My New Year is You – Poem from Sufi Master Nur Ali Shah
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 [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Ripened Fruit – A Poem Excerpt from Rumi
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 [...]
The significance of this moment in time – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, SAND 2011
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 [...]
The Example of Bahauddin Naqshband
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 [...]
Self-Deception in spiritual practices
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 [...]
Is it Possible to Discover the “Essence” of Sufism or Islam? by Dr Yannis Toussulis Author of Sufism and the Way of Blame
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 [...]
Humanity Must Grow Up
Humanity must grow up from Sacred Resonance on Vimeo. _________ I met Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee during his spiritual ecology seminar in San Francisco. I’ve been following his teachings for [...]
The Authenticity of Mystical Experiences 1
This follow selection was taken from Dr Michaela Ozelsel Book 40 days. It is very poignant for a few reasons. The reason why I have liked this essay and the [...]
Love is a Self Portrait (1)
One of the best posts I read in a while written by a dear friend over at the Chronicle of a Lone Sheep Blog. In my early days when I [...]
What Mystical traditions really are about
Obviously the title is a misnomer. Who can dare to speak and say with a definitive gesture that this is what a mystical tradition is for. That would be a [...]