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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Up Into The Healing Light

With all the miraculous advances in modern medicine, much of the time doctors only guess at the cause, falling far short of a remedy or cure. In some ways, we have made doctors into more than they are. All in the hope and basic need for rising beyond pain, illness and death. This tendency toward […]

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Blocking Mechanism

When people seek spiritual experience or knowing, most often what they are looking for are answers to personal problems about life, relief from difficulties, doing something really important, and sublime or exciting experience. All of this is very natural and understandable; however it is precisely these imprints upon our consciousness which prevent true spiritual understanding […]

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Season of Renewal

The Fountain through which the River flows Has temporarily fallen to a trickle; Now, we struggle through a season Of heavy storms, rain and wind.   In time, these natural elements Will combine and help renew the River; So the Fountain can again Offer its life giving waters In abundance and crystal, clarity. -SB

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Pictures, Memories & Scrapbooks

Looking back across my life is like calling to memory a wonderful vacation cottage, filled with relaxing, comfortable furniture, access to water and outdoor trails to romp and play along. A vacation place filled with loved ones, happy occasions, good food, songs, new experiences and the joy and pleasure of warm, vibrant summer afternoons. Many […]

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“Higher Knowledge: Enriching & Enabling Factor”

Most people would agree, we all want to live in a kinder, more humane world. A world where there is respect for human life, economic resources are shared, and the old and infirm are treated with dignity.  In each of these areas there is room for improvement.  Economically, many are still without the basic necessities […]

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Patterned Choices

How does one learn? We are taught by parents, school, religion and society. Most often, this is how we learn to make our choices. We choose based upon what we are taught to see by others, plus our own, inner hard wiring. How do we break free of this patterned learning and potentially limited choices?  […]

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