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Mind over matter Neuroscientist Shanida Nataraja has proved meditation does more than clear your head, it can put both halves of your brain to work, improving your concentration, memory and decision-making. She tells Andy Darling how it works Full Story	*Sufi Meditation of the Heart* Sufism is a path of love. The Sufi is a traveller on the path of love, a wayfarer journeying back to God through the mysteries of the heart. For the Sufi the relationship to God is that of lover and Beloved, and Sufis are also known as lovers of God. The journey to God takes place within the heart, and for centuries Sufis have been travelling deep within themselves, into the secret chamber of the heart where lover and Beloved share the ecstasy of union. Full Story	Introduction to Sufism *Sufism searches for a direct mystical knowledge of God and of his Love.* Its goal was to progress beyond mere intellectual knowledge to a mystical (existential) experience that submerged limited man in the infinity of God. It used Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, Hellenistic, Zoroastrian and Hindu traditions that were brought into Islam by converts from the many conquered populations. The name Sufi is derived from the Arabic word Sufi which means wool. Early Sufis wore simple coarse woollen garments similar to those of Christian monks. *Full Story*
IF If you can disentangle yourself from your selfish self all heavenly spirits will stand ready to serve you Poem by Rumi	Does your heart sense your emotional state? Stressful feelings may increase your risk of developing heart disease. Researchers at the Institute of HeartMath explain the connection	MEANINGS OF LIFE ESSAYS AND QUOTATIONS Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives, but then again fade away and are dead. Homer, Century IX b.C.
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