You were, then you were not.

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A place once called home

This video evokes so many emotions that I forgot even existed in my memory bank of an enigmatic place that I amazingly once called home.. 



This Isreal from Matthew Brown on Vimeo.

The photo below is taken from the Baha'i Terrace Gardens facing the Shrine of the Báb, set atop Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. The Holy Land for the followers of Bahá'u'lláh (adherents to the Baha'i Faith) and also the Administrative Centre for this faith. I had the honour of living and serving in this Most Holy Spot for 12 months in 2007/08, but no matter how much time passes, it continues to, and always will be home home.

Photo courtesy of S.Rouhani

Lost in yOUR world

If I were the aviation authority I could ban your excess baggage, 

Make you suck it up and leave behind all that extra carnage.

Severe all remaining ties, forcing you to disconnect,

Recollect, re-compress, reload then reconnect,

Detach you from the past that left you all delusional,

Left you believing that love only be illusional.

Lost your self, your soul, your sanity,

Sold debt, soul wept, sole self, so inept,

"Excuse my anger, I'm not always like this", 

From outrage to nonchalance,

Turn my anger into apathy,

But wait, no, I can’t morph your identity,

Can’t make you leave behind your attaché, 

And now I see in front of me my whole future,

How to make each morn even more the richer,

Everyone’s a hero trying to save the old world,

But world unity starts with your own word,

Not saying you didn’t hurt me, you made me sick,

Flick of a stick and you were gone; crack and whip,

And I sink, and then think how much I hated this,

I reminisced, so please excuse this,

But life is rare and the world is beautiful,

No one said it was easy, we are all soul-full,

And we each have a body like Lewis told you,

We got one shot no chance to renew,

So I’ll forgive and forget what we did and said,

With love and kindness, I tread with my legs,

As I head on out, I hold you in respect.

N.Homsey & S.Rouhani

26/10/2011

Pure thoughts, pure words, and pure deeds.

"To enjoy the benefits of providence is wisdom; to enable others to enjoy them is virtue. He who is indifferent to the welfare of others does not deserve to be called human. The best way to worship God is to ease the distress of the times and to improve the condition of humanity. This is true religion; to cleanse oneself with pure thoughts, pure words, and pure deeds." 

- Zoroastrian Scripture

A love for all things Ludovico.

"Life, however, had other plans - when fate is very generous with us, there is always a well into which all our dreams can tumble."

Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

It's only page 14 and I'm already entranced.

Rainer Maria Rilke

"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks... The work for which all other work is but preparation."