Happiness and Virtue: A Prophetic Example
Happiness is an ideal for which everybody longs. People endure all kinds of sacrifice for its sake. But…
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A Conversation Starter
The question of dialogues between different faiths and cultures is one of the most important questions of our…
Water: A Fine Balance of Life
Planet earth has been created in the most flexible and durable fashion that even in extreme conditions (in…
Water a Fine Balance of Life
“Water is everywhere around us and in us, tangible as sweat, visible as the high seas, invisible as…
Passive Aggression A Bleeding Wound in Our Spiritual Life
“What did she mean with that look? Was she upset with the mess I left behind home? Is…
Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern Age
Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern AgeEren TatariTughra Publications, 2012 In this post-9/11 world, the word…
Cooking and World Peace
In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Turkey for ten days as a member of an International…
Butterfly Effect
You had to build the cocoon as your sanctuary In order to find your new self in tranquility…
A Very High Peak To Climb
On Sunday, I requested a friend of mine to babysit my two young boys so I could attend…
Souls of Immortality
Immortal souls always preserve their vitality, and in every season, they show a different sign of life. They…
Contemplative Practices: A Comparative Perspective On Different Faith Traditions
The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we…
The Test
Life is a chain of tests, ensuing one after another. It is a human condition we experience from…
YNU: Your Nature University
Today, many grade-school children do not know that milk comes from cows and eggs come from chickens. They…
The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
“Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other…
Sakina – Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)
Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the subsidence of the waves and tranquility, sakina (serenity) is the…