Mystic Dance of Awakening
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.
“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.
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 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 …
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 …
Who were the ancient Sufis? How far back can we trace this seed of spirituality and awakeness? Hazrat Andaya Khan says that the germ of Sufism is believed to have existed from the beginning of time and can be traced particularly back to the Hebrew Prophets, who were themselves Sufis. I think it has to …
Hazrat Inayat Khan’s writings say that the word Sufi comes from the Arabic word ‘Sufa’ or ‘Saf’ which means pure (pure from distinctions and differences). It also means wool because the Sufis would wear wool. Many people call Sufism the mystical thread of Islam. Hazrat Inayat Khan’s writings say the germ of Sufism is believed …
I do Post lots of silly little snippy videos, that’s for sure. Maybe it’s because laughing at ourselves is very healthy to do on the spiritual path! — End of thoughts — Non-duality teachers talk about the end of thoughts, the end of words. It doesn’t mean that you never have another thought, just that …
