Tag: mindfulness

Of Fratricide, Love, & Prayer: Pleas of a Restless Heart

12 Aug 2024

To express and realize the desire of the heart, one must call the beloved into presence with one’s all being. All organs, subtle and gross, must call on the beloved: the heart by prayer, the tongue by speaking the truth, the eyes by seeing beauty, the ears by active listening, and the body by selfless service. When all of a man’s being calls on the same thing, that’s well-being and harmony; when there’s divergence and each organ wants something different, that’s disease. … More Of Fratricide, Love, & Prayer: Pleas of a Restless Heart

Exploring Authenticity: Perspectives from Jungian Psychology, Heideggerian Philosophy, and Sufism

21 Jun 2024

Rumi, a renowned Sufi poet, emphasized the importance of love and the heart in the quest for authenticity. For Sufis, the heart is the center of spiritual knowledge and wisdom. Authentic living involves purifying the heart, detaching from external identifications, and seeking a deeper connection with the divine. Divinity in its pure, metaphysical form is nothing but the living, eternal present, the indeterminate Being. … More Exploring Authenticity: Perspectives from Jungian Psychology, Heideggerian Philosophy, and Sufism

Practical Nonduality & The Art of Active Listening: A Meditation for Body and Soul

7 Nov 2023

In a world that often moves at breakneck speed, it’s easy to overlook the profound beauty in the act of simply listening. But what if I told you that active listening is not just a social skill but also a form of meditation that can transform our lives? And it’s not limited to conversations alone; … More Practical Nonduality & The Art of Active Listening: A Meditation for Body and Soul

Seeing With The Flesh: How our bodies tell us what to see and how to see it

9 Jun 2022

The mind simulates situations and reads threats into them, quite innocently, to make sense of uncomfortable sensations and unpleasant feelings. As a result we end up seeing in our visual field more than what’s there. We may see a monster in our spouse, an enemy in our friends, etc., and we do so by projecting malicious intentions onto others’ behavior when we are bothered by our own sensations. In a sense, the bodily sensations warp our our visual field: we actually see the world not with the eyes but rather with the flesh. … More Seeing With The Flesh: How our bodies tell us what to see and how to see it

Wisdom: The Embodied Intelligence

9 May 2022

Wisdom may be born in the mountains but it lives in the city; it blossoms only when Zarathustra returns from the mountains. Wisdom is not a thinking affair; it is a living being. Wisdom is not about perfection; it is about wholeness. Wisdom can’t be found in the books; it is through and through the heart’s business. Facts may become more complex, but wisdom always remains simple. … More Wisdom: The Embodied Intelligence

Meditation: A scientific method for the study of consciousness

2 May 2022

If mastery over the natural sciences has helped us tame and transform nature, mastery over the science of consciousness (by meditation) can help us tame and transform ourselves. Wholeness is always achieved by transforming and reintegrating both poles of reality, the knower and the known. … More Meditation: A scientific method for the study of consciousness