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Poetry Corner: The Song of the Reed by Rumi
Translated by Ibrahim Gamard 1. Listen to the reed (flute), how it is complaining! It is telling about separations, 2. (Saying), “Ever since I was severed from the reed field, men and women have lamented in (the presence of) my shrill cries. 3. “(But) I want a heart (which is) torn, torn from separation, so that […]
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Erin Cox: Living in Alignment
Underlying discontent and unhappiness are often experienced when you’re not living in alignment with your priorities or God’s design for your life. For example, if you value spirituality and inner peace, but spend five minutes a day meditating and two hours watching TV, then you are not in alignment. Or if your relationship with your […]
How Money Affects Morality
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/how-money-affects-morality/?partner=rss&emc=rss “Human history is full of examples of money’s ability to weaken even the firmest ethical backbone.” “Money sows mistrust. It ends friendships. Experiments have found that it encourages us to lie and cheat. As Karl Marx, the scourge of capitalism, noted, ‘‘Money then appears as the enemy of man and social bonds that pretend […]