Saint Teresa of Avila: Learn Self Conquest
Learn self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon as you apply yourself to contemplation, you will at once feel your...
Rumi: Do not mourn the worldly loss
Do not mourn the worldly loss; ask for your soul to be saved. Many delighted in what you hold dear. In the end it left them and became mere wind. Escape from its love...
Daoism–The Way of Paradox and Ease / Raj Ayyar
Daoism is an ancient Chinese nature spirituality–a non-religion, till its decay in later generations. A non-religion of ease, paradox, and energy flow. You cannot pray to the Dao for favors–it is a subtle force...
Katho Upanishad: We see not the Self
The self-existent Lord pierced the senses to turn outward. Thus we look to the world outside and see not the Self within us. Katho Upanishad
In Cairo, Dreaming of Baghdad: Meditations on Rumi / Raj Ayyar
Well worth a repost: a wisdom nugget from that maestro of Sufi Islam, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi: ‘In Baghdad, dreaming of Cairo’: a Rumi parable. A man who had no money, who had inherited everything...
Madness as a Construct / Raj Ayyar
So often, esp. in South Asia and elsewhere, madness is seen as a stigma, a permanent condition of an unfortunate few that are not ‘normal’. ‘Madness’ as a construct, rather than a hushed-up essential...
Ashtavakra: He is Serene
It is all the same to him. Man or woman, Good fortune or bad, Happiness or sorrow. It makes no difference. He is serene. – Ashtavakra Gita 17:15
OneVorld Vocabulary VorkOut / One
Some rarely used English terms 1. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella. 2. The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor. 3. The plastic or metallic coating at the...
Croatia’s National Park / Kavita Kumble
A deeply engrossing blog on Plitvice Lakes, by an irrepressible and ardent adventurer. https://www.kavity.in/2019/04/plitvice-lakes-croatias-most-fantastical-national-park/