Where Death Goes
In all the human spiritual paths there are stories of great men and women of divine gnosis who die in states of exaltation, sw…
Death
Next Life
There are among us luminous beings who maintain that what we might taste of the Garden of Paradise and what we might suffer of…
The Sweet Enigma of it All / Poems
The enigma of it all stood up and spread out its feathery arms All the doubts and gnarly creatures disappeared from around it …
Until the Very Last Breath
When we look at death’s door it looks like nothing at all Blank and featureless a serious expression on a featureless face tha…
At the Pivot End of a Life
At the pivot end of a life (between this world and the next) all the sleek black horses lined up for inspection all the…
Heart & Soul
If all my poems seem to end up in the same place it’s because I also want to end up there grateful to God…
A Flourish of Time
A flourish of time and a life is complete with its circles and straight lines somehow converging at a vanishing point attended…
Souls
There are so many souls worth saving the face wreathed in roses whose eyes tell tales from before civilization when trees were…
I’m in Love with a Panther / Life of Pi note
LIFE OF PI the Movie Just back from seeing The Life of Pi, in 3D, overwhelmed by it,…
All Our Attempts at Healing
“There’s a cure for everything but death” — Hadith of the Prophet (salla ‘llahu alayhi wa sallam) All our attempts at healing …
The Rowers
The rowers of the big boats had no letup The trapeze artist has to catch his mate for once in midair it’s too late…
Falling
If a body starts to fall and there’s nothing to stop it falling how long will it fall and through how many worlds? The…