Personal Narrative: What happened to You?
I had the great opportunity today to talk to an old friend who first met me when I was a bit lost and rough around the edges. The aphorism still [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Sufism and the Way of Blame featured on the Ibn Arabi Society book Notices for 2011
I have had the chance to talk to Dr Toussulis and very rarely have I met someone as knowledgeable about Sufism His book has so much to offer please if you haven’t read [...]
A Piece of Ginger: A Thanksgiving Tale by Michael Greenstein
I was standing at the checkout counter in the supermarket packing my bags while keeping one eye on my Thanksgiving food items getting rung up on the register. The numbers [...]
Serious Work to be Done: New Approaches to Spirituality 1
There is a point past where approaching a certain way becomes outdated. As time goes on societies change people change, means of expression change as well. More importantly the science [...]
Reflection on Blogging about Sufism and my experiences with it
We’re prisoners in the shackles of an immense passion Afflicted and tormented with manacles on our ankles we are the miserable ones in the deserts o love skilled in the field of riot and revolution. Sometimes were thunder sometimes a bolt of lightening sometimes were clouds sometimes the sea. Sometimes were intellectuals sometimes were crazy were bewildered…just bewildered headless, footless, nothing in our pockets, worthless drunkards… though sometimes were revealed sometimes concealed sometimes earth-like were abased and debased sometimes sky like were exalted and transcendent in the tavern of ruin like Sayeed we’ve fallen down beyond all religion or infidelity after draining cup after cup after cup of wine. – Shah Nimatullah
Is Sufism or Islam “The Answer?” by Dr. Yannis Toussulis
Often enough, people look for a spiritual “final solution” to all of life’s ills. This results in numerous forms of fundamentalism: Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist in flavoring. Secular [...]
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches…..
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, [...]
Giving New Books Away to Three Lucky Reader – Just in time for Christmas
Chers Amis, In an effort to help promote Sufism for Western Seekers: Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Everyday Life by Dr Stewart Bitkoff, a fellow contributor on the blog [...]
Starting on new Foot sharing my personal narrative: I saw a tree and a fire, and heard a voice
I was asked by a reader what is it like to be a dervish, and I couldn’t answer. While I could quote beautiful poems but i didn’t think that would be fair. [...]
Sufism for Western Seekers By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
Sufism for Western Seekers By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff For many western spiritual seekers, Sufism is often misunderstood and viewed as an Islamic mystical tradition presented through various Sufi orders. Yet [...]