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Category Archives: Navid Zaidi
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
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
St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Kamil: A Bold Christian-Muslim Encounter
by Navid Zaidi St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) was the privileged son of a wealthy Italian merchant but gave up his possessions and adopted a life of peace, poverty, compassion and nonviolence. In a moment of conversion, while praying on … Continue reading
Solvitur Ambulando….. “It is solved by walking (away)”
by Navid Zaidi Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BC), also known as Diogenes the Cynic, was a Greek philosopher probably best known for his fruitless search for an honest man. He used to roam about in Athens in full daylight with … Continue reading
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Guru Arjan Dev and Mian Mir: A Tale of Love and Friendship between two Sufi masters
by Navid Zaidi Guru Arjan Dev (1563-1606) was the fifth Guru of the Sikh faith that flourished in the Punjab region of India from the sixteenth century onwards. Hazrat Mian Mir (1550-1635) was a famous Muslim Sufi saint who resided … Continue reading
The Emergence of Religions of Earthly Salvation
by Navid Zaidi Nowadays, humanity finds itself dramatically at odds with ancient religious doctrines which are steadily losing credibility. Among the youth in particular, matters are falling apart- manners and knowledge, the sense of history, interest in politics, acquaintance with … Continue reading
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How Faith Replaced Kosmos: The Revolt Against Greek Thought
by Navid Zaidi The period 800-200 BC has been called the Axial Age. For reasons that are not entirely understood, all the chief civilizations of the world developed during this period along parallel lines ; Taosim and Confucianism in China, … Continue reading
The Freedom of the Self
by Navid Zaidi “You sound to me as though you don’t believe in free will,” said Billy Pilgrim. “If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings,” said the Tralfamadorian, “I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by free … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Will, Religion and philosophy, Tralfamdorians and Iqbal
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The (Deeper) Movement of Thought
by Navid Zaidi There is a very simple, almost unspoken law, the law being that if any two things interact, they must be in some way like each other. It is quite possible for somebody who looks at the Sun … Continue reading
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Tagged mind over matter, philosophy, Sufi thought on thought
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The Primacy of Life and Consciousness
by Navid Zaidi All things are one. —Heraclitus, On the Universe (540-480 BC) Classical physics proposes that the universe was, until rather recently, a lifeless collection of particles bouncing against each other. Life and Consciousness arose by an unknown process … Continue reading
Sufi Ways 