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A Teacher Kindles the Light

“One thing is true: although the teacher cannot give the knowledge, he can kindle the light if the oil is in the lamp.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan No one can give spiritual knowledge to another, for this is something that is within every Heart. What the teacher can do is to Kindle the Light which is […]

A Teachers Knowledge

“The teacher, however great, can never give his knowledge to the pupil; the pupil must create his-her own knowledge.”  -Hazrat Inayat Khan The work of a mystical teacher is not to teach, but to tune, to tune the pupil so that s/he may become the Instrument of God. For the mystical teacher is not the […]

One Fish

One fish said to the other, “Do you believe in this ocean that they talk about?” So goes an ancient Chinese saying and I think it well illustrates how narrow our vision of the world and the universe can be. We see the world from our limited perceptual framework. Despite an overwhelming evolution of the […]

A Spiritual Path

“To become cold from the coldness of the world is weakness, to become broken by the hardness of the world is feebleness, but to live in the world and yet to keep above it is like walking on the water.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by “A Life Lived”: The Spiritual Path is easiest if there […]

Commentary by A Life Lived

“Devotion to a spiritual teacher is not for the sake of the teacher, it is for God.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by “A Life Lived”: In the history of the great and holy beings of the world the greatest and the most blessed have been the devotees. … devotion teaches one Virtue; sincerity, earnestness, the […]

For Allergy Symptoms

Whether or not one has known allergies, the following are recommended for maintenance and for emergencies… Tri-Iodine – follow directions on bottle Allergy Free – follow directions on bottle. For maintenance once symptoms are under control HAS – to be taken if in midst of reactive state and fluids gather somewhere in the body (lungs, […]

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Know Your Self

As someone awakening to your true nature as a spiritual being, you will be experiencing a whole lot of changes in either your relationships, finances and/or health. Life is a school, and every Soul has chosen one of these areas to “major” in, as well as usually one of the others to “minor” in (although […]

The Secret of Secrets

The just announced Nobel prizes for both Chemistry & Physics have gone to research related to the Carbon atom. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to three scientists for developing a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms, while the Physics prize has gone to two Russian born physicists for their study on the remarkable properties of […]

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Diet Sweeteners can Make you Sick and Fat

If you are among those calorie-conscious consumers who opt for diet sodas or other diet products, you may actually ruin your health and become fat, according to several new studies. A Purdue University study published 10 February 2008 in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience, reported that rats on diets containing the artificial sweetener saccharin gained more […]