Furnishing meditations on the ninety-nine Qualities of Unity, this reflective handbook explains how to apply Sufi principles to the challenges of modern life, with inspirational commentary on each quality and its relationship to contemporary concerns, along with timeless wisdom from the Sufi masters, stories, lore, and poetry. Original.
Finally, Jesus' own words! New translations from his native language with meditations & body prayers to begin the way of spiritual change he originally taught.
Part oracle, part meditation book, and part Aladdin's cave of Middle Eastern myth and sacred story, Desert Wisdom offers a fresh way to hear the ancient visionary voices of the Middle East that generated three (or more) of the world's great religions. Renowned Sufi scholar and teacher Neil Douglas-Klotz, author of The Sufi Book of Life and Prayers of the Cosmos, has revisioned his acclaimed 1995 classic for the 21st century. Praised by scientists, poets and mystics alike for its ecological approach to "hearing" the native wisdom of the Middle East on its own terms, Desert Wisdom takes us on a journey from ancient Egypt throughout the Middle East to Sufi poets like Rumi and Hafiz. In between, we spend time hearing Genesis the way a storyteller might have told it and sit at the feet of the Aramaic-speaking prophet, Yeshua of Nazareth. Through it all, Desert Wisdom presents us with ancient wisdom about life's biggest questions like: Why am I here? Who am I? And how do I love? "Middle Eastern enchantment for the soul. Bravo " --Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., featured in the film "What the Bleep Do We Know?" "Read this book aloud. Let the sounds wrap around your heart. These are translations so unhampered by reduction, stiffness and religiosity that the modern window opens quiet on the ancient garden." --Carolyn McVickar Edwards, Author of The Storyteller's Goddess "A prophetic and mystical accomplishment of the first order " --Dr. Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing and The Reinvention of Work "Open the book anywhere, and you will discover delightful inner openings and insights." --Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri, author of Sufi Links and Spectrum of Reality Already have the first (1995) edition? What's New in Desert Wisdom 2.0: *Seven new translations from the Aramaic words of Jesus. *Ten new translations from the Hebrew (Genesis, Zohar and Dead Sea Scrolls). *Three new translations from the Qur'an. *Book reorganized for better use as an oracle in a similar format to The Sufi Book of Life. *Meditations rewritten and keyed to "Life's Big Questions." *All notes and commentary revised and updated. *New "Quick Start Guide" and Preface. *Complete indexes to meditations and textual strands, plus a new general index *Plus: all translations from the first edition revised and updated, with improved transliteration of original texts.
Eine geheimnisvolle Welt ffnet sich: Scheinbar vertraute Worte und Botschaften des Jesus aus Nazareth werden aus seiner aram ischen Muttersprache ganz neu f r uns bersetzt. Der aram ischen Jesus redet, lehrt und verk ndet wie ein eingeborener Prophet und Mystiker der W ste. Staunend begegnen wir uralter Weisheit, erfarhen kosmische Weite, ekstatische Liebe zur Sch pfung und spirituell-k rperliche Heilung.Was dabei herauskommt, ist eine hoffnungsvolle, n hrende und sehr zeitgem e spirituelle Botschaft. Neil Douglas-Klotz' klarer Kommentar f hrt uns dazu, die alte Weisheit Jesu auf unser heutiges Leben anzuwenden. Jedes Kapitel enth lt meditative bungen und K rpergebete, damit wir die lebensver ndernde geistliche Praxis der urspr nglichen mystischen Tradition Jesu direkt erleben k nnen."Dieses Buch ist ein Geschenk an alle, die in den Geist des historischen Jesus und des mystischen Christus eintreten wollen. Indem sie die Menschen in Jesu Land und ihrer poetischen Sprache ehrt, bringt sie ein notwendiges Gleichgewicht in die historische Jesusbewegung. Sie macht starre und dualistische bersetzungen der christlichen Schriften r ckg ngig und weckt so die Frohe Botschaft, die nach all den Jahrhunderten immer noch eine Botschaft ist, auf, fordert und erneuert sie."--Dr Matthew Fox, Autorin von Original Blessing and The Coming of the Cosmic Christ.Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz ist ein international bekannter Theologe und Psychologe, Autor der B cher Das Vaterunser, Segen aus dem Kosmos, Die Urspr ngliche Meditation und Sufibuch des Lebens. In seiner Arbeit vers hnt er die aram isch-christliche, j disch-mystische und sufistische Tradition. Regelm ssige Kurse und Workshops im deutschsprachigen Raum. Er wohnt in Schottland.
Heute beherrschen apokalyptischer Bilder alles -vom popul ren Film bis zur fundamentalistischen Religion. Aber das menschliche Bewusstsein wurde w hrend des gr ten Teils seiner Geschichte von der Ausrichtung auf den Anfang, nicht auf das Ende, bestimmt. Die Themen der Sch pfungsgeschichte und die damit einhergehenden lebendigen Praktiken durchziehen sowohl die hebr ische Bibel als auch die Evangelien.In der sp teren christlichen Tradition blieb die Praxis, die Sch pfungsgeschichte in sich selbst nachzuvollziehen, in den Schriften keltischer und europ ischer christlicher Mystiker wie Pelagius, Johannes Scotus Eriugena und Meister Eckhart erhalten. Die Auffassung von der Sch pfungsgeschichte als tats chlicher spiritueller Praxis nimmt auch eine zentrale Stellung sowohl in der j dischen als auch in der islamischen Mystik ein. Das Buch untersucht auch, wie die moderne westliche Welt diese lebendige Weitsicht verloren hat, und unterbreitet Vorschl ge, wie wir beginnen k nnten, sie zur ckzugewinnen.Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz bringt dem Leser sowohl den Hintergrund als auch die Erfahrung der Urspr nglichen Meditation nahe. Sie vermag es uns eine Vision davon zu vermitteln, was es hei t, vollkommen menschlich zu sein.
The New Story about the Oldest Stories in the WorldToday apocalyptic predictions and images dominate popular culture and social media. Yet for most of our history, human consciousness focused on the mystery of beginnings, not endings. Our ancestors felt that the most powerful energy and clearest vision for the future could be found at our inception. They meditated on stories of the Great Beginning as the way to go forward. Original Meditation is two books in one. First it investigates the ancient tradition of creation mysticism and shows how Western culture became sidetracked into an increasingly narrow, apocalyptic world view. Second, it shows how we can begin to recover an authentic meditation on our shared beginnings, a meditation that can bring us into a more embodied and compassionate present. To help us on our way, Neil Douglas-Klotz offers us a living anthology of voices, from a mystical view of the first chapters of Genesis, to the Aramaic words of Jesus, to translations of mystical voices like Jelaluddin Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Meister Eckhart and the Jewish Kabbalists. Uniting the native spirituality of the Middle East with Western creation spirituality, we catch a glimpse of the life-affirming energy of "beginning-time" and experience what it means to be fully human in today's world. "After reading this very welcome resource, you will want to join Douglas-Klotz in exclaiming: "Genesis Now "--Spirituality and Health (voted one of best spiritual books of the year). "Neil Douglas-Klotz is a rare jewel; a brilliant scholar with heart whose words have the power to reconnect us with our sacred source. This is truly a book for our times.... The perfume of divine belonging rises from every page as this modern mystic skillfully guides us into the essence of the Sacred Mystery.--Dr. Joan Borysenko, author of Your Soul's Compassp "Deeply moving, compelling, and radiant with hope, the book is a living prayer that can contribute to personal and inter-religious transformation."--Mary Ford-Grabowsky, author of Sacred Voices "By the time we finish this book, we are ready and able to join body, heart, mind, and spirit into a healing wholeness-indeed, the wholeness of Creation."--Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Director of the Shalom Center, author of God Wrestling
"The Aramaic translations of Klotz cut through the rote and bring us to the deeper meanings of Jesus's teaching that can still touch our hearts, move our souls, and ignite our action."--Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing Neil Douglas-Klotz, bestselling author of Prayers of the Cosmos and The Hidden Gospel, brings together forty years of research to update his pioneering work on the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes. Through expansions of Aramaic's multiple meanings as well as guided contemplations, The Aramaic Jesus Book of Days provides a guide to transformation through the way of the prophet. It shows how the deepest teachings of Jesus address contemporary challenges, such as our relationships with nature and each other, as well as the purpose of life itself. The author shares personal relevance about how the words of Aramaic Jesus's teachings have changed his own life--his sense of love, purpose, and relationships--and more importantly, how they can heal and enliven the daily life of everyone. In short chapters, the book takes up life themes facing contemporary readers and offers meditations to address them. Each chapter is introduced with a short saying and keyword of Jesus, heard with "Aramaic ears," and then proceeds to show how this applies to a life issue today. The Aramaic Jesus Book of Days offers a unique perspective on Jesus's teachings that can help you to connect with them on a deeper level and live a more authentic, fulfilling, and compassionate life.
Jesus sprach das Vaterunser auf Aramäisch. Aus dieser bildreichen Sprache hat Neil Douglas-Klotz das Jesusgebet neu übersetzt. Seine zusammengestellten Meditationen und Körperübungen lassen sich leicht und alltagstauglich umsetzen. Das Buch präsentiert eine neue, zeitgemäße Methode, um die verborgene Tiefe eines der bedeutendsten abendländischen Gebete zu erfahren.
