All my moments I spend with You, my Companion, the tranquility of the entire world. Light and joy, refuge and sanctuary: All are You. You are my sorrows´ Confidant, Source of all my strength and patience. Lacking nothing, You´re beyond comparsion, above anything that can be said or thought. My New Year is You: my…
Do you remember how you came into existence? You may not remember because you arrived a little drunk. Let me give you a hint: Let go off your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen! It is difficult to speak to your unripeness. You may still be in your springtime, unaware that…
The Significance of this Moment in Time: 3 min video clip from the Science and Nonduality event, 2011. _________ Introduction We live in a culture caught in the illusion of time, rushing towards an unsustainable future. And yet the mystic knows that only the moment is real, only in the moment can we have a…
If anyone should come to his house, whether known or unknown to him, he used to come and meet him with a smiling face and to the utmost of his power he worked to make him welcome. He used to wait on guests with his own hands [...] Sometimes he used to be occupied with…
I was reading this and started thinking about how we often times get what we deserve and the role our inner attitude plays in the shaping of things. ____________________ Self-deception in spiritual practices is most often attributed to an inappropriate inner attitude on the part of the seeker. This includes those who in Hz Mevlana…
Though the title of this is about Discovering the essence of Sufism or Islam, I think this applies to any particular tradition. I write a post about mostly sufism here on the blog, but I always try to post things which can be useful in approach other sacred traditions in part because I feel it…
