“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation,” according to the 14th century poet Rumi.
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The morning light on these mountains is extraordinary. It casts a warm inviting glow on everything it touches.
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“Solvitur ambulando. It is solved by walking.” St. Augustine
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“Come, come whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, yet again, come, come. “Rumi
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When the Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth, also known as Hermes, “Son of the Nile,” wrote, “as above, so below,” he may have been thinking of the Nile River.
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“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you,” wrote the poet Rumi. These could have also been the words of our dearest friend, expert guide and wise teacher, Dr. Rabia.
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“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” True words by Dr. Charles Schaefer, American psychologist and “Father of Play Therapy.”
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“With the moon walk… we could see that the earth and the heavens were no longer divided but that the earth is in the heavens.” Joseph Campbell
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“Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries.” Manley Hall, Canadian-born author and astrologer.
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The 5 gifts of the ancient Egyptian Goddess Hathor can be translated into a meaningful contemporary practice of gratitude and humility.
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“If you observe well, your own heart will answer.” R.A Schwaller de Lubicz
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“Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us.”
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Role models are good to have in life.
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I had known the kind and gentle Father Irenaeus from the Monastery of St. Marcarius for several years and each time I would ask him “for a word.”
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“Grant what we need each day in bread and insight: subsistence for the call of growing life.” Neil Douglas-Klotz
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Worshippers would enter the prayer hall by stepping with the right foot first and saying, "Oh Allah, open the door of mercy for me."
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“These sites that call forth reverence and awe and humility and wonder, we make them sacred, and the ancient ties are never lost, the oldest voices calling from within the stones,” by James Houston…
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“Creator uncreated. Sole one, unique one, who traverses eternity, when you cross the sky all faces see you.” was written by twin brothers, Suti and Hor, about 3,500 years ago.
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Wandering the alleyways of the Khan Al-Khalili bazaar area is a feast for the senses and for some, a total overload of stimulation.
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“In every head is some wisdom,” is an Arabic proverb.
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