Kundalini Gateway Email List Archives

line

To: K-list
Recieved: 2001/09/28 15:36
Subject: RE: [K-list] West's debt to Islam and Afghanistan.
From: Yolanda y Gerardo

On 2001/09/28 15:36, Yolanda y Gerardo posted thus to the K-list:

Dear Tony:

*Honor to whom honor deserves*

I really liked your post.

Much love,
Yolanda

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Tony O'Clery <aocleryATnospamyahoo.com>
Para: K-list <K-list >
Fecha: Viernes 28 de Septiembre de 2001 03:24 PM
Asunto: [K-list] West's debt to Islam and Afghanistan.

>Namaste All,
>
>Whilst the West was wallowing in the dark ages, Islam was flourishing.
>One of the greatest if not the greatest mystic poet, Jalaluddin Rumi
>was an Afghani, b 1207.
>
>These Sufis added a mystic dimension to Islam which carried the writ
>from India to Spain.
>
>Without the tolerance and scholarship of the Arabs there would have
>been no renaissance in Europe. No scholasticism either, for all the
>greek texts were preserved in Arabic, after being lost to the West.
>
>The Jews also owe a great debt to the tolerance of the Muslims, that
>allowed them to explore their beliefs, with people like Maimonides
>etc.
>
>So the likes of Ibn Arabi of Spain are the ones whose knowledge and
>mysticims travelled over the pyrenees into a barbaric Europe.
>
>'He makes plain to the pilgrim, the secrets of the Way of Unity and
>unveils the Mysteries of the Path of Eternal Truth.' Dr Samuel Johnson
> on Rumi and his Masnavi.
>
>ONS......Tony.


http://www.kundalini-gateway.org


blank
DISCLAIMER!
Home | Archive Index | Search the archives | Subscribe
blank
K.  List FAQ | Kundalini FAQs | Signs and  Symptoms | Awakening Experiences | K. list Polls | Member Essays | Meditations | List Topics | Art Gallery | Cybrary | Sitemap | Email the moderators.
 line
  • Feel free to submit any questions you might have about what you read here to the Kundalini mailing list moderators, and/or the author (if given). Specify if you would like your message forwarded to the list. Please subscribe to the K-list so you can read the responses.
  • All email addresses on this site have been spam proofed by the addition of ATnospam in place of the at symbol symbol.
  • All posts publicly archived with the permission of the people involved. Reproduction for anything other than personal use is prohibited by international copyright law. ©
  • This precious archive of experiential wisdom is made available thanks to sponsorship from Fire-Serpent.org.
  • URL: http://www.kundalini-gateway.org/klist/k2001b/k200104588.html