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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 17:36:06 GMT -5
Looking at probable Twos, was trying to find interviews of actress Ellen Burstyn and found her interviewing this Sufi teacher I never heard of. But probably should have, because he founded The Omega Institute in upstate New York, which has had workshops I've wanted to go to. Didn't even know it was founded by a Sufi, it's an Esalen type of place. Pema Chödrön, who has an upcoming retreat, is most definitely a Buddhist..well, the video starts off with the Resurrection so.. Seems like a very interesting video. |
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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 17:41:37 GMT -5
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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 17:58:36 GMT -5
The father "left India in 1910 to come to the West, traveling first as a touring musician and then as a teacher of Sufism, visiting three continents. Eventually he married Ora Ray Baker (Pirani Ameena Begum), a second-cousin of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy and whose half-brother was the well-known American yogi Pierre Bernard."--wiki
Eclectic!
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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 18:00:49 GMT -5
So vincent and I were talking about The One, mature and immature... Also from wiki:
Foundational principlesInayat Khan set forth ten principles that formed the foundational principles of his Universal Sufism: There is one God(Allah); the Eternal, the Only Being; None exists save He.There is one master; the guiding spirit of all souls that constantly leads all followers toward the light.There is one holy book; the sacred manuscript of nature, the only Scripture that can enlighten the reader.There is one religion; unswerving progress in the right direction toward the Ideal, which fulfills every soul's life purpose.There is one law; the law of reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience, together with a sense of awakened justice.There is one brotherhood; the human brotherhood which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the fatherhood of God. This was later adapted by followers to; "There is one Family, the Human Family, which unites the Children of Earth indiscriminately in the Parenthood of God."There is one moral; the love which springs forth from self-denial and blooms in deeds of beneficence. ... (later alternative; "which springs forth from a willing heart, surrendered in service to God and Humanity, and which blooms in deeds of beneficence").There is one object of praise; the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper through all aspects from the seen to the unseen.There is one truth; true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of Wisdom.There is one path; annihilation of the false ego in the real (later alternative; "the effacement of the limited self in the Unlimited"), which raises the mortal to immortality, in which resides all perfection. |
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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 18:06:38 GMT -5
"There is one holy book; the sacred manuscript of nature, the only Scripture that can enlighten the reader." "There is one Family, the Human Family, which unites the Children of Earth indiscriminately in the Parenthood of God." "There is one law; the law of reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience, together with a sense of awakened justice." This is why OT "Elohim" is immature but progress in the right direction for that time and place. Not that that didn't also wreak havoc. And here we are.  |
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Post by Roshan on May 22, 2020 18:12:18 GMT -5
A probable Two brought me here. I was looking into her because...well, I'll put that on a Two thread. I was thinking if I had to be another type I would be an sx last 2w1. To me those are some of the most compelling women. Maybe I will be one!  |
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Post by vincent on May 22, 2020 18:37:42 GMT -5
Indeed ! Thanks for the link |
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Post by Roshan on May 23, 2020 8:30:43 GMT -5
Murshida Rabia Ada Martin aka Ginsberg, who was to be the father's disciple and wound up following Meher Baba, seems like quite a character herself. Almost certainly a One.
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