If you contact God within yourself, you will know that He is in
everyone, that He has become the children of all races. Then
you cannot be an enemy to anyone. If the whole world could
love with that universal love, there would be no need for men
to arm themselves against one another. By our own Christlike
example we [...]
To Love is to reach God.
Never will a Lover’s chest
feel any sorrow.
Never will a Lover’s robe
be touched by mortals.
Never will a Lover’s body
be found buried in the earth.
To Love is to reach God.
~Rumi
Translated by: Shahram Shiva
http://rumi.net
God said, “I loved to be known, so I created creation.” This is
reflected in the ones whom God loves. The qualities of loving,
knowing, hearing, seeing, will, power, talking are all God’s gifts
to humanity. But God’s greatest gift is love, the manifestation of
His love of knowing Himself. Love is the primary sustenance for
human beings. They cannot [...]
In Hindu thought, there is room for everything, not only the nice,
refined philosophies. Even the simple, ordinary crude forms of
worship are accepted, because that’s where some people begin.
They believe in that, like a baby playing with a wooden horse,
taking it to the water, putting grass into its mouth and saying,
“Come on, horsey, come and eat.” [...]
Your true substance…
Rumi
Your true substance is concealed in falsehood,
like the taste of butter in buttermilk.
Your falsehood is this perishable body;
your truth is that exalted spirit.
For many years, this buttermilk of the body,
is visible and manifest, while the butter, which is
the spirit, is perishing and ignored within it-
until God sends a prophet, a chosen servant, a
shaker [...]
Spray can spirituality
Promising young artist Ibrahim Wahab has been spiritually inspired by the contemporary urban Islamic art of Mohammed Ali.
Ibrahim is inspired by Birmingham artist Mohammed Ali’s contemporary urban Islamic art, in particular his recent ‘Remembrance of God’ mural on the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham.
“Mohammed’s work is contemporary Islamic art and it shows more [...]
From: Entering the Sacred Mountain – Exploring the Mystical Practices
of Judaism, Buddhism, and Sufism by Rabbi David A. Cooper
An ant today had a ball of pollen attached to one leg. God is all, everything,and everywhere, “they” say. So the ant touched the flower as part of God’s everywhereness. Then it wandered, not in a happenstance [...]
