Asking Hard Questions About Islam and Muslims in America Many Americans remain confused about Islam and Muslims in America in the wake of anti-mosque protests, anti-Shariah legislation and related controversies. Starting at 7:30 pm EST tonight, we¹re hosting a town-hall style program where a live audience and online viewers will have an opportunity to ask…
Religion and Spirituality
The Great Unspoken Tragedy of the Present Time with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“The secret that nobody is saying is that the ecological crisis is founded upon a very deep spiritual crisis in creation. It comes from a very foundational attitude that we have in our culture towards creation.” Excerpted from the talk Spiritual Ecology given at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA on December 3, 2011. DVD…
Getting to the Heart of Communication
We are unripe fruits in the radiance of Your sunlight, but what a dance we are throwing as You do the ripening.” ~Rumi This is one of my favorite lines from Rumi. It brings me back to the conversation we have been having the last few days. Every action no matter how small makes a…
What does it mean to communicate ?
A sufi was wandering the world. One night he came as a guest to a community of sufis. He tied up his donkey in the stable and then was welcomed to the head of the dais. They went into deep meditation and mystical communion, he and these friends. For such people a person’s presence is…
Make New Determinations: Be What You Want to Be! by Paramahansa Yogananda
As some of you know before I ventured into Sufism I followed the teachings and practices of Kriya Yoga through the Sefl realization Fellowship. From very young I was always attracted to the work and message of Paramahansa Yogananda. So I am always more than happy to share with you some of his words that…
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 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…
