Dr Yannis Toussulis in his recent book Sufism and the Way of Blame suggests that due in part to spiritual consumerism and also to the way Sufism has been presented in the West its core message has been obscured by a pervasive mystique. His solution to wrestle the core message of Sufism away from the…
Dream I was observing someone put together a life size, three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle of me. Most of the pieces do not fit together. Some are very large and are being shaped down by hand to fit the outline. Other pieces are the right size but these don’t fit either. These too are twisted and torn…
Science Bound At the end of the eighth grade several boys took the admittance test and were accepted to Brooklyn Tech, one of the specialized high schools in the city. This, combined with the growing exodus of the middle class out of the Bronx, left some glaring vacancies in the 9SP3 class in my school. …
Dream I am walking on the street near my old elementary school. Perhaps I am walking home after school. It is the end of day and the sun is going down fast. A group of boys appear out from the shadows of a building and encircle me. The leader of the group, a big strong…
