Monthly Archives: April 2007
The Laughter in Between
We trace Beauty, like the lover traces the Hidden, we are children lost in inner games, we’ve become the whirling, the center that attracts it and the laughter in between, we are the prostrated picking up the myriads of cowries … Continue reading
Filed under Sufi Poetry
Aniconism in Islam
I found this relevant quote from Titus Burckhard about the reason for aniconism in Islamic art, it’s so on point, simple and beautiful, it reads like a dance! “Islam is centred on Unity, and Unity is not expressible in terms … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary Islamic Art, Visual Arts
We Are Continuous!
Just like Islam that gradually reached the material world through the prophets (as) from Adam (as) all the way to Muhammad (saw), we are continuous. As the soul’s manifestations magnify progressively, the ego’s delusive knowing interferences diminish. Perfect peace occurs … Continue reading
Filed under Inner Reality, Islam, Saints, Spiritual Art, Spirituality, Sufi Prose, Sufism, Tasawwuf
Beloved Nobodies
Kindness lingers wherever there is hidden hurt that calls beyond words, silence or form. The frequency of love can be so powerful and intimidating at the same time, we often pretend to be in control yet we are not. Love … Continue reading
Filed under Inner Reality, Saints, Spiritual Art, Spirituality, Sufi Poetry, Sufi Prose, Sufism, Tasawwuf
