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2016-12-26T21:30:10-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Who are you & What do you want?

Last updated on: December 26, 2016 at 9:30 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! Who are you & what do you want? by Jalaluddin Rumi translated by Kabir Helminski. This excerpt is followed by reflections written in the webinar, Poetry of the Sufi Mystics: Awaken Your Heart through the Language of Love... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-12-19T22:35:45-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Ask All from Yourself…

Last updated on: December 19, 2016 at 10:35 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi. Following is a poem written in our Poetry of the Sufi Mystics webinar by one of our program participants. The poem was written in the "Finding Your Voice" class following reflection on the above quote and an enlivening discussion. We are pleased to share this with you here. Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-12-14T20:58:36-05:00

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A Powerful Practice that Might Change our Perceptions

Last updated on: December 14, 2016 at 8:58 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

We are immersed in an interesting time, personally and collectively; locally and globally. It almost feels like a line is being drawn in the sand and we are squarely facing off against each other fighting for what we each believe is in the “highest”. This simple but powerful practice might help us change our perceptions... Read more

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Peacemaking

2016-12-12T22:17:12-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! It’s Rigged!

Last updated on: December 12, 2016 at 10:17 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor. Rumi. Hard to believe these days that life is rigged in favor of love. Could this be the answer to “What would Rumi say?” If life is rigged in your favor, then what does that mean? Come explore... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2017-02-14T01:56:12-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! When God wants to tear someone’s veil…

Last updated on: February 14, 2017 at 1:56 am By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! Blamelessness. When God wants to tear someone’s veil, He inclines him toward speaking ill of holy ones. When God wishes to cover over faults, He keeps us from breathing even a word of blame. When God wants to help us, He bends us toward humble asking... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-11-30T21:11:12-05:00

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A Propensity to Hate. An Opportunity to Heal.

Last updated on: November 30, 2016 at 9:11 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

We all have the propensity to hate. Is it a curse from the devil or a gift from God? Or both? There is a Sufi teaching that says what comes before you is for you, and it is from you, but it is not about you. How can we use the hatred that has been stirred up in the US and the world to bring healing and unity for the greater good, rather than a means of broadening the lines of separation? Read more

Healing Racism & Bigotry

Spiritual Healing

2016-11-29T06:09:38-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Only Love Can Explain Itself…

Last updated on: November 29, 2016 at 6:09 am By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! "Only Love Can Explain Itself. Love is the astrolabe of God’s mysteries. A lover may be drawn to this love or that love, but finally he is drawn to the Sultan of love..." ~Rumi, translated by Kabir and Camille Helminski. What happens when we try to explain love? No one says it like Rumi, the poetic lover of love itself... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-11-22T07:11:24-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! from The Root of the Root of Your Self

Last updated on: November 22, 2016 at 7:11 am By Mastura Debra Graugnard

The Root of the Root of Yourself. You are born of the children of God’s creation, but you have fixed your sight too low. How can you be happy? Come, return to the root of the root of your Self. By Jelaludin Rumi, translated by Shaykh Edmund Kabir... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-11-14T23:00:57-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Love is my only companion…

Last updated on: November 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Love is my only companion. It is my beginning, my existence, and my end. My soul calls to me from within: Oh negligent on the Path of Love, rescue me! ~ Jalal id-din Rumi translated by Iraj Anvar & Anne Twitty, Say Nothing If it seems like the world is divided, and you might be stuck alone in the middle, remember your constant companion,... Read more

Rumi Tuesday

2016-11-08T05:36:52-05:00

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Hello Rumi Tuesday! Seek nothing…

Last updated on: November 8, 2016 at 5:36 am By Mastura Debra Graugnard

Hello Rumi Tuesday! Seek the art of loosening knots. Quick! Before your soul leaves your body. Leave the nothing that seems like existence. Seek the existence that seems like nothing. ~Jalal al-Din Rumi, translated by Iraj Anvar & Anne Twitty, in Say Nothing. Read more

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