Our metaphysical eyes are expert at collapsing distances, seeing through the apparent to the infinite.

Quarantine Notes

#book #philosophy #spirituality #quotes #CreativeToots

An Egyptian singer, relative & friend worth knowing :

Rula Zaki: The Magical Voice of the Egyptian Version of Disney’s Movies – Women of Egypt Network

#Egypt #artist #music

Excellent #English #translation of the #Quran featuring illuminating footnotes and essays to better understand #Islam in context & dispel #Islamophobia. Highly recommended for students of comparative #religion: #faith #theology #culture #Muslims #books #history #bookstodon @npub1wdh9...jxfv #education #students #academia #youtube #video

Meditating on these wise words... ‘Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.’ — Jean-Paul Sartre #quotes #philosophy #wisdom

⚠️Warning : Cuteness Overload! My 4 year old niece is back from her 1st day at school & is telling her 3 year old brother, my nephew, all about it 🥰 #kids #children #family #cute #love #video #cartoon #Cartoons #funny #fun #Schools #school #education

What is Longing? How is it related to Love? #philosophy #spirituality #video #meditation #quotes #youtube

Enjoying delicious #food from #elsalvador (in #florida) 😋 #fun #friends #photography

#GoodMorning, here’s #today’s #goodnews : #writing #WritingCommunity

"...poetry as divination, poetry as revelation of the self to the self, as restoration of the culture to itself .." — Seamus Heaney #poetry #quotes

"I used to want buyers for my words. Now I wish someone would buy me away from words." — Rumi

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The New Rule, by Rumi - Read by Yahia Lababidi

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#poetry #reading #spirituality #soundcloud

"What unlike things must meet and mate; A flame to melt—a wind to freeze; Sad patience—joyous energies; Humility—yet pride and scorn; Instinct and study; love and hate; Audacity—reverence. These must mate, And fuse with Jacob’s mystic heart, To wrestle with the angel—Art." — Herman Melville #art #quote

This is the true joy in life: being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. — GB Shaw #literature #quotes

Two aphorisms that I return to, by the wonderful poet, aphorist & human being, James Richardson, author of Interglacial. “Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like... a stone warming. ✨ Writer: how books read each other.” @npub1kt3h...5004 #books #bookstodon #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity #reading

‘I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known.’ — Hafiz #truth #love #soul #goodmorning #quotes

‘The more my knowledge increases, the more I increase in knowledge of my learned ignorance.' — Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri, Syrian poet/philosopher (973-1057) #knowledge #philosophy #history #Syria #quotes #wisdom

A person is not a thing or a process but an opening through which the Absolute manifests. — Martin Heidegger ✨ Gamble everything for Love... If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. — Rumi #Love #God

"#Love bade me welcome..." #poetry #spirituality

#Hurricane preparations... #bloomscrolling #flowers #photography #beauty

"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness." — Frost ✨ "The truly free man is he who bears the load of the bond slave patiently." — Gibran #freedom #quotes #gratitude #faith #life

#supermoon The moon quickly hid behind clouds when I stepped out to greet her She knows I've not been faithful and will not squander her Light. The moon is back at my balcony Neither bashful, nor reproachful She doesn’t care who looks at her She’s full of her own Beauty #moon #bluemoon #poetry #video #writing #WritingCommunity #spirituality #inspiration