Jason Scholder of Reel Change Films interviews Coleman Barks, widely considered the foremost scholar and translator of Rumi’s poetry, for the ongoing spiritual documentary series, Walking the Path. EPBgXgHLuuw
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A weird though or observation – thinking out loud really
I have found that talking to you all about being blocked up and unable to write has really helped. I cannot say how it has helped, but I feel a weight has lifted off my chest and here I am again pounding away on the keyboard, keeping my sister’s cat from enjoying his nap on…
What’s been keeping me from showing my face around here Part 1
I thought I would share a bit some of the thing that troubled me and kept me form blogging. I figure it will be a god exercise to get it all out as well as get some feedback from you the readers of the blog So The Going on Gets a Going On Honesty I…
Your Assistance is Requested
Over the years I have shared a lot with you. Look at the archive when I signed in I could notice a pattern of feverish periods of posting here and writing and interspersed with long periods of inactivity. This last period of inactivity was the most pronounced, and for a long time I couldn’t see myself ever writing…
Returning back to the Caravan
Oftentimes periods of intense activity both outwardly and inwardly keep me from writing here no matter how much I would want to. We are indeed given every opportunity and chance to die to the illusion of being before we finally go. While I wouldn’t even have the words or the wherewithal to say where I’ve been or whats been going…
Is it Possible to Discover the “Essence” of Sufism or Islam? by Dr Yannis Toussulis Author of Sufism and the Way of Blame
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…
