joined on 12/13/06
last updated 03/08/07
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"Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards;
at the still point,
there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement.
And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered.
Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline.
Except for the point,
the still point,
There would be no dance,
and there is only the dance..."
~T.S. Eliot
artwork by Mollie Freeman
Wed, April 4, 2007 - 4:36 AM
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For some interesting pics of things I've done recently, visit this cyber photo album:
picasaweb.google.com/jimhand...tretreat"Well sometimes, life gives us blessings sent in redicuclous packages..."
~Dar Williams
Sat, March 17, 2007 - 2:36 AM
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"Open the window in the center of your chest, and let spirit fly in and out."
~Rumi
artwork by Matt Manley
www.mattmanley.com
Sat, March 17, 2007 - 2:16 AM
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"The emblem of the Sufi is a heart between two wings, meaning that when the heart is cultivated one can soar up into the heights of heaven." ~Hazrat Inayat Khan
"Sufi orders frequently have a tughra (an Arabic word meaning finely ornamented writing), which is emblematic calligraphy formed using the name of the founding patron saint of the order, often in a unique shape related to the traditions of that order. The dervish Hafizullah created this beautiful winged-heart calligraphy in honor o...
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Thu, March 8, 2007 - 2:22 AM
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"...we turn for God and for the world, and it is the most beautiful thing you can imagine."
~Suleyman Dede, "Why We Turn," Lovers of Mevlana, vol. 2 no. 4
"I am a fountain, You are my water...
I am a fountain, You are my water....
I flow from you to you... I flow from you to you.
"I am a traveler, You are my road...
I am a traveler, You are my road...
I go from you to you... I go from you to you.
"I am an eye, You are my light...
I am an eye, You are my light...
I see from you to yo...
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Thu, March 8, 2007 - 2:09 AM
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about me
Spinner of wool, cotton and comet poi, Alchemist of Scents and Botanical Fragrances, Facilitator of Health,Ecstatic Whirling Dervish, Singer of Love, Devotion and Harmonious Resonance...Omnivore, Tropical Dweller, full-Moon Dancer, Concious Recycler, Dream weaver, Poet and Lover of Humans... much mush and much more...
! Rumi,
!!BlackSheep, Tribal Fest & Kajira D.,
Dances of Universal Peace,
Greening Your Home,
Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability,
Maui No Ka Oi,
Maui Tribal Bellydance,
Permaculture,
Sufi,
Sufi Ruhaniat International,
Sufi Ruhaniat Youth,
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