Poems of Annihilation

Poem 13 and 14 of Love’s Last Madness revised edition translation into English of poem 46 and 11 of Mata-e Nur of Darshan Singh mystic urdu poet of the twentieth century 1921-1988 “I seek nothing less than a city of love” “those dismayed by the darkness of the times watch raptly for the sun and moon at morning and at night” “weary morning breeze” “mocking grin” “flowers of spring” and “surging wit...

Global Meditation in Place Sant Rajinder Singh may 3 Happiness Studies: buy toys, buy groceries, buy property, travel, relationships, arts & study not enough Stonecutter: King: Sun: Clouds: Stone the Presence of God go beyond the clouds into the mysteries of the beyond SOS Meditation sos.org youtube isolation stay in place in home in meditation put toys on pause make sure you are far away from eac...

1962 in the Journals of Thomas Merton edited by Patrick Hart and Jonathan Montaldo in the Intimate Merton Harper San Francisco 1996 poetry of Hari Kleia France? england? Greece? Jung Spiritual disciplines dream Eleanor Shipley Duckett Christmas

Letter 77: The Secrets of Fate and Predestination in the Hundred Letter of Sharafuddin Maneri Sufi Master Maktubati Sadi translated from Persian to English by Paul Jackson calamity of coronavirus Covid19 water and dust Quran brokenhearted and miserable advanced mysticism sufism grief sorrow ibn yahya 1263-1381 classics western spirituality paulist press a library of the great spiritual masters

Poem 12 of Love’s Last Madness/ poem 15 of Mata-e Nur Urdu poetry of Darshan Singh translated to English by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi revised edition “grief gone to extremes was its own remedy” Ghalib “when pain transcends its limit, it becomes its own cure” Iqbal “for the falcon to build a nest amounts to self-disgrace” Kabir: “begging amounts to death” sant mat modern spirituality myst...

October to December 1961 in the journal of Thomas Merton intimate nonviolent action hope aunt kit new zealand Julian of Norwich great deed

Letter 76: Bliss and Misery in the Maktubati Sadi Hundred Letters of Mukhdum al-Mulk Sharafuddin B. yahya Maneri a Bihari saint translated into English by Fr. Jackson Firdausi order Men of the west were thrown into the East and those of the east were thrown into the west Q2:30 Sanai Obedience is the key to bliss sufism

Letter 75: Abandoning the World in the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri translated from Persian into English by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality letters to the governor of Chausa in western bihar 1263-1381 ibn yahya sufi master I abandoned trading “a good understanding of the verses of poets” Junaid Iyaz Solomon Maktubati Sadi firdausiya order of bihar the Sufi Way

Poem 26 and 7 of Mata-e Nur by Darshan Singh translated from Urdu to English in Love’s Last Madness revised edition by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi poem 9 and 10 respectively a flood of coronavirus sweep the city away “times convulsed by havoc” Attar Mir

Weekly Satsang on NonViolence Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj May 1 3000 centers science of spirituality sos.org “meditation creates a cycle of success” disagreement or argument or fight? Vegetarian diet karma cortisol blockages Akbar Sant Mat Surat Shabd yoga Anger

A Hindi Talk May 1 by Sant Rajinder Singh JI Maharaj meditation in place

June 1961 to October 1961 in the journals of Thomas Merton way of emptiness and nothingness the plague plastics crows making a racket civitas christiana chinese clement of alexandria newman coomaraswamy “the big one -my work as a writer” arabi

Letter 74: An Explanation of the World and Petitionary Prayers for the Expiation of Sins in the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri Persian Maktubat-i Sadi translated to English by Paul Jackson in the classics of Western Spirituality Makhdum A-Mulk ibn Yahya 1263-1381 Bihar Sufi Master Paulist Press minimalism decluttering simplicity overabundance meditation remembering God checking one’s passio...

Poems 1 2 & 3 of Mata-e Nur Urdu poetry of Darshan Singh translated to English in Love’s Last Madness second edition poem 8, 7 and 53 by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi “the vintage that frees the heart from all senses of me and mine”

1961 in the Journals of Thomas Merton Chuang tzu optimistic mystic

Letter 72 in the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri Maktubat i Sadi translated by Paul Jackson into English Persian Sufism Bihar Nicholson dog pig hyena solid things rocks mountains

Love’s Last Madness poem 5: Darshan Singh Mata’e Nur Poem 8 and Poem 6 is Poem 14 in Mata translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi “Pass through this world of enchantment and charm with complete detachment..” Urdu Persian mystical poetry Sufism with Sant Mat modern Rumi English

English talk April 29 Global Meditation in Place by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj live broadcast “read the writings of the Great Saints” “walls separating us” “let those long divided embrace one another through the intoxication of Your love make all mankind truly human” grudge is like making two graves process of inversion

Letter 70: Companion of the Group in The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri Maktubat-i Sadi translated from Persian to English by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality ibn Yahya 1263-1381 satsang association of others good company “when association becomes perfect it provides the best preconditions for mystical states” “who are the Sufis?” paulist press alexa

Love’s Last Madness Mata-e Nur by Darshan Singh translated from Urdu to English by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi Urdu poetry mystical eastern spirituality poem 4 Urdu Ghazals

Live Hindi talk translated to English of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj inversion or concentration some consider as “not active” “love beautifies everything” Majun kisses the feet of the dog in Layla’s lane St Francis of Assisi and the lepers Sant Kirpal Singh helps with cremation during 1918 Spanish Flu SOS meditation while living at home

1961 in the journals of Thomas Merton intimate say “No” “high priest of creativity” Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad Novice Master Eckhart Ruysbroeck Tauler the Cloud author Landland Chaucer St Catherine of Genoa the end of the beginning

Letter 69: Retaining or Abandoning Possessions in the Hundred Letters Maktubat-i Sadi of Ibn Yahya Sharafuddin Maneri translated into English by Paul Jackson in the classics of western spirituality decluttering minimalism to work or not to work begging Adam a farmer repast Bayazid “even the fact of a person’s asking is a gift of God” “give me something for the sake of this sparrow” medieval sufism...

Love’s Last Madness by Darshan Singh Poems on a Spiritual Path Mata’e Nur Treasure House of Light translated and Commentary by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi Poem 2 & 3 revised edition Rumi mystical poetry eastern spirituality urdu poetry translated to English

Hindi talk of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj translated into English April 27 Global Meditation in Place in isolation “Human beings tend to take more & more out of greed” Human beings have created walls if someone speaks harshly tensions escalate Mayor LaGuardia of New York bread $10