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Rumi Moment of the Week — When Rumi and Eminem Agree
Why does Rumi say, that when you “lose yourself”, you find contentment, sturdiness, joy, the vitality of spring and companionship with the beloved; whereas when you “don’t lose yourself”, you feel...
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Things I Learned — Last Weekend of July
Summertime is nearing its halfway point and the sun is setting earlier and earlier. Although we are a family that prefers staying close to home, we took full advantage of the beautiful weather this...
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Dancing with the ego
Many people think Agnosticism is a faithless endeavor. But that’s not true at all. I have faith in lots of things, including the words of all of the mystics who insist there is exceptional bliss...
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Questions I Ask When I See Shadows
Trifecta Challenge Photo Credit: [changó] . . . Am I the shadow . or am I the man? . Am I space between the two? ; Who is this ;...
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Things I Learned — Back to Life Back To Reality
*singing* It was all good just a week ago! Now Xhoja’s gone! Me and Maya all alone! *end scene* The Good Ol Days(last month) Anyway, on to the weekly theme…here are a couple of thoughts and ideas I...
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Savage Dance
I saw this on Karma Tube and thought it would be perfect for Tuesday….because we dance on Tuesdays over here: Choreographer and dance master Reginald Ray-Savage not only runs an acclaimed dance...
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Something Beautiful
“One powerful elixir is beauty. There is nothing quite like beauty. When you bring beauty and grief together, you can’t look at it, because it’s so sad — and you can’t look away, because it’s so...
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Things I Learned — I, Me, Mine
. Katy and I are watching Maya become a person right in front of our eyes. Most of the time it is an astonishing, amazing, and breathtaking experience. And sometimes it’s just heartbreaking. The Ego...
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Things I Learned — Since I’ve Been Gone edition
If you get the reference, we can be friends. Nothing and everything has happened since I’ve been gone. I didn’t originally plan to take a 2-3 month blogging break but I move as Life directs me…I’m not...
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Rumi Moment of the Week — When Good Things Come Back
To say that Rumi loved Shams would be like saying the sky is nice to look at during sunsets. No it is remarkable, beautiful, and so ordinary that it goes overlooked by almost all of us almost every...
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Things I Learned — Bodhi Day
and on the 8th day of the 12th month…he thought of nothing…or something like that… Apparently December 8 is the day it is said that Siddhartha Gautauma, the Buddha, reached Nirvana and was therefore...
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All I Can Taste Is This Moment
I saw a young man at the gym wearing a t shirt with these words spread out around a silhouetted dancing figure: “And all I can taste is this moment” It stopped me in my tracks and I almost crossed...
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Rumi Moment of the Week — Devotion
Rumi says* ” The creed of Love of God is distinct from all religions; the creed and doctrine of the Lovers is God alone.” He’s teaching that the essence of worship is constant devotion and love for...
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Rumi Moment of the Week — Living as though the Truth were True
What if we believed all of the wonderful things the sages have told us about ourselves? “You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon The same we we trust the...
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Rumi Moment of the Week
Take this into your meditations for the rest of the week. Didn’t I Tell You Didn’t I tell you not to go to that place? It is me, who is your intimate friend. In this imaginary plain of...
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Life is a Dance between….
Here’s to balancing the courage and foresight to make things happen with the patience and faith that things will happen in their own time. We usually cannot control our situations but we can always...
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Rumi Moment of the Week — The Meaning of Love
Both Light and Shadow are the Dance of Love. I appreciate the “love and light” movement that is happening within non-traditional religious circles these days. We do not do a great job of instilling,...
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Things I Learned — Guru Purnima
Guru Purnima is a yearly Indian festival dedicated to spiritual and academic teachers to give thanks and offer respect. Wikipedia does a good job of explaining it so I won’t do that here. However I did...
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Dying children, Systemic Injustice and Suffering
“There is so much suffering in the world.” This is how our last group talk began earlier this month. She was referring to her brother at first, but immediately included how everyone is having a hard...
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