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Category Archives: Training
POLISHING THE HEART, MIRROR OF THE SOUL
Dear friend; ¨Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.¨ Al Ghazali. “Between the mirror and … Continue reading →
Posted in Alchemy, Counsciousness, Heart, Knowing Self, Knowledge, Mysticism, Polishing The Mirror, Religion, Rumi, Spiritual Training, Spirituality, Training, Transformation, True Teaching, Uncategorized, Virtue, Wisdom
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Tagged Al Ghazali, Ancient Mirrors, Polishing The Mirror Of The Heart, Purifying the Heart, Remembrance, Rumi, Spiritual Training, Spiritual transformation, Wisdom
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TRADITION, EDUCATION, NEW TRENDS IN SCIENCE, AND FINDING A REAL SENSEI
Throught the years I had being a sort of an Iconoclastic, or at least believed myself to be one, there’s this idea that as we grow older we become more conservative in our outlook, and I am not talking … Continue reading →
Posted in Buddhist Monk, Consciousness, Critical Thinking, Cultural Attitudes, Democracy, Education, Epistemology, Future, Ignorance, Illusions, Inspiration, Knowledge, Learning, Mastery, Memories, Meritocracy, Science and Belief, Shugyo, Snsei, Teaching, Tradition, Training, Transformation, Uncategorized, Values, Wisdom, Zen
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Tagged Hard Training, Iconoclasm, iconoclasts, Knowledge, Moore's Law, Multiverses, New Paradigms, Scholarly method, Sensei, Shugyo, Solipsism, Tradition, Wisdom, Zen Priest
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