The veil that separates us from truth, from beauty, from life, and reality is very thin. It actually doesn’t exist at all; it’s composed of some very light misconceptions that we have about who we are. Working through that can feel very disconcerting because we hold on to those things as if that is what’s …
Author Archives: Zareen
Finding Your Enlightened Ancestors
When we listen to our native brethren from anywhere around the earth, they are always specific about how important ancestors are. It does makes sense, because that solidifies us to a place where our ancestors lived, taught each other, and brought forward the wisdom of the earth. That’s how wisdom comes down to the present …
Buddha and thoughts
Buddha says that thoughts begin in silence. The spoken word does as well… As long as I’m not talking, right? Because first there’s silence then there’s words.
— The human experience is unity —
Buddha lived really a long time ago, in a totally different society, and yet what he said is still relevant to us today, because the Human Experience is unity.
— Humans are naturally spiritual —
There is a huge huge difference in believing that spirituality is really hard, and difficult to attain, or in thinking that human beings are naturally spiritual.
Beauty is all around us
Beauty is all around us, all the time. Even in the smallest things. Really, the spiritual moment, is when you pause and see it all.
— Daily reminder —
Here’s your little daily reminder that beauty is everywhere; reality is your nature; spirituality is your nature.
— Seeing your own face —
If you had never encountered a mirror you wouldn’t be able to see your own face. As a matter of fact, you don’t even see your own face in a mirror… you just see a reflection.
Where Are You?
“Wherever you go there you are.” One of the best ways to find out who you are is to figure out where are you.
— Vastly Intertwined with Culture Itself —
You aren’t your culture, but we, you and me, are so vastly intertwined with it that it’s very useful to examine culture itself to help know who you are. Ultimately, we find out that we are what we are. We’re a vast interconnection with everything. And so, in the end, we are infinitely connected with each other and with culture itself.
Pause for the beauty
As we work through ideas on spirituality, it’s important to very regularly pause and experience the beauty that we live in. We are cosmic beings in a cosmic cosmos. Imagine, just for a moment, the vastness of the universe. You are sitting here; I am sitting here experiencing this as an amazing complex of molecules …
A Common Misconception
A common misconception about Eastern spirituality is that it is about escaping something. This misconception happens in Sufi circles as well as Nonduality classes, Buddhist groups and Kirtan gatherings. There are so many things that have give this wrong impression. Much eastern teaching is about trying to escape suffering. That is what so many Buddhist …
Carry Our Wounds
A big question, as we go back through the wisdom of Sufism and Sufi teachings, is how do we carry our wounds? Do we let our wounds define us, or are we simply an awakeness over which the wounds have washed? This is one of the best practices that we can use to bring our …