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Prerequisites For Prayer

"Maulana Rumi has given us a beautiful illustration of a loving prayer that a simple and unsophisticated shepherd boy was muttering in his own humble way as Prophet Moses passed by him. He was saying: O God! where art Thou? I would like to serve Thee. I would knit for Thee woolen garments and comb Thy hair. I would like to serve Thee with milk, curd, cheese and clarified butter, tend Thee in Thine illness, kiss Thy hands and massage Thy feet. I would like to make a sacrifice of all my sheep and goats for Thy sake. These words of the shepherd boy sounded as heresy to the Prophet, who in a rage began to reprimand the boy saying: "Shut up your mouth, O infidel. Why are you talking like a fool? Withdraw your insolent words or else God will curse us with hell-fires for your blasphemy. God is not a human being and He does not stand in need of any of the things that you offer Him. He is a spirit, without any hands and feet, and you have insulte

Which Way?

Let`s meditate together... And help me to succeed being what I always desired to be. More precisely? Positive, open to knowledge, immune to pessimism and suffering. And how do you think I could help you? To start trusting myself and others... to open up to love... and to complete myself before others. To find myself a purpose and stop destroying myself. You can! You always can! How? It`s enough what you transmit to be able to help a person. Though in my case I need your presence. Expand! Your presence is all the support that I need. Why? What do you feel different in my presence? Because I feel you.. I feel you within me, I feel what you transmit... I feel stillness. I think stillness contains all that I feel. The empty space is your support then. Therefore you do not need my presence but the empty space. You need to throw away everything. Good explanation but it doesn't fit me, to also find myself an excuse. Through you I can understand things in different ways... And those differ

Seven Pillars of Veracious Singing

  Music is for each and every being. Music is within and without us all. Everyone can sing and everyone has his own unique voice. Incomparable that is. Don`t be a copy! There is no such thing as too soon or too late to start singing. Have courage and fulfil your dreams! Make sure, in the process, they are your own not someones else`s. You can sing whatever style/songs as long as it does not harm you and it is truly what you want and love. Singing what is in fashion, for the market or for whatever other reasons is not a true expression of yourself, will not bring you happiness and is neither genuine art.  Singing brings peace, joy and relaxation. Whatever brings the opposites is not singing. Singing is ultimately a connection with your own soul and the source of existence. When you`ll be ready, everything else will be ready for you. Thus, do not struggle for perfection, become ready... to embrace it. ...in truth,  OdiliaCarmen