What is balanced living? From the point of a spiritual search, why is balance important? by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff To a person who is “balanced” this is not a question at all. We do not question the air we breathe, the food we eat, the way we go about our daily lives until something stops…
Talk with Dr. Yannis Toussulis Author of Sufism and the Way of Blame: Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology. By David Paquiot & Dr. Yannis Toussulis (Read Part 1) _____________________ Dr. Toussulis, You said “During the Rumi craze the premises of Sufism were almost completely reversed in the interest of spiritual consumerism.” What is spiritual consumerism?…
Dr. Yannis Toussulis and I ‘sat down’ Spring 2011 for this following interview. I would like to take a moment to thank him firstly for taking time from his daily affairs to do this, and more importantly for the painstaking effort he has taken to write Sufism and the Way of Blame. I’m not alone…
A lot is said in sufism about the relationship between Shaikh as dervish, but very little is said about the relationship between dervishes. So I am going to say something about it. When I went to the Sufi house I didnt go to make friend I went to quench my thirst. However I met some…
“If you are true to yourself, you will gain the power to speak the truth. Firstly, you will be able to speak the truth because you will know what is true, which includes knowing both what you do know and what you do not know. Veracity entails admitting the limits to your knowledge and not…
This Sunday, Feb 5 at 2:00PM EST join Alex Warden — a Sufi mystic born in Argentina who now oversees the ESSENTIAL ONENESS project in northern California. Its mission: “to foster a consciousness of the fundamental unity of Everything.” Interviewed by the Godspeed Institute: http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/godspeed/
