Front PageJanuary, 2008
A Prayer for the Bahais of Iran
Syndicated from: Awakening Soul on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 16:00 syndicated blogsFollowing the news that 50 Iranian Baha'is have been prosecuted and punished for "propaganda against the state", I thought this prayer might be appropriate:
"For those who are far from home, immigrants, exiles, victims of oppression, we pray.
For those who are going through trials, who need help and compassion, we pray.
For those facing persecution and for those persecuting others, we pray.
La bible - faits historiques ou expériences spirituelles ?
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 02:58 Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogsAvant tout, des expériences spirituelles. Parce que la bible, ainsi que tous les livres sacrés, parle de la sainteté, donc de ce qui est détaché de notre monde. Kodesh (saint) - c’est être écarté, détaché. Et pour cela on parle d’abord du monde spirituel, de l’âme que l’homme doit réparer, et à laquelle il doit s’identifier, ainsi qu’au monde spirituel, éternel et complet, dans lequel il doit fixer sa réalité et y vivre. Pour cela il faut s’identifier avec l’aspect éternel des textes sacrés. Et en fonction de cela, l’homme lorsqu’il étudie le monde spirituel, il étudie aussi le monde matériel. Il voit alors cette projection, cette descente des forces dans le monde matériel, et ainsi, dans le monde matériel, il apprend également notre histoire. Autrement dit, évidement que dans toutes les choses dont parle la bible, se trouve dans spiritualité mais elle explique également comment cette spiritualité descend et se retrouve dans la matérialité.
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Remembering Ghandi
Syndicated from: Awakening Soul on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 15:02 syndicated blogs
--Mahatma Ghandi (October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948)
When does a Briton stop being a Briton? When does a Muslim stop being a Muslim?
Syndicated from: Awakening Soul on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 13:23 syndicated blogsThe plot by British Muslim terrorists to behead a British Muslim soldier has once again highlighted the extremist school of thought that exists within the UK's Islamic community. Although the issue is tied up with wider issues of racism and identity - and is always at risk of being exploited by the far left and far right - I do think we need to acknowledge that some Islamic groups do present a threat to our individuality and hard won freedoms.
But at the same time, the issue has to be dealt with sensitively.
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GARH ALA PAR SINH GELA..........PART II
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 10:25. bravery Jija bai Kondhana nationalism Pune Shivaji Suryaji Udaybhan Valor and sacrificeChatrapati ( King of kings) Shivaji Maharaj ( Great king) established Hindu empire in Deccan right under the nose of fundamentalist Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 17 century. He was a dare devil and was greatly feared by the Mughals. He is considered to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva and very greatly respected and revered. He stopped Islamisation of India at a most crucial time and was ably supported by his famous Generals many of whom were his child hood friends and followers. Tanaji Malsure was one among them. Kondana fort is a strong hill fort that is located few KM from Pune a very important city in Maharashtra. Rajgarh , the capital city of Shivaji is also an hill fort and Kondana fort could seen from a distance. Many battles were fought for the control of this fort and it was under the control of Mughal fort commander Udaybhan who was a very brave Rajput warrior and ace swords man of the times. Tanaji malsure at the orders of Shivaji attacked Kondana fort in the dark night and with selected men climbed the steep hill fort wall using rope ladders that was launched over the fort walls with the help of a monitor lizard. The attack was a surprise and there was a bitter fight in the fort and Tanaji and Udaybhan met in combat in which Udaybhan was cut into two by Tanaji. However Tanaji also was wounded and died bleeding. Next morning the King arrived knowing the capture of the fort. On seeing the dead body of Tanaji he lamented Garh ala par sinh gela. The fort was renamed as Sinhgarh (Lion fort). Statue of Tanaji has been erected in the fort, Capture of this fort is considered as one of the most daring attack in world military history. Tanaji in spite of the wedding of his son on the crucial night led the attack personally and sacrificed his life for this king and country. Such men are the real sons of the soil and their memory is immortal. The episode is presented as a
Eschatology, Anabaptism, and the end of Christendom
Syndicated from: open source theology - collaborative theology for the emerging c on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 09:48 syndicated articlesI have recently had a very interesting conversation by email with Jonas Lundström, who for a Swede writes remarkably good English, and Graham Old (Leaving Munster). It is partly about the substance of The Coming of the Son of Man and Re: Mission, and partly about the broader question of how the church in the West should respond to the collapse of Christendom – if, indeed, Christendom has collapsed. Jonas and Graham have given me permission to write up the conversation, with only some minor editing, as a post on Open Source Theology.
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Une autre source de satisfaction
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 03:20 ashlag Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogs« Disons, si je commence à étudier la Kabbale, soudain ma carrière ou ma situation amoureuse s’amélioreront ? »
C’est à peu près la question qui fut posée au Rav Laitman lors d’une interview télévisée il y a peu de temps.
Sa réponse, en image :
GARH ALA PAR SINH GELA..........PART I
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:28. Aurangzeb Jijabai Kondana Lord Shiva Pune Rajgarh Shivaji Suryaji Tanaji Malsure UdaybhanChatrapati ( King of kings) Shivaji Maharaj ( Great king) established Hindu empire in Deccan right under the nose of fundamentalist Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 17 century. He was a dare devil and was greatly feared by the Mughals. He is considered to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva and very greatly respected and revered. He stopped Islamisation of India at a most crucial time and was ably supported by his famous Generals many of whom were his child hood friends and followers. Tanaji Malsure was one among them. Kondana fort is a strong hill fort that is located few KM from Pune a very important city in Maharashtra. Rajgarh , the capital city of Shivaji is also an hill fort and Kondana fort could seen from a distance. Many battles were fought for the control of this fort and it was under the control of Mughal fort commander Udaybhan who was a very brave Rajput warrior and ace swords man of the times. Tanaji malsure at the orders of Shivaji attacked Kondana fort in the dark night and with selected men climbed the steep hill fort wall using rope ladders that was launched over the fort walls with the help of a monitor lizard. The attack was a surprise and there was a bitter fight in the fort and Tanaji and Udaybhan met in combat in which Udaybhan was cut into two by Tanaji. However Tanaji also was wounded and died bleeding. Next morning the King arrived knowing the capture of the fort. On seeing the dead body of Tanaji he lamented Garh ala par sinh gela. The fort was renamed as Sinhgarh (Lion fort). Statue of Tanaji has been erected in the fort, Capture of this fort is considered as one of the most daring attack in world military history. Tanaji in spite of the wedding of his son on the crucial night led the attack personally and sacrificed his life for this king and country. Such men are the real sons of the soil and their memory is immortal. The episode is presented as a long poem.
Quelle est la différence entre ce monde et le monde spirituel?
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 03:04 Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogs
Ce monde est le point le plus bas qu’atteint un kabbaliste. Il est en total opposition au Créateur et son nom dans la langue des branches est «l’exil d’Egypte». La force naturelle qui agit sur nous dans cet état, la force de notre nature égoïste, ne nous permet pas de faire quelque chose qui ne nous amène pas d’intéret personnel . Cet état se nomme «Pharaon».
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Qu’est-ce que le «point dans le cœur» ?
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 08:59 Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogs
Toute personne a un point dans le cœur, mais nombreuses ne le ressentent pas parce qu’elles ne sont pas «arrivés à maturité» ou pas assez prêtes pour le sentir. Si au cours de nos cycles de vies, nous sommes arrivés à une situation où le point dans le cœur se dévoile, alors dans ce cas, nous commençons à ressentir un désir pour la spiritualité, pour quelque chose de supérieur. On nomme ce sentiment «le point dans le cœur»
A Thought for Holocaust Memorial Day
Syndicated from: Awakening Soul on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 16:18 syndicated blogs"That attempt at the systematic destruction of an entire people falls like a shadow on the history of Europe and the whole world, it is a crime which will forever darken the history of humanity.
May it serve, today and for the future, as a warning: there must be no yielding to ideologies which justify contempt for human dignity on the
Quelle est l’origine du nom du Livre du Zohar ?
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 05:24 Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogsZohar signifie «splendeur», comme il est écrit dans le Livre du Zohar: «Les justes sont assis avec leur couronne sur leurs têtes et se délectent de la splendeur de la Divinité.» Selon le Livre du Zohar, la sensation du Créateur (la Lumière) se nomme «Divinité». A chaque endroit où dans les livres de Kabbale il est dit: «ainsi il était écrit dans le livre…» ils se réfèrent toujours au Livre du Zohar. Tous les autres livres ne sont pas en apparence considérés comme des «livres», parce que le mot «livre» (Sefer en hébreu) vient du mot Sefira, qui vient lui-même du mot saphir, splendeur, une révélation (de la Lumière, le Créateur). Vous ne trouverez ceci que dans le Livre du Zohar.
Hijab: A fashion accessory?
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 00:40 syndicated blogsI wore hijab for 23 years. Now, Gustavo is referring to it as a fashion accessory.
I can remember my hijab serving many purposes, but fashion accessory isn’t one of them.
(Of course, my experience isn’t necessarily shared by others. I’m not suggesting that it is. But, I don’t think that deriding the wearing of hijab as a "fashion accessory" really illuminates its functions in the North American Muslim communities that I have lived in.)
Hijab: A fashion accessory?
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 00:40 syndicated blogsI wore hijab for 23 years. Now, Gustavo is referring to it as a fashion accessory.
I can remember my hijab serving many purposes, but fashion accessory isn’t one of them.
(Of course, my experience isn’t necessarily shared by others. I’m not suggesting that it is. But, I don’t think that deriding the wearing of hijab as a "fashion accessory" really illuminates its functions in the North American Muslim communities that I have lived in.)
Solomon had left the building by Jim Coyle
Syndicated from: Multifaith Information Gateway on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 17:24 Belief Books Business--Religious aspects Faith and the Media syndicated blogs women ... All of which suggests the board should probably purchase The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible, which says that "most people admit that when it comes to knowing what's between those covers, their comprehension is, well, holey."
So, as a public service, we offer the following handy test.
A notorious tree in the Garden of Eden bore: a) pomegranates b) kiwis c) papaya d) forbidden fruit.
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Solomon had left the building by Jim Coyle
Syndicated from: Multifaith Information Gateway on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 17:24 Belief Books Business--Religious aspects Faith and the Media syndicated blogs women ... All of which suggests the board should probably purchase The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible, which says that "most people admit that when it comes to knowing what's between those covers, their comprehension is, well, holey."
So, as a public service, we offer the following handy test.
A notorious tree in the Garden of Eden bore: a) pomegranates b) kiwis c) papaya d) forbidden fruit.
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La naissance de l’âme
Syndicated from: La Kabbale - Blog de Bnei Baruch on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 12:25 Kabbalah kabbale syndicated blogsUne personne vivant dans notre monde ne possède pas d’âme. Lorsqu’elle entreprend de se lier au spirituel, elle acquiert toutefois «un point dans le cœur», germe d’une âme qui revendiquera le retour de cette personne vers ses racines spirituelles selon sa nature. L’âme n’a qu’un désir ardent qui est celui de retrouver le Créateur, entraînant ainsi la personne avec elle. L’homme ne sait pas vers quoi il est attiré, car le Créateur lui est toujours dissimulé. Ce point dans le coeur le tire quand même quelque part, bien que ce ne soit pas encore l’âme véritable.
To white female converts, Quran mandates covering the bosom, not your locks!
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 03:50 syndicated blogsTake a cue from "revolutionary" Iran!
To white female converts, Quran mandates covering the bosom, not your locks!
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 03:50 syndicated blogsTake a cue from "revolutionary" Iran!
The Crisis in Meaning
Submitted by bill on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 21:28. Faith, Truth, Love, Happiness and other virtues meaningIn many corners of the globe there is a growing crisis of meaninglessness. This condition includes deep, visceral feelings of separation, accompanied by profound uncertainty about personal identity and purpose. Separation disconnects us from family and other group relations, while lack of self-knowledge leaves our selves nowhere to be found. Not only do we not know where we are going—we don't know where we are at. We are cut adrift in a sea of meaninglessness.
SEARCHING THE GOD.. Indian Style
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:46. Ashrams Babas Gurus Jeeyars SwamisIndia is famous for spiritual pursuits and many distinguished sages lived in India and contributed to growth of knowledge, scriptures and philosophy. Entire world looked at India for spiritual guidance. It has fallen from the lofty heights. There are many swamis, self designated saints, sages, babas, Gurus, jeeyars in India who have also built and own the Ashrams ( Hermitages) and developed own empires. These swamis are now getting involved in political controversies too. On the whole Indians are easily fascinated and fooled by swamis and they are exploited by the so called pontiffs. It is impossible to distinguish a crooked from the genuine spiritual leader. The drama continues. More is the merrier. All is fair in search of God......
The hijab is nothing more than a fashion accessory
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 08:51 syndicated blogsI don’t consider a veiled woman pious and holier-than-thou. Most I know are no different in piety and "purity" than those who choose not to veil. My Persian secularism sees veils as merely a vestige of the past, that comes and goes with the changing of the wind (political-religious climate). To "serious white Muslims," the Islam of today is not the Islam of 1947 when we saw the partition of South Asia along religio-nationalistic lines. Most hijabis are not as puritanical as they may be perceived by extremists and non-Muslims. But according to Lailah, I’m an uneducated tawdry "Mediterranean" complexion Persian-Mexican who needs the guidance and "connections" of the white "Masta."
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The hijab is nothing more than a fashion accessory
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 08:51 syndicated blogsI don’t consider a veiled woman pious and holier-than-thou. Most I know are no different in piety and "purity" than those who choose not to veil. My Persian secularism sees veils as merely a vestige of the past, that comes and goes with the changing of the wind (political-religious climate). To "serious white Muslims," the Islam of today is not the Islam of 1947 when we saw the partition of South Asia along religio-nationalistic lines. Most hijabis are not as puritanical as they may be perceived by extremists and non-Muslims. But according to Lailah, I’m an uneducated tawdry "Mediterranean" complexion Persian-Mexican who needs the guidance and "connections" of the white "Masta."
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Irans Choice for the White House: The Clintons
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 08:42 syndicated blogsWhile Pakistan and Malaysia become increasingly more conservative, moderate Pakistan has an abysmal female literacy rate, the lowest in South Asia by the way. Iran on the other hand, is something unlike anything else in the Muslim world. Obama has disavowed himself of his ancestral Muslim roots, so on Feb. 5th, I’m voting for the Clinton political dynasty.
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Irans Choice for the White House: The Clintons
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 08:42 syndicated blogsWhile Pakistan and Malaysia become increasingly more conservative, moderate Pakistan has an abysmal female literacy rate, the lowest in South Asia by the way. Iran on the other hand, is something unlike anything else in the Muslim world. Obama has disavowed himself of his ancestral Muslim roots, so on Feb. 5th, I’m voting for the Clinton political dynasty.
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