Removing The Veil

You yourself are under your own veil. -Hafiz Q:  I have been traveling the road to higher consciousness for many years and it has been a long hard journey. Fortunately there have been occasional Divine Breezes along the way, but I cannot say I feel any closer to God for my efforts. Also, sometimes traveling […]

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Weekend Retreat on Sufism

Weekend Retreat with Award Winning Author Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Want to learn how to maximize your true inner awareness, achieve your full potential and lead a more content life? Come join award winning author, Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, for a weekend retreat (May 30- June 1, 2014) at the Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center in the […]

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Knowing Right & Wrong

On one level people want simple answers and to be told what to do.  On another, they want freedom to choose and make their own decision. People are multi-level and have the capacity to make their own choices as well as accept direction from others.  Discord sets in when the guidance from others or authority […]

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What is Sufism? By Guest Author- Michael Greenstein

My friend Nef abandoned social work as a profession years ago and entered the world of finance but he never abandoned his sincere interest in people.  Everywhere he goes he meets people and in no time, gets them to tell him the story of their life.  Walking down a street with Nef is like getting […]

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Most Glorious Journey

This is one of those days, when most of the pain has left me. For one reason or another, which I cannot figure out, the physical discomfort from disease and medication, has left me. I know the pain will return, it is inevitable. Yet for this moment I try to rest, content and rejoice, relatively […]

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Wheel of Life

What once was Will no longer be And cannot be again!   What is developing Is another form. Another variation. A new spoke On the Wheel of Life.   Turning, turning, always, turning. Giving and taking Moving upward and creating. Join in the Wheel’s motion Or be still, What does it matter? The Wheel keeps […]

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Lock of Hair

Traveler:         “Master, please explain to me how the average person may know of what we experience.  When I consider, speaking with the members of my family and trying to relate to them some of our spiritual teaching, I fear my explanation will fall short and not convince them to follow our Way.” Master:             “The […]

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America, Freedom & Sufism

Q: What do you think would be the correct vision to meet the spiritual thirst of American people in terms of spiritual orientation and training? A: America is a special place; America offers the spiritual freedom, alive in each person’s heart to choose what is best for self and others. Here in this country each […]

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The Tapestry

Traveler: O Holy One, I have climbed the mountains and traveled the roads. I have made my way through wind, rain, sunshine and now snow to find you. Please tell me, in order to sit at your side, why must the road be so long and the journey so varied? Master: Before I answer your […]

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Desert Tears

And he went into the desert to find the answers. He looked into the sky and began to ask, And the days passed. When no answers came He looked out across the land and asked again, And the days passed. When he realized the desert could not answer, Tears from the heart began to fill […]

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Wisdom, Experience, & Knowing

Wisdom is useful information gained through living life; encountering and understanding daily events. Most travelers, after introspection, acquire this capacity. Spiritual experience is offered through Divine Mercy; it is a gift, flowing like honey from the hive. This dimension, while rarer, is always available to most; although many ignore these experiences. Spiritual experience is natural […]

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