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Category Archives: Original Essays
Pain, Sin, and Fear
by Navid Zaidi We often wonder about certain propositions concerning the nature of humans and the world. For example, one psychological implication may be the central fact of pain as a dominating element in our lives. Human beings, regarded as … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Teaching, Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged fear and sin, pain management, philosophy, religion, spirituality
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Of Dirt
by Navid Zaidi ماٹی قدم کریندی یار ماٹی جوڑا، ماٹی گھوڑا ماٹی دا اسوار ماٹی ماٹی نوں دوڑائے ماٹی دا کھڑکار ماٹی قدم کریندی یار ماٹی ماٹی نوں مارن لگی ماٹی دا ہتھیار جس ماٹی پر بوہتی ماٹی تس ماٹی … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Poetry, Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged Bulleh Shah, man and dirt, religion, spirituality
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Bringing About Change: The Dalai Lama Approach
by Navid Zaidi In his book The Art of Happiness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day to day anxiety, insecurity, anger and discouragement, difficulties common to all human beings. According to the Dalai Lama it … Continue reading
Posted in Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama, philosophy, religion, spirituality
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Of Monks and Mad Dogs
by Modaser Shah If memory serves, June 21 this year, The New York Times reported that a “radical” Buddhist monk in Burma declared, apropos the Muslim minority in that country, that although Buddhism enjoined love and compassion,”one can’t sleep next … Continue reading
Posted in Modaser Shah, Original Essays
Tagged philosophy, religion, spirituality, Stephen Grosz, Žižek
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An Open Letter to the Name Chameleon
by Ali Hammad LETTER: TO THE ONE WHO REVELS IN NAMES Dear Name Chameleon, Here’s a question: To what purpose your myriad names—names that fuel feuds, battles, and wars; each name a group identity; each group suspicious of other groups; … Continue reading
Finding Balance
by Navid Zaidi Developing a flexible approach to living is instrumental in helping us cope with everyday problems. ‘Balance’ becomes a key element of a happy life. A balanced and skilful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, is … Continue reading
Muhammad Ali and Miyamoto Musashi, George Foreman and Sasaki Kojiro
by Modaser Shah In 1974, in the legendary Rumble in the Jungle, in Zaire, Muhammad Ali, beyond his prime, faced George Foreman, a formidable opponent at his physical peak, as an underdog, with even his fans and well wishers not … Continue reading
Posted in Modaser Shah, Original Essays
Tagged George Foreman, Kobokumeigekizu, Kojiro, Muhammad Ali, Musashi, Sufi's vocations
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A Bit of Truth
by Modaser Shah In his interesting, even entertaining, albeit difficult-to-read book titled LESS THAN NOTHING, Slavoj Žižek ascribes the following quote to Winston Churchill: “Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry … Continue reading
What is Sufism? Part 5: The Word (Kalma)
by Navid Zaidi The soul, after leaving the body, mind and senses, comes in contact with the Ultimate Reality in the form of an unstruck melody. Sufi saints have called this unstruck melody, the Word or Kalma. The Word is … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Poetry, Classic Teaching, Navid Zaidi, Original Essays
Tagged Bulleh Shah, Kalima, Religion and Spirituality, Sarosh, Tao, The Cosmic Law, The Word
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Finding Light in the Dark
by Modaser Shah “We feel that even when all possible scientific questions have been answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched. Of course, there are then no questions left, and this itself is the answer,” said Wittgenstein, and what … Continue reading
Sufi Ways 