June, 2010
Arlington house concert with the music of Gustaff Besungu, Pam Hill and Ali Youseffi – “Music for the Soul”
The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord. – Abdu’l-Baha Dear friends! What nurtures your soul? What makes your heart tender? Prayer, music, fellowship, tea poured in peace, cake shared with [...]
Summoning the soul
O servants! Lifeless is the body that is bereft of a soul, and withered the heart that is devoid of the remembrance of its Lord. Commune with the remembrance of the Friend and shun the enemy. Your enemy is such things as ye have acquired of your own inclination, to which ye have firmly clung, [...]
About not knowing yourself
Today I had a fascinating experience which illustrated to me how far we are from truly knowing ourselves, yet strive to know ourselves we must: True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self. (Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 156) I had been taking a beginner’s class in [...]
Voices of Democracy
My friend Matthew Levine has collaborated with Ron Ovadia in producing a song and video dedicated to the fight of Iranian people for democracy “Voices of Democracy”: Earlier today I witness a small but passionate procession of peaceful demonstrators down Pennsylvania Avenue with Iranian flags. I am reading these days Roxana Saberi’s book “Between Two [...]
Lessons from the T’ai Chi Chuan retreat
I spent three peaceful days in the Claymont mansion in West Virginia, once owned by the George Washington family. I spent three peaceful days in nature, nurtured by friends who practice Yang style T’ai Chi Chuan, ate delicious locally grown organic food, picked cherries from an old tree, and practiced Qi Gong. A great way [...]
International Day of Children
I miss the excitement of the International Day of Children as it was widely celebrated back in Bulgaria. Here the majority of people are not even aware of it. Symbolically, even the email card my brother sent me, congratulating my little ones with the 1st of June holiday, was caught in my spam inbox. The [...]
