To know yourself is a daunting enterprise. It’s been said that if you can accomplish this you will know your Lord. The reason for existence has been something that men have thought about for ages. Many have concluded that the reason for existence is to actually come to know the Lord of creation, our Lord, […]
Recently, very recently I was dealing with a client who has been a client of mine for over thirty-five years. And he’s one of the brightest men I have ever met. However, he’s eighty-four years old and his memory isn’t what it used to be. Here’s a man who is used to being always right
Wise men often explain situations through allegories, stories that when told depict a certain situation and then bring your own awareness of certain things to a different level. Sometimes you don’t get it. Sometimes you hear the allegory and you really don’t have any idea what they are talking about. And then the teacher will
Anyone who studies the cultures on this planet will notice very quickly that there are many different religions, there are many different religions throughout the world and they don’t even predominate in particular areas. There may be areas where there are many different religions. There may be areas where there is just one religion that
We have all seen westerns and we have all seen the situation where the guys with the black hats are running the town, and then the lawman arrives. The man with the white hat rides into town and all of a sudden the black hats either become very confrontational or begin to scurry around or
The body of divine instruction in Islam comes not only from the Qur’an but also from the hadīth. The hadīth are the sayings of the Prophet, but in addition there are also the stories of what the Prophet did in certain circumstances. In other words how the Prophet acted. There is a story of the
Last week was the urs of bawa muhaiyaddeen, the ceremony of the day he departed this earthly form. And there was a gathering at the mazaar (burial tomb of a saint), and it was really very crowded and went pretty well. But I think today we should talk a little bit about Muhaiyaddeen. We all
Questioner: Thank you Musa for that talk and as a follow up question to that, can you tell us why so many people miss their birthright and why we are so unaware of what is available to us and we go about our lives without fully taking advantage of our birthright and understanding what is
May the peace of God be with you, may His grace envelop you and embrace you, may His peace integrate into your being and may you know that peace. As with most things, the path begins with knowledge. Knowledge is the light that sets you on a path. And like a light that knowledge needs
In society if our behavior becomes inappropriate, things occur that put us outside of society. For instance, if you break the laws they put you in jail. You’re not allowed to be with the rest of society. On the spiritual path it’s also like this, only it’s not visible. And people don’t understand the separation.
