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| Articles about Reminiscence |
| OBOMBANATION…A NOSTALGIC REMINISCENCE | | 2008-04-20 00:00:00 | | From the quill of one man.
Is Beauty only skin deep?
Take a Chance on a blazon trail ?
Oh infatuated nation;
The change chatter Proclamation
All MEN are created Equal
Men are inspired by Words
But Emotion over Reason
Or Inspiration over perspiration?
Clearly Obama’s WRIGHT is wrong
Compassion must trump color allegiance
Tears of poverty constant
Media Bias clear as Ice
Hype is the culprit
The focus the chains
Remember the power of nature
The recitation of sacrifice
Endurance the foundation
The tolerance of woman
Again-All Men are created equal
All knowledge comes from pain
And what of our children
No Child born is punishment
Time does not alter the blessing
Faith demands Parity Allegiance
Not by Blind faith-leap
Time, tested, and true
Behind every successful man…
The tribulation of the Womb-man
Men, the tides have changed
Espouse the inevitable parity
Hang loose you say?
Beware of the rip I say!
Pierce the words & dilatory dissolutions
Time tested and true blu... | | By: GotPoetry - News for Poets. Place to Write. | | |
| | reminiscence from a khalwa night | | 2008-01-10 09:41:41 | | the khalwa has begun.in the most secluded part of night,far removed from ordinary sightfrom the house of worship,permeating its domevibrations of zikr risetowards the Throne.the dimly lit outer room of our mosquecreatesa quality of unknowingness.i look outside the window facing the gardensthere to my surprise is our master's presence!the master sits alone on the porchin quietude of the nightleading his holy childrenin recalling of Light.upon his heart, upon his lips,between Lord and him, goes onceaseless remembrance,the sacred communion of grace.on this blessed nightif you listened to the soundof the caravan of khalwa,you'd have listened only this: Allah! Allah!(c) Sadiq Salimjan 7, 2008photograph & graphic collage by Sadiq+ dedicated to sister Wendy Salaam McLaughlin, to whom i am grateful for introducing me to Sidi and the tariqa by the Will of the One.note: during khalwa night (a sufi practice of spiritual retreat) the master (Sidi, may God sanctify his station), while zikr was going on inside the mosque, he himself sat outside, alone. i happened to seen him on such an occasion and it was a beautiful feeling to catch a glimpse of a realized master in his remembrance in solitude with God. the poem derived its inspiration from that glimpse on the night of khalwa (dec 18, 2007). alhamduli'Llah.. khalwa means spiritual retreat, a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad and earlier Prophets. the opening of heart of Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace, happened also during a blessed night of khalwa or spiritual retreat in a cave of Jabal e Noor (Mountain of Light) near Mecca when divine revelation (Quran) began to descend upon his heart.. zikr is remembrance of the Divine, can be inwardly, outwardly or both.. Allah, the unique name of God, is invoked in zikr. Sheikh Shadhili, the founder of the Shadhiliyya path specifically emphasized on the practice of louder mode of remembrance on the particular Divine name 'Allah'.# related. khalwa | spiritual seclusion. diary... | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
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