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November 19, 2022
The example of the dream
April 26, 2022
The sun and its rays
March 27, 2022
Regaining the ocean
March 6, 2022
Not obvious
February 20, 2022
Fear and love
February 13, 2022
Transforming the heart
January 30, 2022
Learning
January 9, 2022
Knowledge of God
December 12, 2021
Reflected back
December 5, 2021
What you are is never changing
November 28, 2021
Poem of love
November 14, 2021
A constant challenge
November 7, 2021
The three stations
October 31, 2021
A necessary choice
October 24, 2021
Virtue renewed
October 17, 2021
Second translation of the Rashh-i-`Amá
October 10, 2021
Philosopher and mystic
October 3, 2021
Poisoned flour
September 19, 2021
Strike while the iron is hot
August 22, 2021
Facing the craziness
August 15, 2021
The truth we know
August 8, 2021
The living universe
August 1, 2021
First glimmerings
July 25, 2021
A meditation
July 18, 2021
A flaw in markets
July 11, 2021
Manifest injustice
June 27, 2021
Násút
June 20, 2021
A thought on racism
May 23, 2021
A plain of gold
December 13, 2020
Religion and morality
November 22, 2020
Evident and manifest qualities
October 5, 2020
The beauty of Divine law
November 24, 2017
Is life meaningless?
November 17, 2017
Does absolute truth exist?
November 10, 2017
Does God's fore-knowledge eliminate free will?
November 3, 2017
Giving up beliefs
October 27, 2017
Why don't prayers work?
October 20, 2017
Can God build a wall he cannot break?
October 13, 2017
Doubting our beliefs
October 6, 2017
Does God need our prayers?
September 29, 2017
The limits of proof
September 22, 2017
Proving the validity of the Qur’án?
September 15, 2017
What is philosophy good for?
September 8, 2017
The divine Ka`bih
August 11, 2017
Other religions
July 21, 2017
The choice wine, sealed with musk
July 7, 2017
The divine worlds, part 1
June 30, 2017
The gateless barrier
June 23, 2017
Between here and there
June 16, 2017
What is love?
June 9, 2017
Stations of prophethood
June 2, 2017
Suffering
May 26, 2017
Rational religion
May 19, 2017
A state of prayer
May 12, 2017
Three parts
May 5, 2017
A fish in the ocean
April 28, 2017
Evolution
April 21, 2017
Eternal hell in the Qur'án?
April 7, 2017
Recognition as an interpretive theme
March 31, 2017
Descriptive interpretation
December 1, 2016
Why does God send Prophets?
November 24, 2016
Heart and mind
November 10, 2016
What is the Bahá'í Faith to me?
November 5, 2016
Focus on the Source
October 28, 2016
To know God
October 20, 2016
In Him, we are the sea
September 9, 2016
Immortal sovereignty
August 26, 2016
Closer than our life's vein
August 19, 2016
A single word
August 12, 2016
The thirsty fish
August 5, 2016
Hot dogs and knowledge
June 3, 2016
Moral laws
May 27, 2016
Being a mystic
May 20, 2016
Manifestation
April 22, 2016
Perceiving with divine insight
April 15, 2016
Transformation
April 8, 2016
Four Valleys as an independent tablet
April 2, 2016
Choosing a path
March 25, 2016
Self and the student
March 11, 2016
The mystic's path
January 8, 2012
Human reality
December 31, 2011
Religious truth and the Covenant
December 23, 2011
Examining religion
December 16, 2011
Remembering Ashley
December 8, 2011
Love, change, community
November 30, 2011
More on spiritual poverty
November 23, 2011
The effect of religion
November 16, 2011
Turn thereunto
November 8, 2011
The Kingdom of God
October 31, 2011
The Four Valleys again
October 23, 2011
The human factor
October 16, 2011
Free will
October 8, 2011
The hidden door
September 30, 2011
Original valley of knowledge
September 23, 2011
Translation of the Rashh-i-`Amá
September 16, 2011
Its own reason
September 8, 2011
Seven Valleys as a treasure map
August 23, 2011
The prisoner
August 16, 2011
Patience and impatience
August 9, 2011
Self and soul
July 23, 2011
Re-telling the tale (3 of 3)
July 16, 2011
Vision and the architect (2 of 3)
July 8, 2011
The First and the Last (1 of 3)
June 30, 2011
Origins of the self
June 23, 2011
The focus of religion
June 8, 2011
God is
May 31, 2011
Absorption in the Deity
May 23, 2011
A journey of recognition
May 15, 2011
The Divine Unity
April 30, 2011
God's mystery
April 24, 2011
The Day of Grace
April 15, 2011
More on the Fear of God
May 28, 2010
Why I love David Zindell
May 17, 2010
A metaphor of the Seven Valleys
May 10, 2010
True recognition
May 8, 2010
God and the impossible rock
May 10, 2009
Spirit and thought
April 12, 2009
Why it seems so hard
November 14, 2008
Moving forward
September 8, 2008
An absence of Freedom
August 24, 2008
A single point
July 13, 2008
Apologies to God
June 23, 2008
اسير نشدنی
June 9, 2008
Righteousness deserves no focus
May 16, 2008
Purpose
May 2, 2008
The beauty of things
April 1, 2008
Maturity
December 31, 2007
All of us candles
December 29, 2007
Today and Tomorrow
August 5, 2007
Talk on the Seven Valleys
December 28, 2006
A subtle virtue
December 19, 2006
Chess and life
September 1, 2006
Adrift
August 17, 2006
Reflections on Khidr
July 23, 2006
The point of it all
July 14, 2006
Beloved of Him
June 28, 2006
Peace and satisfaction
May 28, 2006
Contemplating the Ur-soul
May 18, 2006
Faith, reason and authority
May 8, 2006
Finding the key
May 2, 2006
The split
April 28, 2006
An unfailing love
April 25, 2006
The essence of morality
March 30, 2006
Tea!
March 23, 2006
A perspective on fame
January 25, 2006
It's all a game
January 18, 2006
Orders of existence
December 31, 2005
Competition and spirituality
December 21, 2005
Culture and thought
December 13, 2005
A different reality
November 16, 2005
Discipline and energy
November 2, 2005
Short man and long man
October 27, 2005
Life is in the living
October 26, 2005
The absolute additive
October 22, 2005
Finding a new sword
October 19, 2005
The measure
October 14, 2005
The real world
October 4, 2005
To be raazi
September 29, 2005
The reflexive principle
September 25, 2005
Aspen in fall
September 13, 2005
Even more pictures
September 6, 2005
Spirituality
August 30, 2005
Pictures from Colorado
August 29, 2005
The dark side
August 28, 2005
A realization
August 27, 2005
Dream of another life
August 22, 2005
Cultural interpretations
August 17, 2005
Images from the Southwest
August 16, 2005
Back on the road
July 25, 2005
A letter of love
July 16, 2005
Pure light
July 14, 2005
Transparency
June 25, 2005
The pauper is a prince
June 24, 2005
Thoughts on time travel
June 13, 2005
The unexamined life
June 5, 2005
Perfection
June 3, 2005
Manifest being
June 1, 2005
Questioning "sin"
May 30, 2005
Body and spirit
May 28, 2005
Why bother?
May 26, 2005
Sacrifice and pain
May 23, 2005
Meditation on God's love
May 14, 2005
Thoughts on humility
May 13, 2005
Hidden essences
May 9, 2005
Third phase of poetry
May 8, 2005
Being free to submit
May 6, 2005
Some random thoughts
May 2, 2005
Making mistakes
April 30, 2005
The Sleepers in the Cave
April 28, 2005
Commentary: The soul of rebellion
April 26, 2005
A dream
April 24, 2005
More thoughts on ego
April 23, 2005
Thought on aging
April 21, 2005
The purpose of religion
April 18, 2005
Four kinds of devotion
April 16, 2005
Podcasting experiment
April 15, 2005
Detachment and emotions
April 13, 2005
Camphor
April 9, 2005
God's puzzle
April 8, 2005
Arrogant poetry
April 1, 2005
An easy exercise
March 10, 2005
The mountains are also clouds
March 8, 2005
Two kinds of will
March 7, 2005
Reflective judgment
March 4, 2005
The Beloved as the sun
February 16, 2005
A spiritual inheritance
February 13, 2005
Detachment and desire
February 8, 2005
Shout out to the old school
January 29, 2005
Paying respects
January 28, 2005
Trying
January 21, 2005
Fate
January 18, 2005
Faith and value
December 31, 2004
Going beyond thought
December 30, 2004
Taking another look
December 29, 2004
Love for it all
December 22, 2004
Turning pages
December 19, 2004
My thanks
December 16, 2004
Spiritual poverty
December 14, 2004
Religion's object
December 12, 2004
Striving for sorrow?
December 9, 2004
The life of faith
December 8, 2004
Love and virtue
December 6, 2004
The inner life
December 4, 2004
Living in the now
December 3, 2004
Site restored
November 15, 2004
Affirmative mysticism
November 3, 2004
Driving and the self
November 1, 2004
Sitting with the Friend
October 29, 2004
Experience
October 25, 2004
Creative morality
October 24, 2004
The will to be
October 20, 2004
The beauty of existence
October 17, 2004
The dervish and the thirsty one
September 20, 2004
Passage from Watts
September 19, 2004
`Attár on Unity
September 18, 2004
Joy and duty
September 16, 2004
Human nature
September 15, 2004
Stepping beyond
September 14, 2004
A spiritual playground
September 12, 2004
The glory of limitation
September 11, 2004
Seeing beyond sight
September 10, 2004
Past thoughts
September 9, 2004
Non-dualism and maya
September 8, 2004
Being hard on ourselves
September 7, 2004
At one with everything?
September 5, 2004
The veil
August 31, 2004
The movement of being
August 30, 2004
Two sides of a coin
August 28, 2004
The many and the one
August 22, 2004
The steed of pain
August 21, 2004
Thoughts on awareness
August 19, 2004
A lover's pain
July 29, 2004
The beauty of southern Oregon
July 21, 2004
Journey on a light beam
July 20, 2004
The prodigal car returns
July 20, 2004
All kinds of liberation
July 19, 2004
Introducing: The hidden door
July 17, 2004
A house divided
July 15, 2004
The Cause of Joy
July 14, 2004
From sight to sound
July 13, 2004
Kingdom of Names
July 12, 2004
Contexts of perception
July 11, 2004
The irony
July 10, 2004
What lies beneath
July 9, 2004
Where did "I" go?
July 7, 2004
The poverty of ideas
June 10, 2004
The world soul
June 8, 2004
Idle complaint and freedom
June 7, 2004
Mysticism
June 6, 2004
Joys of photography
June 5, 2004
Detachment
June 4, 2004
The life beyond this
June 3, 2004
Unsung virtues
May 19, 2004
Cactii in the Desert
May 12, 2004
Movie: *What the #$?! do we (k)now?*
May 5, 2004
Pictures of Pacifica
May 2, 2004
Images of Aptos, California
May 1, 2004
Pat the Bunny
April 30, 2004
Planning for life
April 29, 2004
"Mind" and the individual
April 12, 2004
A river of fog
April 10, 2004
Poems from last summer
April 9, 2004
Stations of mystical truth
April 8, 2004
The soul and perfection
March 21, 2004
Thoughts of March
March 19, 2004
Pessimism and realism
March 18, 2004
On self-knowledge
March 16, 2004
Transcending suffering
March 16, 2004
Faith and reality
March 9, 2004
Taking things slowly
March 3, 2004
Loving imperfection
March 2, 2004
About religious discipline
February 25, 2004
From San Diego
February 23, 2004
Of what can we be proud?
February 22, 2004
The Ego
February 19, 2004
Back home in San Francisco
February 18, 2004
Falling in love
February 17, 2004
The candle as a lover
February 16, 2004
Collective consciousness
February 15, 2004
Seeing imperfection in others
February 11, 2004
Favorite movies and songs
February 7, 2004
On wealth
February 5, 2004
Teach all in mediocrity, or a few but well?
February 4, 2004
The Tao
February 3, 2004
Adventures in Poetry
February 2, 2004
Liberty and the lover
January 28, 2004
On beauty
January 27, 2004
On perfection
January 26, 2004
Unity is life
January 25, 2004
What is the ego?
January 23, 2004
Two poems
January 19, 2004
A thought experiment
January 16, 2004
Bread and Tulips
January 14, 2004
Duty and purpose
January 13, 2004
Hero
January 10, 2004
Fallen
January 9, 2004
The passing of Ashley Alvis
December 27, 2003
Greeting the Persians
December 19, 2003
Nature like a question
December 17, 2003
Strange feeling of excitement
December 17, 2003
Faith, love and perfection
December 11, 2003
Personality test
December 10, 2003
Introvert and extravert
December 9, 2003
The greatest happiness
December 8, 2003
The need for morals
December 7, 2003
The Way
December 5, 2003
The Last Samurai
December 4, 2003
Beliefs and desire
December 3, 2003
The Unknown
December 2, 2003
Nothingness and self
December 1, 2003
The love of God
November 11, 2003
Began weblog
August 16, 2003
Untitled 25
August 13, 2003
Good bye to all, until we meet again
August 10, 2003
Untitled 24
August 6, 2003
Untitled 22
August 6, 2003
Untitled 21
August 6, 2003
Only a poem today
August 5, 2003
Estrucan tombs, and the open sea
August 5, 2003
Definitions and the-thing-defined
August 4, 2003
Rand's vision of Atlantis
August 4, 2003
A mystical commentary on Quality
August 3, 2003
On the nature of dependence
August 3, 2003
After a quick trip to the hospital
August 3, 2003
A pen that wants no rest
August 1, 2003
Untitled 20
August 1, 2003
Una fantasia della notte
July 31, 2003
Untitled 18
July 31, 2003
The Arno in the late sun...
July 30, 2003
An analogy of the self
July 29, 2003
What we love to do
July 29, 2003
Untitled 19
July 29, 2003
Another retelling: The metaphysics of light
July 28, 2003
Bringing Sartre into the mix
July 28, 2003
An essay to tie the pieces
July 27, 2003
Untitled 17
July 27, 2003
A cappuccino in every hand
July 26, 2003
A short story and another essay
July 25, 2003
A poem and three short essays from Florence
July 23, 2003
Untitled 16
July 20, 2003
Italian skies are also blue
July 16, 2003
A contingent freedom
July 11, 2003
Further on the passion of possibility
July 10, 2003
Untitled 14
July 9, 2003
Untitled 13
July 9, 2003
Mmmmm... Tortellini
July 7, 2003
Untitled 12
July 6, 2003
Where once was an empire...
July 4, 2003
Untitled 11
July 3, 2003
Untitled 10
July 2, 2003
Hello from Florence!
June 30, 2003
Untitled 9
June 28, 2003
Implications of E=mc2
June 27, 2003
Untitled 8
June 26, 2003
To Youth in the Bahá'í Faith
June 24, 2003
Untitled 7
June 23, 2003
Untitled 6
June 23, 2003
Untitled 5
June 22, 2003
Untitled 4
June 22, 2003
Rand's philosophy
June 21, 2003
Thoughts from another shore
June 21, 2003
Assuming responsibility for our life
June 19, 2003
Life owes us nothing
June 18, 2003
Tales of Cataluña
June 17, 2003
About ego
June 16, 2003
Untitled 3
June 14, 2003
Untitled 2
June 12, 2003
The Meme
June 11, 2003
Variations on a theme of sun and sand...
June 6, 2003
More from Andalucia
June 3, 2003
Bright Andalucia
May 28, 2003
Untitled 1
January 1, 1996
Writing haiku
January 1, 1996
Why I see beauty
January 1, 1996
Why do religions have a winter?
January 1, 1996
Wearing away the self
January 1, 1996
We awaken through understanding
January 1, 1996
Ultimate symbol of detachment
January 1, 1996
To zen
January 1, 1996
Thought and ignorance
January 1, 1996
The truth of the present
January 1, 1996
The stages of chess mastery
January 1, 1996
The reality of everyday existence
January 1, 1996
The power of love
January 1, 1996
The mind's release
January 1, 1996
The danger of praise
January 1, 1996
The concept of ownership
January 1, 1996
The boredom point
January 1, 1996
The beauty of truth
January 1, 1996
Study for a change of heart
January 1, 1996
Significance of morality
January 1, 1996
Revealing God
January 1, 1996
Resistance to change
January 1, 1996
Relative detachment
January 1, 1996
Rational plausibility
January 1, 1996
Privacy and diaries
January 1, 1996
Patterns in time
January 1, 1996
Our own reflection is invisible
January 1, 1996
Other forms of memory
January 1, 1996
Obsession with the alien
January 1, 1996
No absolute existence
January 1, 1996
Mistakes
January 1, 1996
Life is without sorrow
January 1, 1996
Levels of awareness
January 1, 1996
Judging life
January 1, 1996
Human relationships
January 1, 1996
Hexadecimal alphabet for code
January 1, 1996
Genuine certitude
January 1, 1996
Gain and loss
January 1, 1996
Emotional memory
January 1, 1996
Economy of force
January 1, 1996
Creation from nothingness
January 1, 1996
Conceptions of faith
January 1, 1996
Casting spells
January 1, 1996
Brief thoughts
January 1, 1996
Bantering in Spanish
January 1, 1996
Artistic endeavor