The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and insistent as any other problem of human existence. And it haunts the spiritual search as well. Jacob Needleman, Money and the Meaning of Life This weekend, we will be celebrating the … Read more
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”– Ben Okri, Nigerian author Until about 1800, all red gemstones were called rubies. With scientific advances, this changed, and many stones which had been thought to be rubies turned … Read more
She asks for pomegranates.Her husband plants rubies on her neck.They are not the same. She is too shy for her thirst,but the butterfly inside is a desert aching for the sky.There is never enough sweet in her water. An old herbalist, neck heavy with corals,advises in search of zamzam and for the desertthat holds this … Read more
They brought me rubies from the mine,And held them to the sun;I said, they are drops of frozen wineFrom Eden’s vats that run. I looked again,–I thought them heartsOf friends to friends unknown;Tides that should warm each neighboring lifeAre locked in sparkling stone. But fire to thaw that ruddy snow,To break enchanted ice,And give love’s … Read more