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AMBPPCT sponsored focus group event to be held at Sufism “Re-reoriented”

Posted on June 30, 2019 by bill gannett

In a major coup for Sufism Re-reoriented and their sympathizers, the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Trust, based in India, is planning to have Sufism Re-reoriented host a focus group on the development of a long range plan for the … Continue reading →

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Ten Thousand Chernobyls rise to bless us

Posted on June 9, 2019 by bill gannett

Ten thousand Chernobyls rise to bless us For the Kali Yuga machine age of Progress. Energy is dirty when it promotes desire, When it starts smoking after smoking fire. The car has carried us to the precipice of disaster With … Continue reading →

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We walk and walk with the friend by our side

Posted on May 26, 2019 by bill gannett

Movie on 5-26-19 at 6.22 PM

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I long to visit the cool arctic before it melts

Posted on May 7, 2019 by bill gannett

https://vimeo.com/341145828 I long to visit the cool arctic before it melts Away in a heat wave that inspires fascist dolts. The end of the world is coming faster than you think In a flood of stupidity that will drown the … Continue reading →

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The Master has said most of the world will perish

Posted on April 11, 2019 by bill gannett

The Master has said most of the world will perish; Don’t let this bamboozle you, but his name cherish. Earth, millions and millions of times passes away Into nothing; But the mind survives gross decay. And takes birth again and … Continue reading →

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The path of remembrance vs. the path of yoga based on Meher Baba’s teachings

Posted on February 24, 2019 by bill gannett

Yoga is very big these modern days as the development of physical culture based on the practice of asana, or yogic posture. Asana, in fact, has almost nothing to do with the path of traditional yoga which is primarily based … Continue reading →

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Happy 125th birthday on Feb. 25th, Avatar Meher Baba

Posted on February 22, 2019 by bill gannett

The fall from grace that is a shooting star recalls the highest heaven from afar; O the Lord and Master has taken birth to bless man and creature and holy Earth!

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Fire as the power of love

Posted on February 14, 2019 by bill gannett

In Zoroastrian cosmology, Ahuramazda and Ahriman vie in eternal conflict over the moral and spiritual universe. The principles of light and darkness are ever circling each other in eternal conflict. One of the most interesting points about Zoroastrian cosmology is … Continue reading →

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I walk up the hill

Posted on January 22, 2019 by bill gannett

I walk up the hill To hear the loud still Voice of my master: In your heart I dwell.

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Mother Kali

Posted on January 21, 2019 by bill gannett

One of the great literary treasures of the last century is “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”. This magnificent diary by one of Ramakrishna’s Bengali disciples is a magical window into the spiritual beauty and veracity of traditional Indian spirituality as … Continue reading →

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