The journey of each talk covers many topics and weaves a tapestry of interwoven ideas, concepts, and explanations to reflect on, and inspire us to become more. Each talk is approximately 30 minutes long.
They do analysis of prisoners when they’re released to try to establish how many go back to what they were doing before and end up in jail again. It’s called recidivism, and they talk about rates of recidivism; 60% rate of recidivism, 70% rate of recidivism, whatever. Recently a man walked into a bank without […]
Today I want to talk about some of the technical terms within Sufism, what they mean and how they become implemented. All of the religions have laws and these laws usually have a name. In Catholicism they’re called the Canon Law that means the law of the things that are permissible and the things that
Love is at the core of things. It has been said that God is love. It has been said that the Creation occurred because of love, God’s love. God’s love for us is the cause of our creation. When one thinks about the implications of what love truly is, one must be careful in talking
In physics they say an object that is still tends to remain still which means, in plain simple words, that in order to move from where you are some effort is required. Otherwise things are not going to change. When a human is born the baby is without language, without knowledge, with some instincts but
To be able to disappear, yet be present, takes an understanding of reality that brings us closer to the truth. We are, and we are not, here simultaneously. We are a temporary manifestation with a term, and that term dissipates and ends. Yet, to take on the understanding of the temporary nature of our existence
Intention is often talked about, often discussed and often, misunderstood. There’s a saying in English: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” which would make you question the good of those intentions if the road to hell is paved with them. What kind of intentions are they and why would good intentions lead
#206 If We Are Content With Our Lord, Our Lord is Content With Us Read More »
Because we are animated and because we do things, at least in appearance, and because we think, we conclude that we somehow act independently. When this conclusion comes to you, it is at the heart of misunderstanding the nature of existence. Once we believe that we are the actor, we are the doer, we are
Man has taken on this funny idea that they can somehow appoint people as representatives of God, or they can somehow anoint people as representatives of God. Representatives of God are only those who somehow become representatives of God by becoming worthy of being representatives of God. So all of these self-made appointments by men
Last night was the celebration of the Mi’raj, and for those of you who are not familiar with that, it is also known as “The Night Visit” or the time that the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was taken from a rock in Jerusalem to Heaven on the wings of a winged
Years ago there was a cartoon character who was in the newspapers whose name was Pogo and he was a little creature who lived in the swamps, he was a possum. One of the more important Pogo cartoons had Pogo saying the following, “We have met the enemy and it is us” and that is
#202 Become One Who Gives Instead Of One Who Takes Read More »
