who came before us and…
“Mysticism as been in the world long enough to justify us in regarding it as a fact in world history. It is no longer considered as the crazy belief of a few fanatics of erratic mind and irresponsible action. It is recognized as a branch of knowledge and a way of life.” - Raymund Andrea The Mystic Way…
