The following article was written by friend of the blog Allison Brooks. She decided to take me up on my offer and write something to share with all of us. She presents some new findings by Harvard Medical School on Meditation. I think this is really timely, its quite easy to get caught up for…
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…
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 ideologues have also promised utopian solutions to all of our problems. All of these approaches tend to one or another form of absolutism, and all…
The Sufi masters all point to that most essential place within you and their teaching although it came out of Islam it transcends as every true, deep spiritual teaching does, it transcends the forms out of which it comes. In the same way that for example Zen although it comes out of Buddhism it transcends…
From the time i was very young I heard a lot about Tibet. I remember hearing that it was one of the great spiritual centers of the world and a repository of much great spiritual/esoteric wisdom from the past. I remember daydreaming about the thin air, the high mountain peaks, astral traveling monks and many…
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. Kahlil Gibran Looking Back As I sit around watching my grey hairs turn whiter, also I keep watching the same social and political problems occurring worldwide that I saw back…
