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Become Becoming | Poem of Spring, Poem of New Life Born out of Remembrance
2008-03-22 02:41:00
As spring arrives, it reminds of the renewal cycle of rebirth which manifest again and again. the whole creation, every molecule is in a continuous state of renewing itself again and again. the Divine comes into manifestation with every moment. no two moments are the same yet they belong to Oneness, each is part of Whole. what a miracle to witness this arrival and being part of this becoming! May this spring bring new life energy, new inspiration to your life and your loved ones.on night of the Spring Equinox, the following poem was shared by author and visionary artist Colette. thanks Colette for sharing!Become Becoming | Li-Young LeeWait for evening.Then you?ll be alone.Wait for the playground to empty.Then call out those companions from childhood:The one who closed his eyesand pretended to be invisible.The one to whom you told every secret.The one who made a world of any hiding place.And don?t forget the one who listened in silencewhile you wondered out lout:Is the universe an em...
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Milad-e-Nabi | Milad-un Nabi | Maulid | Mawlid
2008-03-20 11:27:00
Eid-e-Miladun-Nabi Mubarak!Greetings on the occasion of Holy Prophet's birthday.On this blessed day as we remember the Last Divine Messenger - Muhammad and bring his blessed holy spirit into our inner heart and spirit with love and benediction, its worth reading Ibn Mashish's tribute to the Prophet. Here is a selection of his exalted prayer (wadhifatus salatul Mashishiyyah) :I take refuge in Allah from illusional dualities.Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.O Allah, blessings and peace in all matters, revealed and concealed on him from whom are split open the secrets hidden in his sublime essence and stream forth the lights of the full moons enfolded in the heavens of his sublime attributes.Magnified is the Prophet whose blossoming beauty beflowers the gardens of Mulk and Malakut, and the pools of the Jabarut overflow with the dazzling light of his secret bursting forth and there is no thing that is not linked to him and by his effulgent secret all things encompassed.Send a blessing worth...
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Prayer before Prophet's Tomb | by al-Shadhili
2008-03-20 01:22:00
Great saint Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili (b. 1196/1197 - d. 1258), may God sanctify his station was the Qutb of his time and the founder shaykh of the Tariqa ash Shadhiliya.When al-Shadhili, approached Medina, may God ennoble and exalt it increasingly, he stood before the door of the sacred precinct (the tomb of the Prophet) from early morning until noon, bareheaded, and barefooted requesting permission of the Apostle of God to enter.Asked why he did so, he replied, "That he might give me permission, for God says, 'O you who believe, enter not the Prophet's houses until permission be grated to you.' (Q 33.53).Then, he heard the voice of one calling from within the Noble Garden, like that of the one dwelling there, saying, "Blessings and peace in abundance, O 'Ali! Enter!"So he stood before the Noble Garden and said, "Peace be upon thee, O Prophet, with the mercy and benediction of God! The blessing of God be upon thee, O Apostle of God!"The most excellent, the purest, the most subl...
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Prophet's birthday celebration across the world
2008-03-19 09:12:00
Muslims across the globe celebrate the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in diverse fashion with benediction, blessings and prayer for the Prophet in all language including that of common Arabic.Annemarie Schimmel, reported that custom of celebrating Mohammed?s birthday (Maulid, Mawlud, Milad-un-Nabi, Mevlud) on a large scale first appeared in Egypt during the time of Fathimiyah (969 - 1171 M). That celebration was attended by Islamic scholars who heard lectures about the history of the Prophet. In northern Iraq, the preparation for Maulid began early in the month of Muharram. Huts were set up for guests who came from out of town.In Turkey, mosques are decorated with lamps. In Egypt, the leader of Mamluk holds a big ceremony to celebrate Maulid in the courtyard of Cairo's castle (Read: Annemarie, And Muhammad Is God's Courier). In many other Muslim countries, the day is celebrated by lighting torches and parading around the city. Nearly all Muslims abide by this tradition, except ...
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paradoxes | however you answer it, you are correct
2008-03-19 06:54:00
mysticism points to the very fact that often many (perhaps all) of the life's most profound mysteries are paradoxical in their nature. talk about pre-destination and role of will, why there is suffering, the fact that the very idea of happiness require the presence of unhappiness, light needs darkness to be realized - everywhere you will see the paradox ingrained.wherever you turn you can discover this paradox. even in the Divine Love and undefinable phenomena that we call love. Rumi says:Nothing I say can explain to you Divine Love,Yet all of creation can not seem to stop thinking about it. while going thru the book, Walking with God by James Keeley, i came across a place where the author talks about his experience:Albert Einstein said: the most important question one must answer is whether or not the universe is friendly... I was once sharing this quote from Albert Einstein with a class. One of the students said - the most interesting part of the question of whether or not the un...
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Art of Presence and being Present | Eckhart Tolle
2008-03-18 23:59:00
who are you?i simply amwhere are you?herewhat time it is?nowto be aware of the present moment, to be mindful of now - is an ancient wisdom of humanity. every new born child is born with such awareness as a default state - for a child everything is one and present in the moment. the child lives in the ever present now and as we grow up somewhere along the line we start to lose that ability of living awareness of now. duality comes in, getting attached to past or jumping to future becomes a predominant state.many faith, spiritual path gives back human being the same practice of bringing ourselves again into that state of awareness of present moment. from buddhist practice of mindfulness to islamic practice of invoking God's Merciful Name, Bismi'Llah before all action - each one of them are intended for the same goal. for the sufi path, Divine is even called The Presence . thus when we are truly aware of the present moment, we are aware of nothing but the Divine.in our present time Ec...
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religious fanaticism | veil that keeps people from seeing God
2008-03-17 17:36:00
Ghazali repeatedly makes the point:One of the main veils that keeps people from seeing God is religious fanaticism. He says, it doesn't matter too much which school of Islamic laws you follow. There are different theological positions that is valid to adopt.Try and be orthodox, in fact its necessary to be orthodox, but whatever you do, don't turn it to some kind of zealot; so that religion just becomes a way of feeling that you are better than everybody else. Thereby veils you to God.- comment by T. J. Winter (also known as Abu Hakim Murad) - Lecturer, Islamic Studies | Cambridge University | from the film Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness by Ovidio Salazar.a beautiful film i just watched and do recommend you to watch as well. from the imagery, portrayal of a great enlightened personality in world history to the message in the movie, its purely brilliant. a film where the search of truth and certitude takes a professor and scholar of religion to the path of mystical path and ...
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Diversity of Oneness | The Miracle that simply Is
2008-03-17 05:48:00
"In reality you are just coming upon another manifestation of the same Being.Do you understand this yet?You see, no two moments are ever the same - that is the miracle of life. Oneness is not a miracle, it is the diversity of the One that is the miracle.What a wonder it is to know that as God never manifests Himself in the same way twice, so each moment is an act of total creation.(...) time is the eternal attribute of God."- The Last Barrier: Reshad Field"God says: son of Adam complains about time,but I AM Time (Eternal)."? Prophet Muhammad, recored in sacred tradition (hadith Qudsi)
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Immaculate is Allah | meditative quranic verses
2008-03-16 18:49:00
.. subhana'Llahiwa ta'alaamma yushrikoon... Immaculate is Allah and exaltedabove any limited comparison ascribed.- 28:68 | Quran , the Final Testament
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What supersedes the Sabbath | Talmud wisdom
2008-03-16 08:35:00
The saving of life supersedes the Sabbath .- Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 132a
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this turning
2008-03-16 02:29:00
OneBigCircleturning back on Itselfagain and again.how happy is the manwho can acceptthis turningand find peace in it!James Parkinson | Solid Rock Ministries

Tears in Tibet | stop Chinese imperial repression of Tibet, its cultural an
2008-03-15 06:32:00
"Repression continues to increase with numerous, unimaginable and gross violations of human rights, denial of religious freedom and politicisation of religious issues" - Tibet an spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, speaking from his exiled home Dharamshala in India, on China's heavy handling of recent protest in Lhasa, Tibet.Riots escalate in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as lay Tibetans join in the protests which began on March 10th, anniversary of the Tibetan uprising of 1959. Unconfirmed reports that soldiers are firing on Tibetans in the streets. 300 monks from Drepung monastery and 100 nuns from Chutsang nunnery marched toward the center of Lhasa, stopped by armed police. Arrest of around 500 students from Tibet University, according to CNN. Chinese authorities sealed off three monasteries in Tibet, shops and vehicles were burned, and deaths were reported as a wave of rare street protests continued in the remote Buddhist region.Violence erupted Friday in a busy market area of the T...
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No End in Sight | how and what went wrong in Iraq War
2008-03-14 20:22:00
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking1.honestly when i read the stereotyped media reports on the violence in Iraq or Afghanistan where the suicide bombing, killing and all sorts of violence is somehow tried to be portrayed as something liked with religious extremism ... i don't get it. with all my somewhat familiarity with islam and islamic teachings, it absolutely makes no sense how such act of violence can be sanctioned or even brain-washed through any kind of religious connection, no matter how extreme or how fanatic it can be pushed to.there is this notion in the media where using religious classification like Shia, Sunni, Mahdi Army it gives a whole picture as if all the violence is totally linked to religion of islam. but only if we look beyond the surface we can easily see the truth of the matter and surprisingly it has very little to do with religion but more to do with social injustice and economic hardship. su...
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Stay Exactly As You Are | Kabir
2008-03-14 02:41:00
O mind! Where is the further shore you're crossing to?Before you there is no traveler, no path;there is neither stopping nor arriving.There is no water there, no boat;there is no boatman, no rower.There is neither earth nor sky;there is neither this shore nor the further shore.There is no body, no mind.You won't find anything of your own in that emptiness.Be steadfast; sit within the earthen container of your body.Right there is where you should be.Right now, for once, look within your mind;observe and think. Don't go anywhere else.Kabir says: Quit all distraction!Stay still, exactly as you are.- Kabir -mana tu pâra utâra kahâm jaihoâge panthi pantha na koi kachu mukâm na paihonâhim tamha nira nâva nâhim khevaTa nâ guna khevanahârâdharani gagana kachu nâhim nâ kachu bâra na pârânahim tana nahim mana nahim apanaposunna mem sudha na paihobalihâna hoya baiTho ghaTa mem vâhi Thaure hoi hobârhi bâra bicâri dekha mana anta kahâ mata jaihokahe kabir saba châRa kalapanâjyom ke tyom Thaha...

Gazing upon Parents with love | a meditation, an act of worship
2008-03-12 09:56:00
Meditation through gazing full of love and compassion is a beautiful sufi meditation technique. Eye is the window of the soul and it is eye which often express the inner-heart. Thus creating loving-kindness, compassion (metta in Buddhist term, mahabba in sufistic term) in the heart-space, complementing with glance to direct that love - is the basic principle of gazing meditation.The countenance of a loved person, face of an innocent child, any object that can help invoke and direct loving-kindness from heart-space may be the object of gaze.The love of parents for children are the most pure, unconditional love and hence the closest reflection of Divine Love . The status of parents are so great that the Prophet mentions that ?One who pleases his parents has verily pleased God". Casting / gazing upon parents with loving-kindness is a particular action which the last messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad taught and encouraged.The Messenger of God said: ?Every righteous child who casts a loo...
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Blessed month of Prophet's birthday | Rabi-al Awwal
2008-03-11 06:03:00
With the current new moon we have entered into a new lunar month. In Islamic calendar this is a specially blessed month called Rabi' al-awwal, the third month in the Hijri calendar. This month includes the birthday of the holy Prophet Muhammad , upon him be Divine grace.According to sunni scholars the Prophet's birthday is observed on 12th Rabi al-awwal (falls on 20th March this year 2008) and 17th Rabi al-awwal (march 25 this year) according to shia scholars.This is also the month of Prophet's emigration to Medina (then known as city of Yathrib) where he established the first community of the believers. Tala'al Badru Alayna is the song that the children of Medina sang to welcome the beloved Prophet:Tala'al-Badru 'alayna,min thaniyyatil-Wada'wajaba al-shukru 'alayna,ma da'a lillahi da'O the White Moon rose over usFrom the Valley of Wada'And we owe it to show gratefulnessWhere the call is to AllahAyyuha al-mab'uthu finaji'ta bi-al-amri al-muta'Ji'ta sharrafta al-Madina...
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War is hell and hellishly expensive | 5 trillion dollar war
2008-03-10 09:53:00
We are living in an age of liquid war and the cost is also flowing exactly like liquid. Believe it or not, next week, the Iraq war enters its sixth year. As casualties mount (about 4,000 American soldiers killed since the start of the war in March 2003), so do the bills. Now the Iraq war cost estimates run into the trillions.In a recent interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz asserted that the costs of the Iraq war - budgetary, economic and societal - could reach US$5 trillion. That's a hard number to comprehend. In fact, the George W Bush administration's war costs have already moved beyond the human scale of comprehension. >> read detailsIronic fact is, Almost every dollar spent on the war is borrowed. Under the quick-withdrawal scenario, the Congressional Budget Office says, interest payments through 2017 will total $590 billion.The cost of veterans' health care in the months and years ahead, which is growing. So far, at least 60,000 Iraq war veterans have bee...
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Reversing Space | a sufi meditation exercise
2008-03-10 00:22:00
Sitting very still, with all attention focused in the center of the chest, and slowly surrendering and realizing that:instead of looking, you are being observed;instead of hearing, you are being heard;instead of touching, you are being touched;instead of tasting, you are food for Godand are being tasted.So make yourself good tasting.Finally allow yourself to be breathed.Abandon yourself completely in trust, and in the realization that you are powerless in the face of God, the First Cause.- a sufi exercise taught to the author Reshad Feild of The Last Barrier: A Journey into the Essence of Sufi Teachings by his sufi master, simply introduced as Hamid in the book. May God be pleased with them both.currently reading this great book where Reshad Feild recorded his enthralling journey of body and spirit as well as his story of all struggles toward the spiritual light with a sufi master. its such a good read! the best part is that the book i am holding in my hand is the lived experience ...
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Another way of viewing life | allow to be viewed
2008-03-09 21:50:00
... average human being believes that he or she is cause to something, and therefore everything starts with the ego center projecting itself outwards into the screen of life. As long as we live in that space of the ego center, there can be the apparency of change but no real change can come about.It (is) not a matter of the expansion of consciousness. In order to break through consciousness, you must come upon your true identity. This means leaving behind all concepts, all ideas, all thoughts of what you might be. You must die to what you think you are and be born into what you really are; that is the true heritage of the soul.(...) another way of viewing life, be allowing oneself to be viewed. He described a spiral moving toward a central point."What you are is the composite manifestation of a moment of time. This spiral is continuously working its way toward the center, re-forming you each moment. But because you think that you are the cause of something, the movement of the spira...
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Muraqaba | sufi meditation beyond time and space
2008-03-08 20:15:00
In sufi tradition, Muraqaba (Gnosis of Self) is the name of that contemplation through which man is able to gain the knowledge which is the primordial knowledge of his Ego, Self, or Soul.It appears that the person performing Muraqaba is simply sitting in a pose with his or her eyes closed. However, merely shutting the eyes and assuming a specific pose does not serve the purpose. Muraqaba is in fact an angle of perception through which the person doing the Muraqaba frees himself or herself from outward senses and begins their journey in the inward senses.Now we are going to look into whether or not the Muraqaba-like conditions or states exist in us, without adopting the specific pose of Muraqaba.Freedom from outward senses happens in our daily life, both involuntarily and voluntarily. For example, we go to sleep and while sleeping our brain disconnects from outward senses. It is true that this disconnection is temporary however; this condition could not be termed as anything but disc...
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Healing the Broken Heart | a new spiritual blog
2008-03-07 21:09:00
Ask the people of the Remembrance if you know not.The Quran 21:7, 16:43Healing the Broken Heart is a new spiritual / sufi blog focusing on healing the inner heart and helping any seeker to walk towards enlightened Stations of the Way.Tony Kent is the author of the site and a student of the guide Sidi Sa?id al-Jamal in the Shadduli Sufi path. Tony Kent has started a series of posting with audio consisting of teachings and recordings of the 28 stations of the way from Sidi's book Music of the Soul. These stations are powerful sign-post for any seeker who wish to walk towards the Great Sun of Truth. Sidi Shaykh Muhammad has opened up the knowledge of his heart for his beloveds. The Stations of the Way are twenty-eight doorways into the spiritual realities we walk through on the journey from unknowing and darkness into love, completion and light.The new site will focus on spiritual guidance and healing from the blessed teachings from the guide. The site will also feature contribution ...
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The Spiritual Athlete in an Orange Robe | Kabir by Robert Bly
2008-03-06 21:32:00
photograph by MysticLens | at a Hindu Temple, Singapore...The spiritual athlete often changesthe color of his clothes,but mine remains gray and loveless.he sits inside the shrine room all dayso that God has to go out and praise the rocks.or he drill holes in his ears,his beard grows enormous and matted,people mistake him for a goat.and he goes into wilderness areasand he strangles his impulsesand makes himself neither male or female.he shaves his skullputs his robe in an orange vat,reads the Bhagavad Gitaand becomes a terrific talker.Kabir says,actually you are going in herdsto the country of deathboundhand and foot.. Kabir: Ecstatic Poems | translated by Robe rt Bly .. click here to listen to Robert Bly's translation and recitation.The video is from performance of poetry of Kabir at one of the Mythic Journeys conferences. Musical accompaniment by Eugene Friesen and Arto Tuncboyaciyan is simply gorgeous!here mystic poet Kabir is criticizing the spiritual tourists and ascetics who we...
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In Palestine, Murder Will Bring Neither Freedom Nor Justice | Muslims denou
2008-03-06 20:39:00
mindless violence continues. skewed media report continues. endless killing of civilians continue. the victims at the Seminary was aged 15 to 26. all people of conscience condemns such act of violence.Ibrahim Abdil-Mu?id Ramey, Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Civil and Human Rights Director writes: On March 6, 2008, the world received news of yet another tragedy in the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis. In an apparent act of revenge, armed Palestinians infiltrated a Rabbinical school in Jerusalem and attacked a group of teenage Jewish students, leaving eight of them dead. They were not combatants, and the act did not take place in self-defense or in the heat of combat.Most of the world, especially in Israel, was stunned and horrified by the killings. But in Gaza, at least according to news reports, people were jubilant in their celebration of the deaths.Sadly, acts of deliberate murder are hardly rare in the context of this part of the world. I remember, a...
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What reaches the heart?
2008-03-06 11:59:00
Nothing reaches the heartExcept that which is from the heart.- ancient Sufi wisdom -
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Thoughts on Terrorism | Errorism and beyond
2008-03-06 11:45:00
1.Have you have noticed the ERROR sitting inside the word TERRORISM? literally, and yes practically speaking too. and if you ask for a spiritual perspective of our obsession with this politically and emotionally charged word, perhaps Wahiduddin's sharing can give you a good light on it. a rather interesting otherly insight how we are fooled BIG TIME with error game in the name of terrorism.in this article titled: Responding to Terrorism , with The Fullness of Life, the sufi author and poet writes:In the wake of the ever-present terrorist attacks, the news media and the internet are overflowing with a plethora of opinions about who should do what to whom. It seems that nearly everyone is using the present turmoil to fight for their own personal viewpoint and self-centered agenda. However, beyond such mundane viewpoints and petty agendas there is a Greater Agenda that we are invited to respond to.It is abhorrent that over 2800 people were killed during the September 11th terrorist att...
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from violence to non-violence | journey from mind to heart
2008-03-05 19:09:00
recent incident of disproportionate and indiscriminate killing of civilians by israeli defence forces in Gaza, Palestine saddened me beyond words. this is by no means a new thing. yet as i follow world news quiet regularly, i couldn't help myself not to bleed internally when i saw the missiles killed along with many children, infants as young as five months old who has nothing do to with these mindless violence.ironic sad part is that the militants who are really responsible for firing missiles to israeli side got away and when their abandoned office were hit with missile, nobody was there. the story goes with one third of who killed by israeli attack are civilian including children and women. many are still suffering in hospitals and many will die as the hospitals are always short of supply of medicine and equipment due to check posts and constant blockade.The people of Gaza have been blockaded, uprooted, starved, and silenced ... and now they are being massacred. Over 100 Palesti...
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Amnesty International: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza worst since 1967
2008-03-05 18:17:00
The situation in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has been since Israel has occupied the West Bank in 1967, a report by Amnesty International and other human rights groups revealed Thursday. credit. Amnesty internationals Report on Gaza Humanitarian CrisisIsrael's blockade of the Gaza Strip has created the worst humanitarian crisis ... food shortages, crumbling health services and a water and sewage system close to collapse are all part of the daily misery facing 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza.Gaza is forced to become the biggest concentration camp and an enclave held hostage by the Israeli embargo, which it said had worsened poverty and unemployment, crippled education services and made 1.1 million people -- 80 percent of the population -- dependent on food aid.the health system was in tatters, with hospitals facing daily power cuts lasting eight to 12 hours a day due to fuel and electricity restrictions. Aid groups and legal experts have called Israel's blockade illegal un...
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Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt marvelous error! | Antonio Machado
2008-03-04 20:41:00
Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt -- marvelous error! -that a spring was breakingout in my heart.I said: Along which secret aqueduct,Oh water, are you coming to me,water of a new lifethat I have never drunk?Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt -- marvelous error! -that I had a beehivehere inside my heart.And the golden beeswere making white combsand sweet honeyfrom my old failures.Last night, as I was sleeping,I dreamt -- marvelous error! -that a fiery sun was givinglight inside my heart.It was fiery because I feltwarmth as from a hearth,and sun because it gave lightand brought tears to my eyes.Last night, as I slept,I dreamt -- marvelous error! -that it was God I hadhere inside my heart.- Antonio Machado (1875 - 1939) | creditLast Night as I was Sleeping was written by Antonio Machado in 1903. Arguably Spain's most esteemed modern poet, Machado's poetry was characterized by philosophical melancholy, often evoking the stony landscapes and diminished glories of his homeland...
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Soah mean Catastrophe, not Holocaust | whats in name when suffering is the
2008-03-04 17:39:00
1.my Jewish friends pointed out:Soah mean Catastrophe, not Holocaust .its utterly sad and leave me speechlesswhen humanity bleedsand we quarrel and bargainmeaninglessly over forms and names.what is the heaviest burden in the world?son's coffin on the shoulder of a father.what is the most difficult walk?the walk towards burial ground to bury the daughter.what is the deepest pain?when a mother's eyes see her infant murdered.how does it feel to grow up all your life in refugee campwith no future, no dream, no hope,with nothing but gray walls, dusts and bullets?what does it feel when one cold night you wakeup to findall your family is dead and you have no soul to turn to?2.my Jewish friends pointed out:Soah mean Catastrophe, not Holocaust.what is in name when sufferings are the same?Rumi said and still says to us,"Pass beyond form, escape from names!Flee titles and names toward meaning!"when will humanity have ear to hear,and rise above differencesthat comes with forms and names!- Myst...
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sufi joke of Nasruddin | who is pious?
2008-03-03 20:27:00
who is pious? The Mullahs shouts: 'A pious man grows a beard!' and Nasruddin replies: 'Then my goat is the most pious of all'a sufi way of teaching | Once, Mulla Nasruddin went to a fair with his disciples, where people were shooting arrows. Mulla joined the sport and took the first shot, which fell short. The crowd started laughing and the Mulla said: ''This is what happens when you live with an inferiority complex. You cannot reach the target because your heart is not wholly in it.'' The next arrow surpassed the target but Mulla turned to say: ''This is what happens to a man who thinks very highly of himself. He runs so fast that he bypasses the goal.'' Now Mulla shot the third arrow, hitting the target accurately and he said: ''This is me!''if we leave God out of it | Our Mullah Nasruddin took all his savings and went to buy a shirt. All eyes and ears he entered a tailor's shop, was measured and told: "Will you be back in a week? God willing - your shirt will be ...
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