This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you. ~ Hafiz How do we know that this is our place? Even if we completely lack faith in God, we know this simply because here is where we are. We might think it is hidden under the leaf on the morning [...]

There is a secret
In that mountain
Words cannot capture
The magnificence
Of Arunachala
Something mysterious
Flowing from there.

You have not danced so badly, my dear, trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, my sweet, crushed angel, to have ever neared God’s heart at all. ~ Hafiz There is something so simple and yet so extraordinary about hands, coming together. I find the manner in which [...]

“I do not reside in Vaikuntha, or in the hearts of ascetics. I dwell in the hearts of the devotees who sing about me.” Padma Purana Back in March of 2009, I wrote about the music of Sundar Narayana in http://luthar.com/in-his-grace/   Since then, he has had another stroke, but that has not stopped him or his [...]

This beautiful and heart-felt devotional passage from Rumi reminds me of my forgiveness practice: “Come, come, whoever you are wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving, it doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.” So often, I am asked [...]