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.
There seems to be a constant push within the population in America for transparency in government. People want to know what the government has in mind, what it is they want to do, and why they want to do it. People expect their politicians to actually expose their motives, expose their agendas and expose their […]
Shams of Tabriz, a teacher of Jalaluddin Rumi, said “That which you love makes you blind and deaf to everything else.” What is it that man loves the most? What is it that interests man beyond any other thing? What is it that he spends most of his time with? What is it that he
Different people have different ideas of how to find contentment in their life, of how to find peace in their life, of the circumstances that will allow them to maintain a state of equilibrium, a state of serenity, a state of serene composure. They have accumulated these ideas throughout their existence. They hold these ideas
For every action, there is a series of events that occurs in order to bring it into fruition. Now, the act of bringing something into fruition and the idea that you have in fact done that is different for different people. For some people, the act of setting an intention is a fulfillment of an
If people knew there were sharks in the water where they were swimming, they probably wouldn’t get in the water. But they don’t know and they assume that they will be safe. They assume that there is nothing that they don’t see that will or can harm them. Well, the ocean is an interesting place.
In “The Conference of the Birds”, there’s a story of a man walking up to a gravedigger, after a funeral. The gravedigger appears to be in his mid- to late-seventies. The man asks “How long have you been working here?” The gravedigger answers “ever since I was a very young man.” And the man then
We’re all aware of addictions. We’re all aware that certain addictions are prevalent in our society and these addictions cause certain problems within the everyday lives within the world. However, we’re not truly aware of the extent of the addictions, especially the extent of the addictions in our own lives. In order to have a
There’s an expression in English, “He talks a good game.” That relates to people who do more talking than playing. There’s a network called ESPN which began talking about playing. In the beginning it had very little actual sports, it was mostly about talking about them. With everything we do, there are different levels to
America is a mixing pot of peoples. They have come here from all over the world. Mostly when they entered the country they came into the bigger cities. An interesting thing happened in the cities. Different ethnic groups began to establish themselves as small communities within the cities. If you go to a multi-ethnic city
Ibrahim, or Abraham, is considered the patriarch of the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. When Abraham was a young man, he was told by Allah to leave his profession, to leave his home, his country and to go out into a new land. He was promised that he would
