tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post5493133187994578790..comments2024-03-06T21:21:22.733+05:30Comments on While there is still time: Si, si, Indio!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post-73117619318692649632011-02-07T22:11:14.961+05:302011-02-07T22:11:14.961+05:30And then the sufis speak of fana, or the burning a...And then the sufis speak of fana, or the burning away- with images of the moth inexorably pulled to the flame. The cracked are drawn to the light ;-)<br /><br />I saw your postings of Idris Shah...see if you can get a copy of the late Annamarie Schimmel's classic work 'Mystical Dimensions of Islam'..it is a beautiful work on sufi history...and no I don't blog, I derive my joy kabirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post-47336385097166478352011-02-06T11:08:06.217+05:302011-02-06T11:08:06.217+05:30THANK YOU!! That was beautiful!
Speaking of ligh...THANK YOU!! That was beautiful! <br /><br />Speaking of light, I guess you must've read R.D.Laing: ".....the cracked mind of the schizophrenic may let in light which does not enter the intact minds of many sane people whose minds are closed. Ezekiel, in Jasper's opinion, was a schizophrenic."<br /><br />And of course, Spike Milligan: "Blessed are the cracked, for they let Ashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973033025093612675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post-61456824434193820762011-02-04T18:41:30.384+05:302011-02-04T18:41:30.384+05:30Thought you would like this:
“Utopia is on the ho...Thought you would like this:<br /><br />“Utopia is on the horizon: when I walk two steps, it takes two steps back … I walk ten steps, and it is ten steps further away. What is utopia for? It is for this, for walking.” <br /> – Eduardo Galeano <br /><br />"Anthem" - Leonard Cohen (one of my favorite poet singers) <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e39UmEnqY8 <kabirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post-68245519691092656132011-02-03T22:06:52.769+05:302011-02-03T22:06:52.769+05:30Thank you :) Yes, you're so right - recognizi...Thank you :) Yes, you're so right - recognizing that we are all connected totally changes the way we experience the world.Ashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973033025093612675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429025540744744220.post-29790131219220377932011-02-03T21:18:25.707+05:302011-02-03T21:18:25.707+05:30beautifully written- it is critical that we stop v...beautifully written- it is critical that we stop viewing ourselves as atomistic entities and understand ourselves as nodes or knots in a web of relations. We are not insular but relational beings.kabirnoreply@blogger.com