I Can Only Imagine (Ramadan Re-mix)

Rumi Tuesday: A Gift of Love

One Truth

Invocation (of the Universal Sufis)

Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Only Being United with all the illuminated souls
Who form the embodiment of the Mother,
The Spirit of Guidance.
Amin

Omar Faruk Tekbilek - One Truth

There never was a people 

without a Warner having lived among them.

-Quran 35:24

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And certainly We sent Messengers before you; 

there are some of them 

that We have mentioned to you 

and there are others whom we have not mentioned to you.

-Quran 40:78

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Hadhrat Abu Zarr Gifaari (Radi Allah Anho) narrates 

that the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 

'The Prophets were 124,000.' 

(Mishkaat)

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There is no truth but Truth

and the Prophetic Light

is Truth's messenger.

Ya Haqq!

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Every people has a book even if it is written in the language of the stars.

"Our Bible is the wind and the rain."

-Herbalist Carol McGrath

as told to her by a Native American woman 

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Before the written word, sacred stories were spoken, entire books were memorized by the people, passed on generation to generation.  


Records of the Past


How beautiful is a place of worship when its walls are filled with sacred words.

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Egyptian Book of the Dead
Sumerian Mythology

Sumerian Cuneiform

image from Wikipedia

Book of Shadows
The Babylonian Legends of Creation

Every religion is a love song, an intimate gift to the peoples of the world.  Though they come to us in different languages, the words are the same for the Word is one.

The Bible
Pistis Sophia
Thrice Greatest Hermes, Vol. 1
The Virgin of the World

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Seek knowledge even in China."


The Heart Sutra by Buddha
Confucius sayings
Tao Te Ching
Bhagavad Gita

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For Unity of Faiths

May S/He Who is the Abba in Heaven of the Christians, Hashem of the Jews, Allah Most Merciful of the Muslims, Sophia of the Gnostics, Buddha of the Buddhists, Tao of the Chinese, Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians and Brahman of the Hindus lead us from the unreal to the Real, from darkness to light, from disease and death to immortality.  May the All-Loving Being manifest Him/Herself unto us, and grant us abiding understanding and all-consuming divine love.  Peace, Peace, Peace be unto all.

- by Ramakrishna, (my revisions to the prayer in italics)

By Thy Grace by Snatam Kaur

Allah, Jehovah, Rama, SatNam

Names of God

Allah

Jehovah

Rama

SatNam

Waheguru

Ganesh

Saraswati

Elohim

Ahura Mazda

Great Spirit

 The Loving

Ar-Rahman

The Friend

The Truth

The One

The All

Ma

Alla

The Most Beautiful Names belong to God.

Quran 7:180

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It is said that Allah has 3,000 Names.  1,000 of them are known only to the angels.  1,000 are known only by the Prophets.   300 are found in the Torah, 300 in the Psalms, 300 in the Gospels and 99 in the Quran.  The sum of these names is 2,999.  There is one name that is hidden by God, the Ism Allah Al Azam.

Ya Dhat! Ya Sifat!

There is the essence of God and there are the attributes of God. 

 The essence is impossible for us to understand. 

 We can begin to understand the attributes.

 In fact, part of a Sufi education is to understand those attributes in yourself.

 God has said, "My servants will find Me as they see Me." 

 This does not mean if you think of God as a tree or as a mountain 

that God will be that tree or mountain. 

 If you think of God as merciful, or loving, or as angry or vengeful, 

 that is how you will find God. 

 ~ Sheikh Muzaffer


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Everything will perish, save the Face of God.
--Quran 28:88

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The Seven Name Prayer

by Meher Baba

Hari, Paramatma,

Allah, Ahuramazda,

God, Yezdan, Hu

Say: "Call out to Allah or by the name of Ar-Rahman (The All-Compassionate).
It is all the same because to all the Most Beautiful Names belong to HaShem.
When you pray to The One Who Goes By Many Names,
pray neither too softly or too loudly.
The moderate way is best so seek a way in between."
(Surah al-Isra 17:110)

Music Mondays

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Mothers of the Nur Ashki Jerrahis

 Mother Maryam and Prophet Isa, peace be upon them  

They immediately recognize Perfect Wisdom

as the sole teacher,

the very principle of Buddhahood

the tender Mother of the Buddhas.

- Lex Hixon, Mother of the Buddhas

Love, intimacy, and constant remembrance are the glorious way.
Essentially, love, love, and more love.
- Shaykha Fariha al Jerrahi

 

The mystery of motherhood shines in Mecca. Mother of Holy Places, radiates as the Glorious Quran, Mother of Scriptures and illumines the entire universe as umma*, the spiritual community, Mother of the Lovers of Truth.  The mystery of motherhood sparkles secretly as the primary Divine Names, Rahman and Rahim which derive from the single Arabic root meaning womb. The mystery of motherhood glows delicately as the spiritual pregnancy of the heart of both men and women along the mystic way.  This rich spiritual mystery manifests in a special sense through all women.

O Matrix of Existence!  

O Birth Giver, Educator and Protector of All Worlds.

O Glorious One!

amin amin alhamdulillahi rabbi-l-alamin

 - Lex Hixon, Nur al-Jerrahi, Atom of the Sun of Knowledge, p. 168

God does not fit anywhere but the human heart.
The heart is the locus of remembrance of God.
- Shaykha Amina al Jerrahi

The Arabic of the Qu'ran is already much more gender inclusive than any translation.  For instance, even though the word Allah is grammatically masculine, the One's essence (Dhat) and attributes (Sifat) are both gendered female.

Neil Douglas Klotz, foreword to The Heart of the Q-uran by Lex Hixon

Interview with Halifa Ayshegul Ashki from TheButterflyGift.com Videos on Vimeo   

O Mother, I throw myself on Thy mercy;
I take shel­ter at Thy Hal­lowed Feet.

- Sri Ramakrishna - ...............................  Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, "Paradise lies at the feet of the Mother." .................

Where Is the Love by Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah

Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate

Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong

Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone

So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover

The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction

Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema

Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity

That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?

Sing with me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world) 

(Black Eyed Peas, Where is the Love?)

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