I have heard the Sufis sing of Allah – God – the One – Oneness – the Real. I love this Oneness, the Real. Oneness with Its 99 names, none of which can capture, contain or comprehend You. O Universe Whoe lives within and beyond and through us, As the soft-furred bunny asked, How do […]
I’m stuck. I’m really stuck about what to write to you. I’ve had a really hard day and I’m sad and frustrated and feeling like a failure. However, many of you have written to me and told me how much you value the honesty and authenticity in my writing. Well, this is what I have […]
Each of the following quotations is central to my understanding of the yearning I have for God Herself. And that is what I have, a yearning. Yes, a seeking. Yes, a deepening. But a longing and yearning, the attraction and pull to a lover by the beloved. When I talk about “spiritual seeking,” sometimes I […]
Many thanks to Karen Johnston at irrevspeckay.wordpress.com for inviting me to write for her site as a guest. Her post, “Befriending Death,” appeared here a couple of days ago, and is a truly insightful piece on the pace of death in spiritual practice. What follows here is the meditation I shared with her readers on Akhilandeshvari: […]
We are cells in the body of God. A teacher of mine gave me that phrase and it has become one of the most important pieces of wisdom I have ever encountered. A cell is not merely a small part of a larger being. A cell has within it–whether it’s a skin cell, a liver […]