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dharma vs. karma, and the Now
Karma is what you’re born with, and this includes environment. How you play it is dharma. Dharma is the integrity with which you face karma, and how this works out is what life is all about. Dharma is to be … Continue reading
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Going Green is Going Cold Turkey
The new film produced by Michael Moore, Planet Of The Humans, challenges how we think of going Green. Seriously, how do we get off fossil fuels? Do we have the slightest idea of what this involves and implies? Do we … Continue reading
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Why You Should Not Vote For The Monster King Baby Trump
Why you should not vote for the monster King Baby Trump. Rumors say King Baby was made in a neoliberal laboratory in an experiment that went badly. This is embarrassing to neoliberal scientists who disavow the fact. They deny all … Continue reading
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The Great Interregnum
After a sovereign dies and before succession is assured, the intervening period poses uncertainty. This state of affairs can be perilous, as the status quo abhors disruption and loves continuity. We are now in a great spiritual interregnum signified by … Continue reading
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When we have been reduced to crying out for our food
When we have been reduced to crying out for our food we will then at last begin to believe in brotherhood. When we refuse to support the Spy and War Machine we can then march our politicians to the guillotine. … Continue reading
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The Next 50 Years
The next 50 years will represent a descent into increasing chaos: we are in clusterfuck terror-tory. Apart from political outcomes- which don’t look at all good, the problem of fossil fuel induced climate change, a burning planet, environmental degradation from … Continue reading
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On approaching Hafez in translation
My recommendation is to follow this guideline: eschew any book or source material that spells Hafez’s name with an i, as in Hafiz. Hafez properly rhymes with Fez, not with fizz. This is most important because correct pronunciation is essential. … Continue reading
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Today, the eternal beloved our sweet lord
Today, the eternal beloved our sweet lord left his body and released the divine Word. His Silence held us in his loving embrace and broken, exiled us to long for his grace. Now, he has forsaken us but lives in … Continue reading
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Reconciliation with Sufism re-Reoriented
A resolution of the problem of Sufism re-Reoriented is most desirable. The 1980 Bell of Warning was just such an attempt on the part of Eruch Jessawala and Mani Irani; unfortunately, it was unsuccessful. The unresolved issues 40 years later … Continue reading
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Speculative Thoughts On Baba’s Work With Sufism Reoriented
A friend of mine relates that Steve Edelman once asked Eruch Jessawala, “what was Baba’s (divine) mistake?”, to which he replied at once, “Sufism Reoriented”. This comes as no surprise given Eruch’s role as point man in addressing the twisted … Continue reading
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