Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
In my last post I had just been intuitively nudged into the A & E department of the hospital. You mention chest pain in there and boy do you get A1 service. Plus a bonus for me was that I knew the nurses and I had arrived at a quiet time. Within about 10 minutes … Read More “Cracking open the Heart – p2 Current beliefs Vs Old beliefs” »
I was confused! It began a couple of weeks ago when I suffered a minor heart challenge. I love that word, it kind of gives you a hint of what happened without giving you a hint of what happened. Let’s leave it at that for the moment and see how we go. As you know from my … Read More “Cracking open the Heart – p1” »
Potentially, it was the night of power (in Arabic, Laylat al-Qadr) and I was sat with a group of Sufi mystics. It was around 2 a.m. and the topic turned to the mysteries. The discussion turned to another night of significance in the Islamic calendar Lailat al Miraj (or the night of the ladder or ascension). It … Read More “The Milky Way and a Prophetic Journey. Sufi p5” »
Looking back I’ll call it the Night of the Dervishes. The word Dervish is often pre-empted by whirling as in Whirling Dervishes of the dance fame. These mystics use dance as a means to gain trance like states of awareness and so commune with the divine. As I’ve mentioned afore. It is my conviction that … Read More “Quest for the Centre Point. Sufi p4” »
Only in writing these posts does it seem that events have led up to here. Whilst they were occurring I had no idea of course. At the outset I talked about signs and omens and how we have to take time out of the busy-ness of life to be able to recognise them, let alone … Read More “The Night of Power. Sufi p3” »
Three Themes A few posts ago, I mentioned in passing that (amongst other quests) I am on a personal or rather familial quest of bringing my siblings and their brood(s) together. It is a monumental undertaking. To take a quote from that ever inspiring Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy…They have problems beyond the dreams of analysts. … Read More “Connection and the Crown. Sufi p2” »
On the nature of signs and portents I have a pot in which I put things that I am certain of, there is a lot of spare room in it. One thing that I am convinced of is that it is our busyness that is our energetic downfall and our spiritual darkness. Wow! That’s a powerful … Read More “On the nature of signs and portents. Sufi p1” »
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