by Daniel Seeker | Nov 30, 2023 | Quotes, Spirituality
Our societies here in the western world have done a excellent job of distancing its citizens from the topic of death. Anything related to death and dying has kinda been hidden from the view of the public, where talking about it is almost taboo. In some ways this is...
by Daniel Seeker | Nov 28, 2023 | Spirituality
You cannot become enlightened. Enlightenment is not something that you possess as an attribute or personal possession. Becoming is the anti-thesis of enlightenment, whereas it is the thesis of the natural world. The natural world is ever morphing, evolving and...
by Daniel Seeker | Nov 23, 2023 | Quotes, Spirituality, Sufism
What is a sufi? Is there such a thing as ‘islamic mysticism’? Are sufis even muslims? The term Sufi has historically been applied to Muslim ascetics who, like Christian hermits, dressed in woolen robes as a symbol of repentance and self-denial. Sufis are...
by Daniel Seeker | Nov 17, 2023 | Quotes, Spirituality
Mechthild von Magdeburg (c. 1210 – c. 1290) was one of the many female mystics who found her way to distinguish herself in the religiously dynamic era of the 13th century. It was the century of the mendicant orders, the great Gothic cathedrals and the crusades. The...
by Daniel Seeker | Nov 15, 2023 | Non-Duality, Quotes, Spirituality
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...
by Daniel Seeker | Aug 7, 2023 | Ideas, Spirituality
“Some of our richest days are those in which no sun shines outwardly, but so much the more a sun shines inwardly.” – Henry David Thoreau The essence of spirituality is to know yourself as presence instead of merely person. Spirituality is to discover the sun that...