Tablet of Maryam or Mary revealed by Baha'u'llah in Persian.

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To read a provisional translation of this tablet into English see HERE

TAGS: Baha'i, Baha'u'llah, chant, chanting, Tablet of Maryam or Mary.

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Wisdom Questions - some quotations from within a Perennial Philosophy framework.

We are using these quotations in our discussions at present;

TOPIC: The Reality of Being Human on the Way to Realizing Enlightenment

QUESTION: “What is the reality of being human on the way to realizing enlightenment?

  
1 “Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the

world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is

incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.” …....“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”― Abraham Joshua Heschel

2 “Like two birds of golden plumage, inseparable companions, the

individual self and the immortal Self are perched on the branches of the

selfsame tree. The former tastes of the sweet and bitter fruits of the

tree; the latter, tasting of neither, calmly observes.

“The individual self, deluded by forgetfulness of his identity with the

divine Self, bewildered by his ego, grieves and is sad. But when he

recognizes the worshipful Lord as his own true Self, and beholds his

glory, he grieves no more.”

3 Don’t contemplate

as mere activity

Be void contemplating void.      p221365 Tao - Deng Ming-Dao

4 After scaling the high summits of wonderment the wayfarer cometh to the Valley of True

Poverty and Absolute Nothingness.

This station is the dying from self and the living in God, the being poor in self and rich in the

Desired One.

From ‘The Valley of True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness’ the 7th valley in Baha’u’llah’s 7 Valleys

5 The experience of one’s own identity r “I”, is a source of great wonder........Spiritual attainment

is a fundamental transformation of the “I” from a separate, limited, and contracted identity into a

rich and infinite one.  It is a movement from separation to union.

            p85 Living Presence A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self - by Shaikh Kabir Helminski

6 You say, “I want to know myself.”  You are the “I”.  You are the Knowing.  You are the

consciousness through which everything is known.  And that cannot know itself; it is itself.

p55/56 Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle

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About religion Max Muller said, ““He who knows one, knows none.”

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Tradition and Perennialism in the Contemporary World - Dr Nasr

Dr. Nasr's talk, titled "The Recovery of the Sacred: Tradition and Perennialism in the Contemporary World", was given at the Sacred Web Conference on "Tradition in the Modern World" held in Edmonton at The University of Alberta, September 2006. In the talk, he explains central Traditionalist terms, concepts, and contributions, including "the sense of the sacred," Tradition, scientism, Beauty, metaphysics, and the important role of Tradition in current times. 

Conference 

Summary:http://www.sacredweb.com/conference06/conference_summary.html

2 disc DVD set:http://worldwisdom.com/public/products/9781933316444_Tradition_in_the_Modern_...

http://mikrotheos.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_8265.html

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What is Mysticism, Sufism - An Interview With Professor William C. Chittick

Uploaded on 27 Jan 2011

Interview 10/12/09 on the radio show "Science, Health and Healing" with host Majid Ali, MD (WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio) in anticipation of the Ibn Arabi conference in New York, November 6 2009

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The Bhagavad Gita chanted in English & The Perennial Philosophy

The extract from the  Bhagavad Gita which, for me, summarizes the core mystical heart of all of the great world wisdom traditions ( & Perennial Philosophy) is;

“Like two birds of golden plumage, inseparable companions, the

individual self and the immortal Self are perched on the branches of the

selfsame tree. The former tastes of the sweet and bitter fruits of the

tree; the latter, tasting of neither, calmly observes.

“The individual self, deluded by forgetfulness of his identity with the

divine Self, bewildered by his ego, grieves and is sad. But when he

recognizes the worshipful Lord as his own true Self, and beholds his glory, 

he grieves no more.”

We now have both the text of the Bhagavad Gita in English  HERE and chanted in English by Kumuda HERE - what a story! -  (see video below).  Enjoy them together.  

Wonderful - what a gift from Kumada and Swami Nirmalananda Giri for those interested in the cause of interfaith understanding and Perennial Philosophy.

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Dry cough and normal breathing - a Russian approach

I have IPF  and I am collecting various approaches that  might be useful;

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Perennial Philosophy - a defnition by a Christian professor

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