Poems of Annihilation

Mata’e Noor poem 48 by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner in Love’s Last Madness revised edition: poem 41 “I keep talking to my heart trying to hoodwink my grief at your absence” “the thorns infesting the path I’ve carried away” master of grief Maneri “save separation’s grief, O Darshan, what do I possess?” jigar Moradabadi ha’e kya ho gaya tabi at ko gham bhi rahat faza nahim hota 1890-1960...

The Journals of Thomas Merton 1966 “I try at least to meditate” surgery Meister Eckhart esse M. I. His girlfriend Dhammapada sexual love

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri

Love’s Last Madness poem 40 / 30 Mata’ e Nur by Darshan Singh Urdu poetry translated by Barry Lerner “how hard to forego desire” Hafez dar miyan e darya takhteh bandam karde’i baz mi gu’i keh daman tar makon hushyar bash Mir 1723-1810 Kulliyat e mir dekh to dill keh jan se ut hta hai 154 separation social distancing enlightenment tukaram

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri letter 93: Listening to Music Paul Jackson “smack of the tavern” “twisted her tresses” confused my “careful calculations” Qalandar taverna “listening to music is desirable for those devoted to God” dancing Kashf ul-Mahjub Ali Hujwiri “dance for joy” Sufyan Sheikh Abu Abdur Rahman Sufism over fundamental Islam

Love’s Last Madness poem 39 / 58 in Mata’e Nur by Darshan Singh translated from Urdu by Barry Lerner revised edition “love lends splendor and bliss to this world” “if not the bewitching glance from a God-realized man, What transforms rational life into love’s madness?” Mard-e mu’min khuda haq insan-e kamel Rumi Muhammad Iqbal Asrar-e Khwudi secrets of the self nayeb-e haq lahuti fana fi’illah nich...

The Journals of Thomas Merton November 5, 1965 drug mysticism traffic: peace movement political church “consciousness-altering” zen monastic reform Four Quartets Rilke Duino Elegies Lorca Neruda Cambridge young and healthy arthritic hip “no answer” Ramadan Moslems 1965 Intimate Merton Hart Montaldo

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri in the classics of western spirituality translated from the Persian by Paul Jackson Letter 92: Blame finding fault intention abandonment a blameworthy one Muhammed Bayazid Bistami nearness “it is better for you to stand at a distance” Islamic saint sufi master ibn Yahya 1263-1381 social distance

Love’s Last Madness poems on a Spiritual Path by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner poem 37/45 and 38/29 “I long for a spring that has nothing to fear from autumn” return of the coronavirus “no one could follow the path I tread in my life” “since life must be faced, embrace self-oblivion” Faiz: a’e kuchh abr, kuchh sharab a’e Dast-e Saba Nuskhah ha-e Vafa ahmad Faiz 1911-1984 Rebel’s Silhoue...

Hindi Talk by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Global Meditation in place re-broadcast may 17 recordings by the official organization are very fleeting and only survive via independent backup.

Dress in the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri letter 90 translated by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality Paulist press robe of friendship clad in rags azure black white blue “poverty is blackness of the face” Sanai Sufism Isamic saint 1263-1381 ibn yahya gap

Love’s Last Madness, revised Edition Barry Lerner poem 36: “off in a corner is my nest” 28 in mata’-e nur by Darshan Singh Khizr Rumi masnavi book 4 line 3804 gar yeki gami book 4 3804 goft birun zin Sadi Bustan 16 agar yek sar-e quran 2:30 al khidr moses musa scriptures dust path angels glance milky way

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri letter 90: Healing translated by Paul Jackson “sincerity resides in a grief-stricken heart” “be sweet-tongued like Jesus when you speak” pusillanimous “you must abandon self”

Love’s Last Madness an English translation of Mata’e Nur by Darshan Singh by Barry Lerner poem 34/25 and 35/57 “eternal rapture is at hand in this fleeting world- if you devote your life solely to the tavern” sorrows of life “the heart till it breaks is but a worthless thing” Swami Shiv Dayal Singh (1818-1878) tab satpurush daya chit ai Sar Bachan poetry Puri Radha Soami teachings 207 Kal jal ko,i...

How to develop Detachment weekly satsang of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj less clinging attachment is a blockage non-attachment is a quality of the Soul Sky God clouds attachment to job entanglement tricks of mind do not complicate our job sound current the whistling of the lord snake charmer simran satsang is a retreat

The Journals of Thomas Merton July 5, 1965 “does my solitude meet the standard set by my approaching death?” “Solitude is not death, it is life” Apothegmata of the Desert Fathers Syrian greek acedia akedia listlessness fasting reading meditation study psalmody manual work “I am His mission to myself” “fatness” “real solitude” gaucheness Mantu “return to the world” “monastery is my milieu” pensees...

Grief: Letter 89 of the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri ibn Yahya 1263-1381 Islamic Saint Sufi Master Maktubat-i Sadi translated by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality “fling the sash off your turbaned head” q64:1 “do not locate the true source of creatures in their bodies” Moses frog ant David

Love’s Last Madness revised edition poem 32 / 41 in Mata’e Nur and poem 33 / 24 of Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner urdu mystical poetry “beyond the flight of thought” “the more their heads are kicked” “nothing in this world is more precious than steadfast love” “what is in a glance of love? .. it cannot be explained - you know it when it happens” poems on the spiritual path

Heedlessness Letter 88 of the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri translated by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality the journey for the novice is impossible without an “experienced spiritual master” “blossoms of grief” “madman, sorcerer, or poet”

Mata’e Nur Treasure House of Truth Urdu poetry of Sant Darshan Singh translated to English in Love’s Last Madness by Barry Lerner poem 30 / 23 and poem 31 / 44 & 75 “but should the times see multitudes arrive at her court, what then? “Receiving something beyond conception” mystical sufi poetry

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj english talk “one little virus created havoc”

The Journals of Thomas Merton March 1965 to June 1965 from the Intimate Merton narcissistic regression consonantia and not confusio “I am both a prisoner and an escaped prisoner” “the hermit life is cool” “I had decided to marry the silence of the forest” Tzu Fu Rilke Chuang Tzu Tu Fu Lao Tzu Raissa Maritain Angela of Foligno

Love’s Last Madness reading of poem 28 and 29 / 22 & 56!of Mata e Nur by Darshan Singh Urdu poet translated by Barry Lerner Darshan’s grieving voice “my heart in burning at least gave light to my life” “a life of love’s sorrows has honed my poetic art” revised edition

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj talk in hindi translated to English May 12 Layla and majnun St francis and the lepers 1918 isolation in our own homes SOS meditation science of spirituality sos.org positive mysticism

Letter 86: Coming to terms with oneself Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri Paul Jackson wash your hands of yourself pain of Jesus Solomon and the ant Sufi Master