For the final leg of this journey into insight, I want to draw initially on the work of the man known as ‘Great Master,’ Ibn ‘Arabi (died 1240). It would be good to begin by noting that, in the beginning of what is universally recognised as his masterwork, ‘The Meccan Revelations,’ he stated categorically: “I … Continue reading “Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 3”
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“Continuity and Order on the Path of Return”
Recently I read a science article on eDNA (e=environmental). It concerned the identification of ancient plant and animal life in Greenland which demonstrated that at least 2,000,000 years ago it was a verdant landscape where Mastodon and other fauna and flora flourished. It shows that the climate back then must have been at least 15-20o … Continue reading “Continuity and Order on the Path of Return”
“Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 2”
OK! Coinhere = to live within one another (e.g. the history of God in His union with ‘man’… also, in ‘The Godhead’ in Christianity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are said to coexist and to coinhere. …and so on. However: Coexistence is a state in which two or more groups are living together while respecting … Continue reading “Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 2”
“Life is a Journey: Exploration Into Insight 1”
All my writing is to a large extent autobiographical. This intentionally so, for - by drawing on my own life experience - I hope, in my own small way, to provoke an effort on the part of others, similarly predisposed, to undermine the lies, liars, and, in particular, the worst of the bunch – the … Continue reading “Life is a Journey: Exploration Into Insight 1”
“Only In Stillness”
For the past little while I have been pontificating, or – kinder to myself – prognosticating, on the kind of “God” I/we may be able to believe in, eventually finding one hidden in the depth, the complexity, of things. One that sits at the ‘heart’ of [the] matter, so-to-speak. In pursuit of this “God”, I … Continue reading “Only In Stillness”
‘Separation, Proximity, and Free-Will on the Path of Return’
For God to matter it seems there must needs be “separation” and “proximity” both, for – unless one feels the joy and wonder of closeness to the source - how can distance matter? Indeed, how else can we learn to miss that which we’ve never known or had? However, it is also not difficult to … Continue reading ‘Separation, Proximity, and Free-Will on the Path of Return’
‘Timing Is Not Something, It Is Everything!’
Timing is not something, it is everything. No matter how ‘correct’ an action be, unless the timing is right it will fail, or at the very least, only partially achieve what it would otherwise have accomplished. And for timing to be right, everything else must be done in preparation. Even where the timing is right … Continue reading ‘Timing Is Not Something, It Is Everything!’
“It’s All in the Timing: Celebration of Life, Death, & Synchronicity”
What a remarkable two/three weeks it has been. On the 12th September news came through that my younger brother, a mere 70 yrs old, had died suddenly, unexpectedly. We were not even aware that he was in poor health. On the 22nd we held a memorial service in remembrance of him here in Adelaide (he … Continue reading “It’s All in the Timing: Celebration of Life, Death, & Synchronicity”
“From the Word to the Deed: Manifesting the Way.”
One day, all the has been given, must be given back. In-between these times what we are able to construct/do with that which was given…is the challenge that must be met. Recently I have been writing, and re-reading in relation to “events” that occurred for me 13 and 42-3 years ago now, and much that … Continue reading “From the Word to the Deed: Manifesting the Way.”
“After the Fall: The Long Road to Recovery”
Disclaimer Because in Sufism, and perhaps to a lesser extent other spiritual disciplines too, to speak openly of one’s deepest experiences in spiritual matters of the heart is not done (openly at least), it is necessarily for me to restate the reasons why I began, some 3 years or so ago now, to write precisely … Continue reading “After the Fall: The Long Road to Recovery”
Tracks in a Pathless Land 