Treading the Path

"You think you’re just a small entity [but] the greater world has been enfolded in you."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:00 -0400

“You think you’re just a small entity [but] the greater world has been enfolded in you.”

- Ali ibn Abi Talib

"Your cure is in you although you do not see. And your disease is from your own self even though you..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:00 -0400

“Your cure is in you although you do not see. And your disease is from your own self even though you do not see.”

- Ali ibn Abi Talib

"[God] has made the pupil of your eye in such a way that, in spite of its smallness, there is..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:45 -0400

“[God] has made the pupil of your eye in such a way that, in spite of its smallness, there is pictured within it the image of the world, the heavens and the earth, with all their widespreading extent.”

- Imam al-Ghazzali

Excavate your heart.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:19 -0400

Excavate your heart.

Non-possessive warmth, we can all use some more of that.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:47:19 -0400

Non-possessive warmth, we can all use some more of that.

Dedication

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:52:41 -0400

Will Smith studied Islam from 3:30-5 pm every day for nearly a year to prepare for his role in the film Ali.

Reflect

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:30:47 -0400

(via Sherwood Anderson on Art and Life: A Letter of Advice to...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:27:15 -0400

(via Sherwood Anderson on Art and Life: A Letter of Advice to His Teenage Son, 1927 | Brain Pickings)

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them...."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:25:10 -0400

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution. Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood. Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.”

- Maya Angelou writes to the daughter she never had

"That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:20:45 -0400

“That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.”

- Albert Einstein, advice to his son

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:56:34 -0400

Unconditional positive regard, let’s live it.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:57:27 -0400

Unconditional positive regard, let’s live it.

Self-compassion, let’s practice it.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:56:32 -0400

Self-compassion, let’s practice it.

Heart work, let’s do it.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:55:35 -0400

Heart work, let’s do it.

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:20 -0400

"If we neglect the heart, we are never going to understand reality as it truly is."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:44:11 -0400

“If we neglect the heart, we are never going to understand reality as it truly is.”

- Imam al-Ghazzali

"Everything that can be known can be reflected in your heart"

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:40:59 -0400

“Everything that can be known can be reflected in your heart”

- Imam al-Ghazzali

"The totality of man’s happiness therein lies in making the meeting with [God] his aim, the abode of..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:24:10 -0400

“The totality of man’s happiness therein lies in making the meeting with [God] his aim, the abode of the world to come his dwelling place, this present world his temporary stopping place, [and] the body his vehicle…”

- Imam al-Ghazzali

"Whoever makes use of all of his members and powers in such a way as to seek their aid in attaining..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:20:57 -0400

“Whoever makes use of all of his members and powers in such a way as to seek their aid in attaining unto knowledge and work, has become like unto the angels…”

- Imam al-Ghazzali

"Knowledge is the end destined for man and his special characteristic for which he was created."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:18:56 -0400

“Knowledge is the end destined for man and his special characteristic for which he was created.”

- Imam al-Ghazzali