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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, In Search of the Hidden Treasure
The Sufi values the countenance behind the face
Peter Levitt, Fingerpainting on the Moon
Our bodies are restless until all the soul's beauty
Jelaluddin Rumi, Roadsigns
Live at the empty heart of paradox
Fasting of the Heart
A practice for keeping God in your heart.
Prayers for Everyday Activities
Making the commonplace sacred.
The Wisdom of Muhammad
A welcoming study of the compassionate, flexible, and noble character of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Patience to Bear Sorrow
In these times, resilience is enjoying a great deal of support from scholars of psychology as a personal quality that enables people to bounce back from trauma and loss. But in an essay on aeon.co, …
Save the Last Dance for Me
There was a time in my life when I believed that dancing was a natural gift that you were born with or not. My father was an accomplished dancer who in his eighties could whirl my mother around the …
My Face
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke used to spend his lunch hour outside watching the faces of the people walking by; he found it a pleasant way to pass time. One day he wrote in his notebook: "It never occ…
My Eyes Behold the Wonders
I spent most of my childhood in my bedroom comfortably hidden away from the tensions and anxieties of the 1950s. I loved to read and my eyes became very familiar with the rhythms of long hours of my…