... Yes. I've come to see that the stages of the Way are really identical to what a 'normal life' should be - if there were such a thing - only very much...
"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator,...
my Arabic is rusty but doesn't Mojud mean proximity in Arabic? or to paraphrase better, perhaps closeness? and baraka seems both a verb and a noun!! I see it...
... Lane gives 'Being' for mawjud (from which I'm assuming that 'Mojud' is the Persianised form). From the root waw-jim-dal, which also gives us the words for...
Something that further occurs to me - as a still very tentative thought - is that we can see baraka as a catalyst. Wikipedia defines catalysis thus: 'In...
The Arabs were all about trade in them days. I can imagine that sort of trade as being very different than say the modern economy; exploiting African minors,...
monkeys also profit from trade! http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080102/tsc-science-animals-sex-offbeat- 718400e_1.html ... to ... whole ... actual ... and ... ...
As I was having my soup this lunchtime, I was surprised to hear a track by one of my favourite musicians had got onto the cafe's playlist. Surprised because...
'...it's interesting though that the Prophet says there is baraka in trade. He doesn't say, for instance, that there is baraka in giving, although clearly...
I asked a native and very fluent Arabic speaker and was told that mojud in Arabic means *available*. Not that it matters, but I found it interesting....
... Now that makes sense to me, how often when Grace or Baraka comes knocking have we been found unavailable? AMB, obo ************** Start the year off right....
personally, I believe that persiagold could very well be doris lessing-not that it matters. the name doris lessig is found within persiagold- if one may use ...
And now were going to be able to consciously direct our evolution through selecting genes and augmenting our minds with technology. That's if the robots don't...
Just as unlikely too ;) It's just that she was decrying the "inanities of the internet" not long ago. Persiagold could be Khidr himself for all I know. Please...
Just because a person speaks out against the ineptitude of the postal service does not mean they will never make use of it! I, too, mourn the mass consumerism...
... Doing a quick search on the web brought up this. Don't remember 'Mawjud' being one of the 99 'most beautiful names', but interesting that it is considered...
... It may not have been persiagold-bingo, but it certainly was persiagold hangman. The mysterious author of these messages - and 'persiagold' was only used,...
One other thing, notice the choice of 'include' (rather than 'are') in: "Amina is the sister of Idries and Omar. Shah's children include Saira, Safia, and...
... messages. ... Something similar can be done on this list -- and with almost no effort. Just unsubscribe, and Bingo! A hunch: those who do not know...
'Shah's children include Saira, Safia, and Tahir...would anyone else but a child - and, for that matter, a Shah - think to express that point...?' to pick up...
I am wondering why that should be and for what purpose. To me playing games like this doesn't draw me in. Perhaps I've lost my sense of humour but game-playing...
... Sure, and to be honest it doesn't do much for me either. But I was interested in this person's identity partly because of that initial,curious sense of...
'or if they got any attention, someone would contend with the points as if they were just more unsubstantiated opinions.' personally i don't think thinking for...
