| There are countless resources available to inspire, encourage, support and sustain you as you seek to live your life with spiritual fullness & integrity. Whether such resources come in the form of books, songs, poetry, video or visual art, I encourage you to expand your horizons and discover ways to feed your soul.
Here are just a few of my favorites:
in print -
"The Gift" - by Hafiz (14th-century Sufi mystic & poet) & translated by Daniel Ladinsky
"Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West" - by Various Mystics from a variety of faith traditions & translated by Daniel Ladinsky
"The Essential Rumi" - by Rumi (13th-century Sufi mystic & poet) & translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne
"Prayers of the Cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus' Words" by Neil Douglas-Klotz
"The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry" - edited by Stephen Mitchell
on the web -
Well Fed Spirit - an extensive collection of ideas & resources maintained by my brother.
The Abwoon Resource Center - shares the research of Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz on Native Middle Eastern spirituality and peacemaking, including work on the Aramaic words of Jesus, Hebrew and Native Middle Eastern creation mysticism and Sufism. (abwoon is an Aramaic word for the power of the universe to give birth to new life every moment)
Veriditas - resources for walking the labyrinth
Labyrinth Locator - find a labyrinth near you or near where you will be travelling
Dances of Universal Peace - from the beginning of time, sacred movement, song & story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony & celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc. The Dances of Universal Peace, based in the Sufi tradition, are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.
Dances of Universal Peace Locator - find a dance circle near you
music -
"Out Beyond Ideas - Songs For Peace Project" - by David Wilcox
(a collection of ancient mystic poems, drawn from across the world's major faith traditions)
Carrie Newcomer - I love everything this woman sings.
(Originally from Indiana, Newcomer specializes in capturing what Mountain Stage host Larry Groce calls the "profundity of the mundane" - looking for life's most complex answers amid its most routine moments)
"Holy Now" - by Peter Mayer
(this song gives expression to the marvelous perspective of seeing the Sacred in every moment of life)
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