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Sufis never try to make experience fit theory. Instead, let theory fall around the shoulders of your experience like a well-fitted coat.
One’s experience in mysticism is direct. It belongs to the mystic. Reading the words of other Sufis is a support, a confirmation.
It is up to practitioners to reflect on their Inner Communion, decipher, and [...]

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Pina Bausch dies

I sat with my friend Annemarie at the cafe opposite BAM last fall after seeing dress rehearsal for Bombay Blues. Pina came in with a group of friends. I thought how elegant she looked in her slumpy dark clothing, gaunt but strong features, her like-ness to Georgia O’Keefe.
I am stunned by her death. Very sudden. [...]

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