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Rabia al-Basri (Adawiyya) Quotes and Poems

Rabia al-Basri (713 - 801) was a Sufi mystic saint, who's widely recognized as being the most influential and notable female Sufi mystic in Islamic history. She did not leave any written work of her own, as most of the sources of the quotes and stories attributed to...

Non-Duality Quotes (Advaita Vedanta)

Non-duality is about experiencing reality as it is, one undivided whole. Duality pertains to the mind while reality transcends the mind. Duality is a way of perceiving, and not the actuality of the whole. The truth of the whole is neither one nor two. It is simply...

Bulleh Shah Quotes and Poems

Bulleh Shah (1680-1757) was a Punjabi Sufi mystic poet, humanist and philosopher who lived during the Mughal Empire and era. He is best known for his devotional sufi poems dedicated to the Beloved. Seek the spirit, forget the form. Bulleh Shah Enough is enough, talk...

Walter Hilton: 11 Spiritual Quotes by the Christian Mystic

Walter Hilton was a English mystic in the 14th century. He is best known for his work "The Ladder of Perfection" and for being one of the first to write mystic theology in the English language. Walter Hilton was born in either 1340 or 1345, and seems to have studied...

25 Spiritual Quotes by Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a prominent German Christian mystic, polymath and abbess during the Middle Ages. She is also known as Saint Hildegard and is known for her visionary theology and her subsequent great influence on Christianity. Born in 1098 in Bingen, a city...

Saadi Shirazi: 20 Beautiful Quotes by the Persian Poet

Saadi Shirazi was a highly influential Persian poet and writer who lived in the 13th century. He is best known today for his works 'Gulistan', 'Bustan' and for his extensive love poetry (ghazals). Together with Rumi and Hafez, he is considered one of the three...

20 Spiritual Quotes by the Neoplatonists of the Ancient World

Derived from the thoughts of Plato, neoplatonism was a philosophical tradition that took its distinct form in Egypt through the thoughts of the 3rd century Alexandrian philosopher Ammonius Saccas, but reached its climax in the works of his student Plotinus, who was...

16 Spiritual Quotes On Awakening and Ego-Death

Ego-death, awakening, enlightenment.. These are some of the words and concepts we hear about in spiritual circles; but what do they really mean? Are there genuine experiences we as humans can have that correspond to these spiritual notions or are they just figments of...

Ibn Arabi Quotes (Sufi Poetry)

Ibn Arabi was a Sufi philosopher, mystic poet who lived from 1165 to 1240. Born in Andalusia, Ibn Arabi is sometimes considered as "al-Shaykh al-Akbar", a title given to him as he was one of the most influential and greatest thinkers in Sufism, the mystery tradition...

23 Wise Quotes by Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia

Omar Khayyam was born in 1048 in the city of Nishapur in northeastern Iran. He was a Persian scientist, philosopher and poet best known for his influential work of poetry, the Rubaiyat, which was introduced to the west by Edward Fitzgerald's famous translation into...
Who’s Who in the Mystics Zoo

Who’s Who in the Mystics Zoo

A spiritual guide to the mystical experience by an enlightened Hippopotamus Dedicated to the Beloved and my angelic mother This book was written in a series of spontaneous sessions through the free flowing of consciousness. I didn’t have any clear purpose with the...

Contemplations of a Mystic

Contemplations of a Mystic

Spiritual and mystical soliloquies on the dissolution of the separate self into the supreme This book was written for the lovers, the free spirits of the world and the ones that have felt the longing for the one true love for billions upon billions of years. This is...

Miyamoto Musashi: 18 Zen Quotes by the Ronin Philosopher

Miyamoto Musashi: 18 Zen Quotes by the Ronin Philosopher

Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a famous samurai swordsman, ronin and Zen philosopher during Japan's feudal era in the 17th century. He was known as an excellent and unrivalled...

What is Spiritual Enlightenment?

What is Spiritual Enlightenment?

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. The Buddha (Dhammapada) Many people go around not knowing what to make of the idea of spiritual enlightenment, also known as nirvana, moksha, mystical union and what have you....

Zhuangzi: 28 Insightful Quotes by the Daoist Sage

Zhuangzi: 28 Insightful Quotes by the Daoist Sage

Zhuangzi, also known as Chuang Tzu, was a Chinese Daoist sage, mystic and philosopher (even considered to be a mythological figure by some) who probably lived in 300 BCE, somewhere in the state of Song during the Zhou Dynasty. Zhuangzi is best known for the book with...

How to Always be Free from Disturbances and Stress

How to Always be Free from Disturbances and Stress

When something is disturbing you, it is messing up with your existential mojo. Whether you know it or not, you innately and intuitively want to be in a state of balance, ranging from balance when you’re walking or sitting to balance in the mind and emotions. When...

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