Monthly Archives: November 2013

Sufi Snaps: Unexpected (A photo)

 

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A Sufi Thought for the Week (Rumi)

Low in the earth I lived in realms of ore and stone; And then I smiled in many-tinted flowers; Then roving with the wild and wandering hours, O’er earth and air and ocean’s zone, In a new birth, I dived … Continue reading

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God and broken pipes

by Modaser Shah An Egyptian woman activist is quoted asĀ  saying that it is fine to chant Allahu Akbar but it won’t fix the broken pipe. Someone has to repair those broken pipes! What a deep thought this is; one … Continue reading

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A Sufi Thought for the Week (Frye)

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the … Continue reading

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