Just Thoughts & A funny Story to Share
I have been letting this post marinate in my head for a while and Its about done. I wanted to take a second to talk about blogging and in particularly […]
The Dervish Community: Common Misconception
A lot is said in sufism about the relationship between Shaikh as dervish, but very little is said about the relationship between dervishes. So I am going to say something […]
The Sufi Sheikh: A Common Misconception
I have received many questions both online and offline about Sufism and while I always try to refer to book and citations, sometimes I feel compelled to share my opinion […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Random Reflective Post Part 1
It’s been difficult to write on the caravan. About 1200 posts later I often wonder what of any value or use can I share with you. I’d like to tell […]
An excerpt from: The Book of Character by Camille Helminski
“If you are true to yourself, you will gain the power to speak the truth. Firstly, you will be able to speak the truth because you will know what is […]
Finally back with Good News
Mes Amis, You have been missed to say the very least. I had a series of health problems and life calamity which for a while forced a pause in my […]
I don’t have a cool title for this – a brief Recap of the last year (1)
If I can point to something which gave my life meaning it would have to be the pronounced spiritual awareness I carried with me into this party. I always experienced […]
A Woman’s Journey as a Sufi Mystic
This Sunday, Feb 5 at 2:00PM EST join Alex Warden — a Sufi mystic born in Argentina who now oversees the ESSENTIAL ONENESS project in northern California. Its mission: “to foster a […]
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 […]
Announcement for A Townhall Meeting Tonight by MyFellowAmerican.us
Asking Hard Questions About Islam and Muslims in America Many Americans remain confused about Islam and Muslims in America in the wake of anti-mosque protests, anti-Shariah legislation and related controversies. […]
Mindful Meditation: Mindfulness Meditation becomes mainstream to stop stress
The following article was written by friend of the blog Allison Brooks. She decided to take me up on my offer and write something to share with all of us. […]
The Great Unspoken Tragedy of the Present Time with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“The secret that nobody is saying is that the ecological crisis is founded upon a very deep spiritual crisis in creation. It comes from a very foundational attitude that we […]
We are not in pursuit of formalities or fake religious laws…..
We are not in pursuit of formalities or fake religious laws. For through the stairway of existence we have come to God’s door. – Hafiz originally taken from here
Getting to the Heart of Communication
We are unripe fruits in the radiance of Your sunlight, but what a dance we are throwing as You do the ripening.” ~Rumi This is one of my favorite lines […]
What does it mean to communicate ?
A sufi was wandering the world. One night he came as a guest to a community of sufis. He tied up his donkey in the stable and then was welcomed […]
Make New Determinations: Be What You Want to Be! by Paramahansa Yogananda
As some of you know before I ventured into Sufism I followed the teachings and practices of Kriya Yoga through the Sefl realization Fellowship. From very young I was always […]
Do you the Readers of the Blog want to talk? Are you willing?
Hola Friends, Lately I have felt the onus of the blog shifting greatly and I wanted to reiterating something that came to me a few weeks ago when I was […]
Personal Narrative: Thoughts/Feelings/Thinking Out Loud
Lately I have managed to have some time off and a significant amount of that time has been spent in reflection about my life, and the usual where I want […]
My New Year is You – Poem from Sufi Master Nur Ali Shah
All my moments I spend with You, my Companion, the tranquility of the entire world. Light and joy, refuge and sanctuary: All are You. You are my sorrows´ Confidant, Source […]
The Example of Bahauddin Naqshband
If anyone should come to his house, whether known or unknown to him, he used to come and meet him with a smiling face and to the utmost of his […]
Quote from Teilhard de Chardin
Oneness and Consciousness from Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee’s Love is a Fire
We speak of the ecological oneness of nature, but there is a deeper oneness that nature embodies. The oneness of nature is a reflection of His oneness. Nature instinctively knows […]
Of Unio Mystica as Unio Sympathetica by Henri Corbin
Our investigations seem to have led us to a schema of spiritual experience in which, far from excluding one another, the one is interpreted through the other. Let us recapitulate […]
GODSPEED INSTITUTE : An Hour with Divine Mother Audrey Kitagawa
An Hour with Divine Mother Audrey Kitagawa “The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? […]
Dying for the Beloved
I have said in a few posts now that in the West that we have sanitized love and fixated alot the personal fulfillment aspects of love. I felt this has been occurring since medieval times when the Troubadours […]
Ibn Arabi on Love. Follow up to The unknown face of Rumi – Sufism and Spiritual Consumerism in the West 3
I opened my late night reading Ibn Arabi Heir to the Prophet by Wiliam Chittick and came to the following which in many ways supports my previous posting The unknown face […]
The unknown face of Rumi – Sufism and Spiritual Consumerism in the West 3
The “creed of love” is not a free-floating, universalistic form of mysticism. Sufism is a complex phenomenon that includes a number of irreducible cultural, political and psychological elements as well […]
Introducing Tuck Magazine – They were kind enough to publish two poems by yours truly
Hello Everyone I wanted to let you all know about Tuck Magazine. It is a dream come true, for many people most of all for my dear friend and fellow […]
The unknown face of Rumi – Sufism and Spiritual Consumerism in the West 2
The “creed of love” is not a free-floating, universalistic form of mysticism. Sufism is a complex phenomenon that includes a number of irreducible cultural, political and psychological elements as well […]
In Response to a Reader’s beautiful statement.
In my posting Just Some thoughts, I thought to give a voice to another aspect of the path that is not discussed much if at all out in the open […]
Just Some Thoughts
Sometimes I wonder if its possible to talk to someone nowadays. It is quite the feat if it happens. Every statement or not is intended to be a political statement. […]
“I know enough to see what is adequate for me” and thoughts
One of the most painful part of being a dervish is watching all your ideas and expectations get ripped to shreds. One cannot as Shah Nimatullah has said hold an […]
The unknown face of Rumi – Sufism and Spiritual Consumerism in the West
The “creed of love” is not a free-floating, universalistic form of mysticism. Sufism is a complex phenomenon that includes a number of irreducible cultural, political and psychological elements as well […]
Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Every Day Life by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
Most travelers make religion and spirituality too complicated of a thing. The following is the Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Every Day Life. Follow these 5 steps and you […]
Obeidience and the Sincere Lover – Some words from Shaikh Muzaffer Ozal’s The Unveiling of Love
But spiritual affection is for God‘s sake, which is why this kind this kind of affection is called love of God’s sake. Those whose affection is for God, Exalted is […]
From The Alone with the Alone Page with some comments
I came across this passage from the Upanishads on The Alone with the Alone page adn I thought to add another germane quote. Enjoy Dave The world is the wheel […]
How we, myself included, like to fool ourselves (2) A Readers responce
Hello Friends, from time to time I like to share some thing with you all. Personal anecdotes from my life. Lessons from the path and other things. In part to […]
Spirituality and Sexuality (2) taken from Forty Days: The Diary of a Traditional Solitary Sufi Retreatby Micahela Ozelsel
Even from the scientific point of view, various approaches to investigating the connection between spirituality and erotic experience are increasingly being explored. Arya points out that physiological conenctions with the […]
Riding the Bull, A Nasruddin Story
Nasruddin had an ox with horns shaped like a bow. He had always wanted to sit between the horns and ride the ox but he was too afraid. One day […]
A Reader Prays for me to burn in Hell
I have been fortunate in that I have not received too many negative comments on the blog. But today I received the following comment from someone called simply ‘no important’ […]
To those who lay claims to love by Muzaffer Ozak
Now to those who lay claim to love I address these questions: How often have you wiped away the tears of a lover weeping for love of God Have you […]
When you are afraid of something ……
The Goblet of Love by Ibn Arabi
The goblet of love is the lover’s heart, not his reason or his sense perception. For the heart fluctuates from state to state, just as God—who is the Beloved—is each […]
From the Unveiling of Love by Muzaffer Ozak: Affection make a person forget
Affection makes a person forget about hunger and thirst and keeps him on the road of love. All creatures have taken their alloted share of affection. Even animals when they […]
Friends of God from Khawaja Gharib Nawaz
A friend of God must have affection like the Sun. Because when it rises, it is beneficial to all irrespective of whether they are Muslim, Christian, or Hindu. A friend […]
The Teacher’s Job by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
Walking out of the Subway station at St. Mark’s Place, I was excited. I had been anticipating this Saturday morning meeting with Amoun all week. When I entered the bookstore […]
The Water You Want by Rumi
Someone may be clairvoyant, able to see the future, and yet have very little wisdom. Like the man who saw water in his dream, and began leading everyone toward the […]
Mystical Prayer: Opening a Door to Silence and Love by Llewllyn Vaughan Lee
originally on the Huffington Post “God does not look at your outer forms, but at the love within your love.” –Rumi Amid the noise and increasing demands of our daily […]
Ripened Fruit – A Poem Excerpt from Rumi
Do you remember how you came into existence? You may not remember because you arrived a little drunk. Let me give you a hint: Let go off your mind and […]
The significance of this moment in time – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, SAND 2011
The Significance of this Moment in Time: 3 min video clip from the Science and Nonduality event, 2011. _________ Introduction We live in a culture caught in the illusion of […]
My Caravan of Dream 