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Monthly Archives: February 2011
“The Sound of Silence” by Musa Askari
One day a disciple, whose hearing was beginning to fade, asked his master about “sound”. He knew it would be one of the last times he could hear his master’s voice. He wished to take that voice with him on his … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Humanism, SpiritualHuman
Tagged Clouds, Descent of Soul, Divine Command, Hearing, Master Disciple, Musa Askari, Rain Drop, Reality and Image, Sound of Silence, Sun
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“The Dancing Pages” by Musa Askari
By Musa Askari 17th October 1991 – such was the feeling of expansion within my Soul as I lifted for first time ”Alone to Alone” by Hasan Askari The book is opened, A story is read, The reader leans back , And watches … Continue reading
Posted in Alone2Alone, Hasan Askari, SpiritualHuman
Tagged Alone to Alone, Hasan Askari, Musa Askari
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The Lord of the Humming Bird
By Hasan Askari from his book “Alone to Alone” The notice at the entrance of the park reads: Roxborough* is made up of many inter-related elements, some are living and some are not. The plants found here are dependent upon … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Colorado, Denver, Humming Bird, Meeting place, Mystery, Roxborough
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The Seven Steps
THE SEVEN STEPS by Hasan Askari from his book “Alone to Alone” There are seven steps: Testimony(“tasdiq”). Trust (“tawakkul”). Patience (“sabr”). Gratitude (“shukr”). Remembrance (“zikr”). Love (“hub”) and Gnosis (“irfan”). When one knows, one loves; when one loves, … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Gnosis, Gratitude, Hasan Askari, Love, Patience, Remembrance, Testimony, The Seven Steps, Trust
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The Limit Is The Threshold by Hasan Askari
“I hear the Pima song, and my heart cries out for the nameless ones, and I repeat the words: This is the Whiteland, we arrive singing: Head-dresses waving in the breeze. We have come. We have come. The land trembles … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Alone to Alone, Dancer, Denver, Eagle, Hasan Askari, Head-dress, Mystery, Native American, Pow Wow, The Limit is the threshold, Vision
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O Light of Lights – a prayer
“O One who is like a Gentle Breeze amidst my hardships; O One who is the Hope amidst my distresses; O my Friend in my despair; O my Companion in my loneliness; O Sign in all my wanderings: Thee … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Ali Bin Abu Talib, Alone, Companion, Friend, Glory, Great, Guide, Hasan Askari, Light, Light of Lights, Might, Nearness, Prayer, Promises, Refuge, Sign, Worship
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Self-Remembering
“He was now ready to start on his journey. He looked sad. The old man said: “Start, my son. You have to go a long way.” He started moving towards the door. The old man raised his voice: “Do not … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism, SpiritualHuman
Tagged Alone to Alone, Hasan Askari, Journey, Moon, reflection, rosary, Self Remembering
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God is on both the sides
By Hasan Askari from “Alone to Alone” published 1991 “It was a couple of years ago that I was standing at the spot outside Vienna where the Ottoman Turks once stood towards the close of the seventeenth century when they … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Austria, Church, God, Ottoman, St Gabriel, Vienna
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There Are Only Four Communities
“There are those who do not look beyond this world and its appearances, who are attached to its fortunes, however fleeting, and who insist, either on account of their personal conviction or under the influence of some dominant ideology, on … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Age, Collective Identity, Community, Culture, Humanist, Material, Outward Forms, Peace Makers, Religious, Salt of the Earth
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The Feet of our Lady by Hasan Askari
“It was once staying for a week at the Retreat House of St. Raphaela-Mary outside Philadelphia. In the corridors were those night-lights, tiny lamps, a few inches above the floor on either side along the walls. As I returned one night … Continue reading
Posted in Hasan Askari 1932-2008, Spiritual Humanism
Tagged Hasan Askari, Mary, Sisters of Clare, St. Raphaela-Mary
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