Thank you.... I think I really ought to sort out what I was doing wrong though.... I think it was just that I must have been pressing the wrong buttons........
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Obo wrote: I have no scholarship to support any knowledge that Emerson, like say Sir Richard Burton, had direct mid-eastern contact/influences. He may be just...
In a message dated 2/1/05 1:40:46 PM, OboVajrin@... writes: << <<I think you also said that you also thought he might have been a Sufi. I was wondering...
Amos wrote: << the one I would recommend to start with is "Compensation". ... Dear Amos and Obo, Many thanks for this. In the essay, Emerson enunciates a great...
The Unitarian transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the first to translate Sufi poetry into English, in the 19th century. He first read the poet...
It doesn't hurt to read Nathanael Hawthorne's satire "The Celestial Railroad" (modeled on "Pilgrim's Progress") where, among other hazards, the train passes...
Friends , ... here's what my Companion Hassan remarked , concerning the Transcendentalists : "You can hire 99 brilliant "plumbers" ... but without an Active...
Hello Obo , ... this is interesting . I've generally enjoyed your posts in which you situate your own experiences , readings , experiments and also your...
In a message dated 2/3/05 5:51:06 PM, johnchester.robertson@... writes: << I've generally enjoyed your posts in which you situate your own experiences ,...
Obo wrote: << As you can probably tell, I agree that Thoreau, for me also was/is the biggest "American Sufi" Exemplar. ... Many thanks again, Obo :)! I just...
Marvellous , Obo , and thanks ... and greetings to all the "Carabinari" present ... ... "The Mind is an ... Exit !" And , yes ... we CAN go Home again ,...
Forwarded by a friend: Denis Papathanasiou of Hoboken, New Jersey was awarded the first prize in The Economist's Christmas 2004 contest to nominate the wisest...
In Search of Myths: Shangri-La and Shambala Michael Wood travels to Tibet to explore the historical and religious background to the Shangri-La myth of an...
Contrast this with Idries Shah's unsubstantiated statements :- "The land of Shambala lies in a valley. It is only approachable through a ring of snow peaks...
Friends ... ... " once upon a time ..." ... "vanity , all is vanity ... " ... " gently into that good night ( - down the stream !) " ... " row , row , row ......
In a message dated 2/12/05 7:58:49 AM, johnchester.robertson@... writes: << And me , little qJohnny ... being a "father-of-5" >> I have no children of my...
It was a wonderful documentary, moving that such a place still exists. I remember see Lost Horizon as a child, it affected me profoundly, I'll always search...
Dear Francis, Greetings! Yes, as a child or a teenager I saw Franz Kapra's film based on James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon (1933). And, like you, it made a...
Hi Obo, http://www.filmsite.org/losth.html provides a few details. Best Wishes, Eric. Obo wrote: << Wasn't that the movie in which the actor Sam Jaffe (playing...
Barbara Marx Hubbard is a noted author, public speaker, futurist and former Vice Presidential candidate. She is also president of the Foundation for Conscious...
Dear Friends: Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, which has already been translated and published in Russia, will be translated and published in Indonesia later...
'Hearts and minds: the theme of human emotions': Man is an animal with the extraordinary ability to use reason and intellect to make choices, to fashion his...
Re-reading recently Harry Stack Sullivan's "Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry" it struck me that folks around here, who may not be familiar with his work,...