not an oxymoron
Posted in The Path on Oct 13th, 2009
Is the word ‘genius’ overused? Is it real? What makes a genius? This was the topic on WNYC’s Soundcheck a little while back with guest, Daniel Coyle , author of The Talent Code. Coyle studied gifted musicians and places with concentrations of geniuses or highly accomplished musicians. Coyle brings up Malcolm Gladwells’ 10,000 Hours Rule. [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, Retreat, The Path on Jul 4th, 2009
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, [...]
Writing on Gold Paper byDDMcPherson I exhale and cast forward, over a brink. My body hurtling down and down, but the inner world halts, curling its tongue over the desert of Earth. Eyesight travels in straight lines; insight curves without ever traveling, a globe swallowed into the heart. Inhaling, exhaling stretches the canvas of air [...]
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