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Naqsh MuMRa The Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Science of Subtle Centers
January 4, 2007The science of subtle centers (spiritual Chakras) is the loci of the Naqshbandi way of practice. It is the path leading straight towards the goal that avoids undue hardship and risk of going astray. This is the extraordinary gift of the Naqshbandi...
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Rumi: Saladin’s Begging Bowl
February 2, 2006Of these two thousand "I" and "We" people, which am I? Don't try to keep me from asking! Listen, when I'm this out of control! But don't put anything breakable in my way! There is an original inside me. What's here is a mirror for that, ...
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The Brothers & The Maid in the Tower
October 22, 2006In the days when there were such things as castles and fair damsels, (and we may assume also dragons, knights, sorcerers, and such like things, though they have nothing to do with our tale) there were two brothers. They shared similar handsome f...
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Yasmin Anwar: Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind
Sourced from: UC Berkley News Center
Contributed by: Deanne Sihr-Fry
Psychology and neuroscience professor Jack Gallant displays videos and brain images used in his research. Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian, Media Relations.
BERKELEY — Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach.
Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computational models, UC Berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people’s dynamic visual experiences – in this case, watching Hollywood movie trailers.
As yet, the technology can only reconstruct movie clips people have already viewed. However, the breakthrough paves the way for reproducing the movies inside our heads that no one else sees, such as dreams and memories, according to researchers.
“This is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery,” said Professor Jack Gallant, a UC Berkeley neuroscientist and coauthor of the study published online today (Sept. 22) in the journal Current Biology. “We are opening a window into the movies in our minds.”
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Laurence Galian: She is the holiest and most secret inwardness of Allah
“The Divine Feminine has always been present in Islam. This may be surprising to many people who see Islam as a patriarchal religion. Maybe the reason for this misconception is the very nature of the feminine in Islam. The Divine Feminine in Islam manifests metaphysically and in the inner expression of the religion. The Divine Feminine is not so much a secret within Islam as She is the compassionate Heart of Islam that enables us to know Divinity. Her centrality demonstrates her necessary and life-giving role in Islam. Sufism, or as some would define it “mystical Islam” has always honored the Divine Feminine. Of course, Allah has both masculine and feminine qualities, but to the Sufi, Allah has always been the Beloved and the Sufi has always been the Lover. The Qur’an, referring to the final Day, perhaps divulges a portion of this teaching: “And there is manifest to them of God what they had not expected to see.” ” – Laurence Galian
“Muhammad al-Harraq (d. 1845): “Seekest thou Laila [Divine Reality], when she is manifest within thee? Thou deemest her to be other, but she is not other than thou.”
