tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post9008166582909231370..comments2023-08-28T09:36:46.713-04:00Comments on The Sovereign Soul: Musawwirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881504732381538113noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-12591878280767899712009-12-13T23:25:35.202-05:002009-12-13T23:25:35.202-05:00Being in a time of adjustment to the loss of my he...Being in a time of adjustment to the loss of my heart-partner, I'm acutely aware of how people define our traditions.<br /><br />So, what does a Friday evening look like without Matt?<br />A Sunday morning?<br />Thanksgiving? <br />Christmas? <br />New Years Eve? <br />What will it be like to plan and build my garden this year without him?<br /><br />I find myself, without having devised a master plan or anything, <i>not</i> trying to maintain those traditions we shared. Instead, I'm trying new ways to mark the days and events. For the first time since I can remember, I didn't make Tday dinner for a crowd - instead, I attended a covered dish supper with the volunteers and the residents of a local homeless shelter. For the first time in over a decade, I asked my family to come to my house on Christmas day. And I'm not throwing my annual New Year's Day brunch.<br /><br />Only time will tell if these 'new' ways of marking and celebrating become tradition.Saralahttp://ahealingplaceonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-36601691847074913002009-12-07T10:21:26.885-05:002009-12-07T10:21:26.885-05:00Traditions, for me, reel me in when I have strayed...Traditions, for me, reel me in when I have strayed too far. They are the things and times I value most and have from childhood. They are the "chicken soup for my soul" moments. Can be as simple as following a certain practice year after year or gathering with family and friends, that are closer than family. I then have the time to recharge and face life anew. Without a sense of tradition I would be lost and yet I acknowledge that often I have started a tradition for my children and have watched them to go forward and retain it.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335820292634964037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-28733599700353184342009-12-05T19:59:32.342-05:002009-12-05T19:59:32.342-05:00Hi! I have not looked here in a while, but am happ...Hi! I have not looked here in a while, but am happy that I did this evening. <br /><br />I had an experience that I believe gave me an appreciation for tradition. Before this I was one who 'broke with tradition' where ever possible.<br /><br />I was on retreat and nothing was happening in the phenomena department and so I was feeling discouraged. In my frustration and discouragement I got up at sunrise and walked the labyrinth.<br /><br />During that still-memorable walk I had a sense that traditions are a tool to bring us closer to divinity and to help us harmonize or attune to our community, smaller or larger.<br /><br />Love, Nur Qalbia<br /><br />(I was given a new name this summer)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-87129624461249937072009-12-02T14:13:20.723-05:002009-12-02T14:13:20.723-05:00This comment came to me on my personal email. I h...<i>This comment came to me on my personal email. I have permission to repost here.</i><br /><br />Perhaps you are truly a unique and sovereign soul if you have no affinity with tradition. And, it is said that the rebellious break with tradition. <br /><br />For me tradition brings comfort, ritual, the warmth of coming together of family, for example singing together while lighting the Menora for Chanukah. Although, perhaps the Jews did not really escape from the Macabees and have oil for one day burning for eight, the idea , the myth is a nice thought, coming together in memory of light, miracles, sharing love around the idea. <br />I come from a Jewish tradition and part of this is to remember what our people went through, darkness, struggle, suffering. <br /><br />It brings roots, family, ancestors. Perhaps it can be a trap, a stuck place, but I like the sense and feeling of belonging, it brings comfort, couched in a home to begin with and form where I can take off from. It gives a sense of security. My people, part of my identity, the awareness of those who suffered and prevailed, celebrated before me. Custom has its place, a place to start, learning certain courtesies, respect that works through form, something done that you learn, a way to meet others such as greeting a stranger with a handshake or a warm smile.<br /><br />Tradition is a beautiful thing. Art, beauty, something one learns, but is a good start, a connection, familiar, universal. It can deepen spirit and one can commune with one’s ancestors. I may be repetitive , but tradition is a form, and through form, one can find spirit, one can find the sacred, one can connect from one generation to the next, and one can have passed down some good teachings and found one’s self. Without this grounding where would I take off from? Regarding the dark side of tradition, well there is superstition such sacrificing people to the Gods over a volcano. I guess there are probably some bad traditions. This is a form I would wonder about. But, looking at say, the act of giving rice to an icon representing a compassionate God, the symbolism, the metaphor, the act itself, the thought can deepen one’s spirit. Perhaps a question might be for me, does one develop ego and morals through tradition?<br />Sincerely, NancyMusawwirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07881504732381538113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-72837159096871158202009-12-02T11:21:31.229-05:002009-12-02T11:21:31.229-05:00and more questions...
let's bring it home...
...and more questions...<br /><br />let's bring it home...<br /><br />what is this "sufi" tradition?<br /><br />Love<br />Cynthia<br />Nur-un-nisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15560139.post-41525988438824571072009-12-02T09:22:47.795-05:002009-12-02T09:22:47.795-05:00There are two big questions in life: who am I and ...There are two big questions in life: who am I and where do I belong to? Such traditions give a sense of belonging to a group without being submitted to the group rules.<br /><br />But can't we develop our own traditions? Wouldn't it make more sense?<br /><br />Questions over questions...<br /><br />Za'idaZa'idahttp://blog.baeronium.infonoreply@blogger.com