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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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B4PEACE — What Needs to be Said
July’s Prompt: Write a letter for peace and send it out into the Universe I used to be pretty good at writing letters. Then the internet came along. And although everyone agrees there is “something...
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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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Rumi Moment of the Week — When Presence Comes Over Your Soul
This is the last poem I read to Xhoja before she left us last Saturday….I do not know why…maybe because it encapsulates everything Rumi is about: presence, love, dance, emptiness, and Shams. If I had...
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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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Rumi Moment of the Week — Ego Beast
. This Ego has been bothering me lately. Every time I come up with something selfless, kind, or otherwise beautiful, the Ego tries to hijack the purity almost immediately. Me: Hey, those lawn guys...
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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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How Are You?
We ask each other this question all day long. It is the same with strangers we pass in the street, grocery store clerks, friends, and family. It is used so often that the connotation no longer...
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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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A Tuesday Thing to Do
This video made me smile: But then THIS video separated my lower jaw from the top one: Now I’m off to search for a street dancing Meetup Group.
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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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