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Category Archives: Writing
WRITING IS THE ART OF BRINGING TO LIGHT, WHAT PREVIOUSLY WAS HIDDEN WITHIN YOURSELF.
Please, Put It On Writing Words are easily spoken. And be swept by a gust of wind So swiftly, and end nowhere… Never reaching the ear, To the one you intended, Or bounce aimlessly, And reach the wrong person. If … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Introverts And Writing, Literary Criticism, Literature, On Reading, On Writing, Personal Story, Uncategorized, Why Do I Blog?, Writing, Writing As An Artistic creation
Tagged Introverts And Writing, Knowing You Are A Writer, The Loneliness Of Writing, Why Do We Write?, Why We Love The Written Word?, Writing A Creative Effort, Writing As An Art
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ON BLOGGING, AND WHY DO I WRITE?
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Life is given to us, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Imagination, Inner Journey, Inspiration, Learning, Literature, Memories, On Reading, Progress, Uncategorized, Why Do I Blog?, Writing
Tagged Blogging, Book Reading, Emilio Salgari, Knowledge, Osmosis, Sandokan, Writing
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EROS SUBLIMATED, THE MUNDUS IMAGINALIS OF DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY, AND IBN ARABI’S TARJUMAN AL-ASHWAQ
“Beauty is the reflection of reality in the mirror of illusion” “And there is no more powerful creature in the universe than woman – for each angel that God has created from the breaths (anfas) of women is the most … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemy, Archetypes, Being, Courtly Love, Dante, Divine Comedy, Dreams, God, Heart, Hierogamy, History, Ibn Arabi, Imagination, Inner Journey, Inspiration, La Vita Nuova, Literature, Mundus Imaginalis, Mystical Tales, Mysticism, Na-kojd-Abad, Oneness of Being, Paradise, Poetry, Romanticism, Spirituality, Subjective, Symbology, Tarjuman, Transcendence, Transformation, Transmutation, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Writing
Tagged Agape, Archetypes, Asin Palacios, Beatrice, Courtly Love, Dante, Divine Comedy, Diwan, Eros, Eros Sublimated, Hierogamy, Hurqalya, Ibn Arabi, Kitab al Miraj, La Vita Nuova, Lady Nizam, Mundus Imaginalis, Mystical Love, Na-kojd-Abad, Tarjuman
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LANGUAGE AND COUNSCIOUSNESS
“Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world. I cannot hope to describe adequately that unconscious, yet conscious time of nothingness. Since I had no power … Continue reading
Posted in Adam, Advaita Vedanta, Ancient Religions, Angels, Atman, Aum, Brahman, Cosmogony, Counsciousness, Deconstruction, Ferdinand de Sassure, Haggada, Helen Keller, History, Ibn Arabi, Imagination, Inner Journey, Jacques Derrida, Language, Mandukya Upanishad, OM, Ontology, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Pragmatics, Reality, Sanatana Dharma, Self, Semantics, Solipsism, Spirituality, Subjective, Syntactics, The Deaf, Theology, Transformation, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Words Meaning, Writing
Tagged Adam, Angels, Aum, Brahman, Consciousnesses, Deconstruction, Derrida, Ferdinand de Sassure, Haggada, Helen Keller, Ibn Arabi, Language, Linguistics, Mandukya Upanishad, OM, onomatopoeia, Origins, Reality, Reductionism, Self, Semantics, Semiology
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LETTER TO A FRIEND, ABOUT MONTAIGNE, WRITING, AND OTHER MATTERS
Dear X: I had a delightful time last night, and I really enjoyed the food, thank you for your company. Regarding Montaigne, and the little I know from him, but for the few pages I read many years ago, plus … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Heart, Inner Journey, Literature, Montaigne, Personal Story, Philosophy, Spirituality, Subjective, Wisdom, Writing
Tagged Buddhism, Friend, Friendship, Heart, Intelligentsia, Jnani Yogi, Montaigne, Rabi'a, Rumi, Speech, Spiritual Work, Wake, Writing
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AN HOUR AFTER MIDNIGHT
Technorati Tags: Hermann Hesse,Novalis,Hymns to the Night,Archetypes,German Romanticism,Literature,Light,Forests,Lake,Old Knight,Guardian,New Spirituality,Castle,Boat,Oarsman,Imagination,Prophet,Mythical Realms,Gertrudis,Pagan Paradise,Nocturne HERMANN HESSE AN HOUR AFTER MIDNIGHT A REALM OF THE ARCHETYPE “A long and slow wave landed my rounded bow skiff between the rocks. The dreamer who inhabited … Continue reading
Posted in Archetypes, Dreams, Hermann Hesse, Imagination, Literature, Myth, Romanticism, Spirituality, Writing
Tagged Archetypes, Boat, Castle, Forests, German Romanticism, Gertrud, Guardian, Hermann Hesse, Hymns to the Night, Imagination, Lake, Light, Literature, Mythical Realms, New Spirituality, Nocturne, Novalis, Oarsman, Old Knight, Pagan Paradise, Prophet
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