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…
We speak of the ecological oneness of nature, but there is a deeper oneness that nature embodies. The oneness of nature is a reflection of His oneness. Nature instinctively knows this inner, unmanifest wholeness just as a child instinctively knows its mother. But in nature this knowledge is not conscious. Consciousness is born with the…
According to Sufi metaphysics, and in fact other metaphysical traditions in general, all that exists comes from that Reality which is at once Beyond-Being and Being, and ultimately all things return to that Source. In the language of Islamic thought, including both philosophy and Sufism, the first part of this journey of all beings from the Source is called the…
The sight of someone eating will not appease your hunger. The spiritual experiences of others cannot satisfy your yearning. Traditional _______ Q: Daily, I pray, regularly give to charity, do good works, and always try to be a good person, yet, spiritual experience eludes me. O I am so frustrated. Please, how do I go about having spiritual…
A meditation on a “great cosmic ecology of consciousness.” It is fairly obvious by now that life on earth forms a vast interconnected and interdependent network. Organic molecules are recycled over and over, those of one organism providing food for another. Bacteria transform our waste into soil. Carbon dioxide is taken in by plants and…
Thank you for this clear and perceptive article. As you hint at, I also believe that the evolution of humanity is closely linked with the evolution of consciousness. Part of the next step in this evolution is the inter connectivity of consciousness—a web of light reflecting the web of life. The awakening interconnectivity of individual…
