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“As long as I assume the world is something I discover by turning on the radio or looking out the window I am deceived from the start.  As long as I imagine that the world is something to be ‘escaped’ in a monastery–that wearing a special costume and following a quaint observance takes me ‘out of this world,’ I am dedicating my life to an illusion. Of course, I hasten to qualify this.  I said a moment ago that in a certain historic context of thought and of life this kind of thought and... Read Full Story

As soon as I attained to His Unity I became a bird with a Body of Oneness and wings of Evelastingness, and I continued Flying in the air of Quality for ten years, until I reached An atmosphere a million times as large, and flew on, until I Found myself in the field of Eternity and saw there the Tree Of Oneness. –Abu Nasr al-Sarraj http://www.uga.edu/islam/sufism/sarraj.html The Kitáb al-luma’ fi’l-Tasawwuf of Abú Nasr ‘abdallah b. ‘Ali al-Sarráj al-Tusi; edited for the first time... Read Full Story

There must have been a time when you entered a room And met someone and after a while you understood that Unknown to either of you there was a reason you had met. You had changed the other or he had changed you. By Some word or deed or just by your presence the errand had been completed. Then perhaps you were a little bewildered or humbled and grateful. And it was over. Each lifetime is the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. For some there are more pieces. For others the puzzle is... Read Full Story

He lives only to be a help to others –questions of king Milinda why should we cling to this perishable body? In the eyes of the wise, the only thing it is good for is to benefit one’s  fellow creatures –katha sarit sagara full of love for all things in the world, practising virtue in order to benefit others -this man only is happy -fa kheu pi u though  a man conquor a million men in battle, a greater conqueror still is he who conquors himself –udanavarga... Read Full Story

I, like everyone else, have had my own personal “sturm und drang ” about God and existence. However, in the back of my mind I always believed that, if I could get beyond this internal conflict, I might be able to realise Ain Sof . Eventually I reached a fundamental understanding that existence revolves around the still centre of the “Life/Death Principle.” In my quest for what I perceived to be the hidden truth, I personified “Death” as a “Mother archetype... Read Full Story

http://www.kabbalah.torah-code.org/kabbalah/essays/giving_receiving.shtml Giving and Receiving   In every interaction there is a giving and receiving that happens simultaneously at multiple levels. Each level of giving and receiving constitutes a unification. The base level is when the giver gives what is to be given and the receiver receives it. The giver gives a vessel and the receiver receives and takes possession of the vessel being given. This is how conventional street wisdom... Read Full Story

Sleep deserts my eyes and I toss like a ship in the sea of my yearning for You as I imagine these things: If I were an infant and you were my nurse, I would suckle your beautiful breasts, and quench my thirst. If I were a stream and you and I sat in the shade of my garden, I would loook after your fruit. If I was a spear and you thrust me into your enemies’ hearts, I would be drunk with their blood. If I were a tent and you dwelt in me, we would delight ourselves with... Read Full Story

I praise the Lord, Prince of the realm and King! His rule extends across the whole wide world. Gweir was penned beneath the fortress mound, As tell the tales of Pwyll and Pryderi. None before him passed into the prison, With a heavy chain a faithful servant bound. Bitter before the spoils of Annwn he sang, And until Doomsday lasts our bardic prayer. Three companies of warriors we went in – Seven alone rose up from Elfs-castle. Song rang out, honoring me with praise In... Read Full Story

http://youtu.be/xhejw2ljXHY For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe... Read Full Story

Fourth Day: The Vault of Lady Venus   At dawn the next day, which is the wished for day of the intended wedding, C.R., is secretly shown some very significant hidden mysteries of the castle by his guiding page. First they go down an underground stairway where they find a great iron door. Upon it is inscribed in letters of copper, “Here lies buried Venus, that beauty which hath undone many a great man both in fortune, honor, blessing, and prosperity.” Beyond the door is a dark passage... Read Full Story