‘I NEED TO LISTEN TO MYSELF.’ Are you sure?
A woman friend and I had a lengthy exploration together of the issue involving ‘self and other.’
Her voice had echoes of very similar voices that I hear frequently.
In a nutshell, here is what she said to me: “I have spent years listening to others. I have made so many sacrifices for my relationship and family. …
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Rumi, the 13th century Muslim poet from a Persian family, has deservedly won a place in our hearts for his sublime capacity to nourish the depth of our being with his perceptive insights into love, sensuality, spirituality and intimacy with the immediate world.
His poems strike a chord in the depths of our meditative being. Not surprisingly, insight meditation teachers delight to read Rumi’s poems to spiritual practitioners. One of his best loved poems is The Guest House. The Buddha used the same analogy around 1700 years earlier in two talks entitled The Guest House.
The words of the Buddha probably inspired Rumi to write The Guest House.
THE GUEST HOUSE
by Rumi
This being human is a guest house. …
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Love is stronger than death,
and empty gaps in the years
and the grooves of personal history,
so the kaleidoscope of countless perceptions
rest in an enduring fragrance that fills our being
while upholding a precious dedication.
Love is stronger than the fears, …
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I was having a cafe latte with Reza in the funky Barrel coffee shop in the top end of Totnes high street, just a few minutes walk from my home. For years, I sat in the corner window seat reading beloved French philosophers, Nagarjuna, a continental novel, scribbling down a poem, people watching or having a lengthy conversation on every issue under the sun with people who dropped in to share a seat at the same table. …
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1. Last month, I got back from Israel. I’ve been going there for 15 years, and twice a year for several years. Along with Stephen Fulder, Tovana (the Israeli dharma organisation) and a growing network of people dedicated to the dharma, we have been and continue to be part of a dharma journey together. …
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