I love reserving the silent meditations for Sundays. And while today's Hafez quotes are great for leading us into silence, they make me hopeful for humanity as well. Hafez was a Sufi Muslim who lived in Iran during the 1300's, just after "The Crusades" when all of the Christian and Muslim world was at war … Continue reading Become like one who is awestruck and nourished listening to a golden nightingale sing.
A part of our psyche is naturally deeply invested in the survival of this human body. It could be called 'Small-self', 'Ego', or perhaps our ‘scared parts'. Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording all of the details of everything you have ever experienced. And more importantly, it’s been keeping track of … Continue reading Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording everything you have ever experienced.
A message from today's meditation: Reading through the work of Hafez, I’m always aware of how the “tongue in cheek”, almost mischievous nature of his words brings an air of playfulness to what can feel like deep and serious topics. Our Friday meditation is always a celebration of love, but I also wanted to take … Continue reading I am afraid you still think you have a thousand serious moves to make.
How do you see your SELF? Do you realize that what you see when you look at yourself is most likely to be a story that you were told over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... you get my … Continue reading How do you even know what your name is?
Today we're talking about coping mechanisms, and especially the masks we find ourselves reaching for in order to feel like we're being accepted by the humans around us. A “coping mechanism” is not a moral failing, just the scared part of a human trying hard to deal with what can sometimes feel like too much … Continue reading It will drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
The theme of today's words from Hafez, is the life giving light from the Sun touching the surface of the Earth without asking anything in return. "There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy … Continue reading Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky…
Our teacher for this week is the Persian poet Hafez (another common spelling of his name is Hafiz) who’s pen name means “the memorizer, the safe keeper”. He was born in 1325 in what is now known as Iran. To this day his works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn … Continue reading Celebrate everything that you want to see more of!
