The part of me in Morocco

[avad]

I must share with you the pictures my dear Sufi friend Salima sent me from Morocco. Now I understand even more why she is in no rush to get back here, though I continue to beg because I miss her. But her life there is Soooo magically beautiful. She runs small painting/creativity workshops...do take a look at the slideshow...the amazing colors of the interiors and the landscapes then the art that is coming through...so pure of spirit, full of an innocence, raw expression.:)My heart swells to see it all. I look forward to visiting one day..
Days in Morocco at the Atelier

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[bibble.livejournal.com]

mmmmm

OMG salivate!

[isobel-5.livejournal.com]

plein air painting would be so freaking wonderful in that clean crisp light, just like the south of france.....so my books say.

I can't say it enough that I had a really lovely time weith you and amber and I promise when we next meet it'll be longer and mo- better. making art work toghter and all that goodness.

sigh. back to staring at the 'puter screen. :slams head into keyboard repeatedly:

[babayada.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful place. Very colorful. Simple.

She's a sufi? My only experience with that is reading Idries Shah and some referenced in Arabian Days and Nights by Naguib Mahfouz. I remember a line that went something like, "He was saved with death by death."

This guy is led by an angel to escape prison (he's going to be executed) through a window. The guy climbs out the window, jumps, and falls to his death in a pit directly below. At least he didn't die an ignoble death by execution. Later, it is revealed to all that he was not guilty of the crimes for which he was imprisoned.

Anyway...maybe you could go to Morocco?

[avad.livejournal.com]

yes. I've been to Morocco once...on a daytrip from a vacation in Spain. It was the highlight of my trip...though my parents almost sold me for an offer of twenty camels. I would love to return, especially now that I have a friend there who can arrange it all and is connected with the art and spiritual communities there. ONe day.

This book is a nice into to Sufism: Awakening by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585420387/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-9797226-0284858?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=283155)

and then there is the well known poetry of Rumi and my favoritemischievous godlover Hafiz (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140195815/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-9797226-0284858?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=283155)

[babayada.livejournal.com]

That's great.

I too dream of something like that. While I am not the most spiritual of people, I do prefer being around those who of a more mystical bent. I spent a month on a mountain in Winter Park, CO among some very spiritual people and had some wonderful experiences. I was actually healed by two energy workers during my time there.

I met this other guy who underwent LSD therapy in India and studied under gurus. He was a very interesting person, and he did this little trick with groups that makes me tend to believe there is something to ESP.

[rokkitz.livejournal.com]

wow, i gotta get me to Moroccan casbah one of these days. if i recall right i think there was an solar eclipse party around those parts at new year's 2000.

once upon a time, did you also recommend Heart of Sufi?

bee's mom has been getting increasingly into ecstatic dance practices (belly + flamenco + sufi). i wish you could've been there when grandma asked if she had joined a cult. bee's mom is departing for Turkey soon with an inter-faith group. sounds like it will be quite an action-packed trip for them, we vaguely wonder if she will be sold as an odalesque for a score of ungulates.

[adrienmundi]

Wow, that's just gorgeous.