Show me a Man of God.
Show me a man modeled after the doctrines
     that are ever upon his lips.
Show me a man who is hard-pressed- and happy,
In danger- and happy,
On his death-bed- and happy,
In exile-and happy,
In evil report- and happy.

Show h…

Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn’t know he was Zhuangzi.

Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn’t know if he was Zhuangzi who had

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wallazeena amanuu 
ashaddu hubbali-llah

and those who securely believe 
are stronger in their love of Allah.
- The Quran 2:165

2.
A man once asked the sage Bayzid al Bistami, Allah sanctify his soul, to show him the shortest way to reach Al…

There are many different styles of women’s yoga being practiced today and understanding which ones are the best, and most importantly, which ones you will enjoy doing, is very important so you keep up and maintain your excitement level for every class. All yoga styles are generally predicated ...

  Many children Tylenol products have been recalled recently.  These products include Children’s TYLENOL, Infants’ TYLENOL, Children’s MOTRIN, Infants’ MOTRIN, Children’s ZYRTEC and  Children’s BENADRYL.  All these products are by McNeil pharmaceuticals.  They have a website dedicated to the recall.  There is a website called http://

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1.
while tracing the path
of our befriending
you said, “you are learning only too well
the language of my heart,
a few words from your lips
                 equal a thousand gifts.”

i said, “as this befriending
becomes a full moon,
we…

Recently I had an invitation to visit Kolkata, India to a friends wedding. Because of work situation (by God’s will, I work as a Technical Consultant which demand quite a lot of mind and its resources as well as time), until the last moment I didn’…

There are a great many individuals who are within the unfortunate placement of having to live with painful aches and pains caused by severely damaged or inflamed joints. For some people it is a discomfort, and that’s bad enough, but for other people arthritis can turn them ...

Today’s recipe: A side dish made with black-eyed peas and gentle spices, served warm. It seems a sorry shame that black-eyed peas are relegated to New Year’s fare. All the good fortune that black-eyed peas are supposed to deliver during the new year? W…

Rice usually bores me. I know it’s supposed to accentuate whatever saucy dish it’s being served with (stir fry, dal, whatever), but to me rice is a thief, sopping up and diluting the delicious spices in the main event. But cook the rice in wine, ad…

While I’m in Chicago, Tim is kindly taking care of my hodgepodge gardening effort. And looking at the pictures, it really does feel like a hodge podge.

There’s the indoor cherry tomato plant that has pretty much gone crazy. It’s taken over the wall …

In the 1960s and 1970s, I was very involved in martial arts. I studied several forms of karate (kenpo, shorinjo-ryu, gojo-ryu), judo, aikido. I studied wing-chun kung-fu with a student of Bruce Lee. After some years, my primary practice was tai chi chu…