tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8221241130431324329..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: An Intense Beam of Darkness, AKA This PostGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38760721902230532018-06-09T05:05:27.286-07:002018-06-09T05:05:27.286-07:00Thanks Bob for filling in the blanks. Thanks Bob for filling in the blanks. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131472318246441780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47098150880283542018-06-07T17:43:24.783-07:002018-06-07T17:43:24.783-07:00Perhaps we should airdrop the book on Sufism over ...Perhaps we should airdrop the book on Sufism over Iran, Pakistan, and the Palestinian terrortories... Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17742391655019831022018-06-07T17:35:44.375-07:002018-06-07T17:35:44.375-07:00I have read two books by Frithjof Schuon:
"Th...I have read two books by Frithjof Schuon:<br />"The Transcendent Unity of Religions" and "Sufism, Veil and Quintessence"<br />Both are in the bibliography of my ebook on comparative mysticism (and on my bookshelf).<br />Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52041612105865943762018-06-07T12:56:34.369-07:002018-06-07T12:56:34.369-07:00Okay, but what does any of this have to do with ju...<i>Okay, but what does any of this have to do with just living your life? Well, let me think...<br /><br />I know! We are situated at the periphery, which is full of change, dynamism, progress, and decay; but nevertheless partake of the center, which is transtemporal contemplation, prayer, serenity, and peace. Lines radiate from the nonlocal center, and this is grace or "divine attraction." We reverberate at the periphery, and these are degrees of being.</i><br /><br />Studying Psalms of lament this week. There is a structure to most of them, thus: 1) appeal and lament, which of course pertains to the changes, dynamism, progress and decay that happens in life; 2) a declaration of trust, which is in essence acknowledging our assurance in the Absolute/ center; 3) petition, a request for grace, and finally 4) the vow of praise, our responsive reverberation in response to that grace.<br /><br />As far as living our lives goes, a part of that is being able to converse with God - even, or perhaps especially, when we are caught up in the midst of life's dramas.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com