When you go within to communicate with your soul And pray, you are rising to meet in the ethers those Who – like you – are praying at that very moment And whom, save in prayer, you would otherwise Never be able to contact or meet. ~ Kabir
Category: spiriTuality
the foremost
at the birth of religion the foremost followers were not preachers but revolutionaries ~ Ali, the foremost ~ ** related posts the helper & the knower of secrets
the knower of secrets
and the veil fiercely guards secrets refusing even the light to reveal unless it recognises the name of her master ~ Ali, the knower of secrets ~ * related posts the helper & the foremost
Mumbled Words
Mumbled words of prayer Faculties devoid of reasoning Closed hearts, numb souls Mumbled words of prayer Left hand steals As your right slaughters Mumbled words of prayer The same tongue spreads hate Brother against brother Mumbled words of prayer Though one eye is open Suspicious of neighbourly intentions Mumbled words of prayer Counted on rosaries … Continue reading Mumbled Words
the helper
in the hidden of the hiddens there you will find him in his full reality denied by all but a few yet he helps all if only they would ask ~ Ali, the helper of all ~ ** related posts the knower of secrets & the foremost
A Child’s Prayer
This is a poem written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal ~ a child's prayer very famous in Pakistan. How I wish we could spread this message to all our children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weAOMuY7BX8
The Sun Also Rises
the sun also rises in the slums that you pretend don't exist the inconvenience of poverty, filth yet children smile even without you As we start this holy month of Ramadhan, let us remember and appreciate how much we have. Let us think of those who have very little, yet they have their smiles. We … Continue reading The Sun Also Rises
when heaven sanctions…
veiled by light's rays a weave of selected surahs* protecting her henna meticulously applied by houris overcome by modesty bridal verses recited as the groom awaits his heavenly match a marriage so unique ~ we identify light as revealing, but in this rare bond God's noor (light) acts as a veil *surah - a chapter … Continue reading when heaven sanctions…
no mirrors please
no mirrors please those who expect to see the image of god while within themselves remain faithless
Silence Speaks
~ when silence speaks, we should listen ~ listen to the silence of the bells in the temple and the church the stillness in the call for prayer listen to the silence of submission, what is left to say? silence is the loudest voice in the face of injustice the silence of a baby's breath … Continue reading Silence Speaks
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