The Beatitudes
The old Rabbi said, “In olden days there were men who saw the face of God.”
“Why don’t they any more?” a young student asked.
“Because, nowadays no one stoops so low,” he replied.
The Nádleehi Twins
The important parts of this Dine origin story were first told to me by Howard Bad Hand, during one of our many after-hours conversations spanning the I Ching, Don Quixote, the Sun Dance, and UFOs
Shams’ first encounter with Rumi
Shams-i-Tabrīzī شمس تبریزی lived from 1185–1248 and is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi. Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya…