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Putin and Nasruddin: a Question of Identity
” There is no place like home, not even home.” Adam Phillips,psychoanalyst. ” No matter where you go, there you are. “ It seems that Putin,the Russian president had a tumutuous,traumatic early life, having been raised by a “surrogate” family. … Continue reading
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Sufi Lives: Adhem (Sufi and the Shriner)
by Ali Hammad There was once a man within whom resided dreams, such that it was hard to tell where dreams ended and real life began, or vice versa. Life, it seemed, was a set of questions, and dreams were … Continue reading
A Unilateral Peace
by Navid Zaidi St. Catherine’s Monastery, officially Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is the oldest monastery in the world (est. 565 AD). It is located at the foot of Mount Sinai near the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt. It … Continue reading
To Teach or Not to Teach
by Tabassum Saba Many years ago a colleague helped me open my first email account. Those were the days when internet technology had just arrived to the mainstream and opening an email account was considered a great technological skill. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashfaq Ahmed, Avila, Dark Night, Gerald G May, Myss, mysticism and Sufism, Sacred Contracts, Saint Teresa, Sarfraz Shah, teaching
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The Mullah and Trump: Losers and Winners
by Modaser Shah Susan Sarandon, the well known Hollywood star, is reported to have said that (the American) people were more awake because of Trump. This reminded me of a story about Mullah Nasruddin, the wise-fool of Sufi lore. … Continue reading
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Tagged follower, mindless, Mullah Nasruddin, spirituality, Sufi, Trump
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Questions, Terrorism, and Nasruddin’s beard
by Modaser Shah Consider this Nasruddin scenario: Mullah Nasruddin has become a celebrity, much sought after. This forces him to resort to disguises to evade “fans” and their questions. A beard, if long enough, would serve purpose. One morning the Mullah … Continue reading
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Tagged ISIS and Nasruddin, Religion and philosophy, Sufis and Taoists
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Laalii (The Crimson of Shyness)
by Ali Hammad This is an ode to Love. Love is the theme of Existence and Creation in the Sufi thought. The poetry is in a strict metre and rhyme that characterizes what is known as “ghazal” in Urdu … Continue reading
The Defeat of “Love Trumps Hate”
by Modaser Shah Zen, which is mostly practice and not theory, requires three things: Great Faith, Great Doubt, and Great Perseverance. Following the recent election of Donald Trump, to many practitioners of Zen, and the Sufis, and the humanists, and the universalists, it … Continue reading
Personality and Our Muslim Identity
by Navid Zaidi Life is a forward assimilative movement and in humans the center of life becomes a Person. Personality is strengthened by Love. Although the word ‘Love’ is used in a very wide sense, it means the desire to … Continue reading
Nasruddin’s Incompleteness Theorem: Can the “Great” Past/the Promised Land be Realized?
by Modaser Shah Mullah Nasruddin, the wise fool of Sufism, had a narrative that was often obscure. Once when he left something incomplete and unexplained people asked him for more. He said, “The cause and effect cannot be … Continue reading
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