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Welcome to My Blog Exploring the Heart
Welcome ! I grew up in a small village in Turkey as one of several children of a peasant family who lived a very humble existence. I began reading Sufi literature at a young age and was fortunate to...
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Embracing Greek Culture
“As a Turkish writer, you have positively embraced the Greek culture. Personally, I found the section describing Ali and Nour’s ascent to the Acropolis, not so much challenging on a literal level, but...
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Timbuktu
By Yilmaz Alimoglu A boy in Timbuktu- Photo by Yilmaz Alimoglu Timbuktu is located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. It’s motto is: “Everyone is welcome to Timbuktu and none goes hungry in...
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What’s so scary about Muslims? An Essay by Yilmaz Alimoglu
I sometimes wonder why people are so frightened of Muslims. Are we that scary? Islam has been presented in the mass media and books written by scholars as an aggressive, violent and intolerant...
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A Rumi Poem. Translation by William C. Chittick
God said, Oh Moses, what is that in thy hand? He replied, That is my staff for the road. He said, Cast it down and see the marvels of heaven! He threw it down and it became a serpent; when he saw the...
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Florence Nightingale: A Person of Distinct Character and Courage
In 1849, a young English lady journeyed with family friends from her native England to Egypt. Twenty-eight-years-old at the time, she had not yet married, and by Victorian standards she was proving to...
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Paro Taktsang Buddhist Monastery in Bhutan. Milarepa meditated at the cave in...
Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in Bhutan, a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex built in 1692. It is on a cliff at 3,120 meters (10,200 feet), some 700 meters...
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A sermon, and Deserts and Mountains by Dick Moore
Lent 2, 2011 Who’s Included in the Promise? My journey of Lent started with an air flight to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family last week. I had packed the book Best Laid Plans and was...
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Romanian countryside; landscape and people in pictures
This collection of fantastic pictures taken by Marius Grozea in Romania. Thank you Marius for letting me post some of your photos on this site.
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11,600 years old temple
By Charles C. Mann Photograph by Vincent J. Musi Every now and then the dawn of civilization is reenacted on a remote hilltop in southern Turkey. The reenactors are busloads of tourists—usually...
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