June 23, 2013, Two Moon : Eckhart in The Heart and a Close Shaving of Our Satellite !

It's a great opportunity to do a world wide meditation with millions of participants around the world with one of the most beautiful spiritual teacher nowadays, Eckhart Tolle. So don't miss this occasion to be still and to join your life energy with million of others fellow human beings. This way we contribute to make a new beautiful earth, where life, stillness, light, love, inner and outer peace prevail. 

So "rendezvous pris" for this coming Eckhart's Live Guided Meditation on June 23, 2013 at 1pm PT (US/Canada Pacific Time), 9pm Casablanca Summer Time (GMT+1).

To register to this event, please visit this page.  To have an idea on how this Live Guided Meditation takes place, please view this video about this Eckhart's Live Meditation two years ago :

The same day; June 23, 2013, the moon will be a full moon located at its lowest distance from earth this year (at the perigee). So il will be a little bigger than a classic full moon (see picture below). For more information about this astronomical event, please visite this page.

Comparaison of a full moon and a "supermoon" Source : earthsky.org

So on June 23, 2013 at night, there will be two moon, one in the sky and one in our heart, Eckhart Tolle. This remind me a beautiful Arabic (Andaloussi) Poem :

رأيتُ الهلالَ ووجهَ الحبيب                 فكانا هلالَينِ عند النَّظرْ   

فلم أدرِ أيهما قاتلي                    هلالَ الدجى أم هلال البشرْ

ولولا التورُّدُ في الوجنتين             وما راعني من سواد الشَّعَرْ

لكُنتُ أظن الهلالَ الحبيبَ           وكنتُ أظن الحبيب القمرْ

فذاك يغيب و ذا لا يغيب            و ما من يغيب كما من حضر

 : Below is a try to translate this arabic poem into english  

I saw the moon in the sky

And my beloved passing by

They're two moons in the sight

Magnificent beauty, wonderful bright

It's so confusing ...

Who's my "assassin" ?

The Earth satellite or my soul mate ?

If there weren't rosy cheeks and black hair,

The moon is my beloved, I'd swear

And my beloved is the moon there

But the moon sets, and my beloved is permanent

Can I confuse who's always present and a dying sphere ?

كيف تتعامل مع مشاكل الحياة و آلامها ؟

عنوان سلسلة المحاضرات	مقاربات "إكهارت طوللي" للحياة اليومية
المحاضر	طارق افضيل
عنوان المحاضرة رقم 1	كيف تتعامل مع مشاكل الحياة و آلامها ؟
العناوين الرئيسة للمحاضرة رقم 1	نبذة موجزة عن حياة و عطاء "إكهارت طوللي" لماذا تبدو الحياة مليئة بالهموم و المشاكل ؟ تركيبة الألم و العلاقة بين العقل و الجسم مقاربات الخروج من الألم : مواجهة أو مصالحة ؟ قوة اللحظة الحاضرة و خداع الزمن نحو معنى جديد للحياة
المكان	معهد المنظمة العلوية لرعاية المكفوفين
التاريخ	30 ماي 2013

"كيف تتعامل مع مشاكل الحياة و همومها" هو عنوان هذه المحاضرة التي ألقاها طارق في مائدة مستديرة نظمت بالدار البيضاء في إطار أول عرض حول تعاليم إكهارت طوللي. العرض كان باللهجة المغربية مطعمة باللغة الفرنسية.
How to deal with suffering is the title of the talk given by Tarik at Casablanca in the first conference about Eckhart Tolle Teaching. The conference is given in arabic Darija.

قصة عاشق A Lover Story

Crédit Photo : Animaux et Arbres

ثم إني أخبرك بقصتي  ـــ   و أبت إليك شكوى غصتي

أقسم بعلى عزته    ـــ  و قوي قدرته

لقد خلقني    ـــ   و في بحار أحديته غرقني

و في بيداء أبديته حيرني

تارة يطلع من مطالع أبديته فينعشني

و تارة يدنيني من مواقف قربه فيؤنسني

و تارة يحتجب بحجاب عزته فيوحشني

و تارة يناجيني بمناجاة لطفه فيطربني

و تارة يواصلني بكاسات حبه فيسكرني

و كلما استعذبت من عربذة سكري

قال لسان أحديته "لن تراني"ـ

 فذبت من هيبته فرقا   ـــ  و تمزقت من محبته قلقا

و صعقت من تجلي عظمته  ـــ  كما خر موسى صعقا

فلما أفقت من سكرة وجدي به   ـــ  قيل لي

أيها العاشق هذا جمال قد صناه  ـــ  و حسن قد حجبناه

فلا ينظره إلا حبيب قد اصطفيناه  ـــ  و يتيم قد ربيناه

فإذا سمعت "سبحان الذي أسرى بعبده" ـ

فقف على طريق عروجه إلينا  ـــ  و قدومه علينا

لعلك ترى من يرانا  ـــ   و تفوز بمشاهدة من لم ينظر سوانا

من كتاب "شجره الكون" لابن عربي حكاية عن لسان حال العرش يوم معراج النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم إلى سدرة المنتهى

The text below is a try to translate into English the above excerpt from the book "The Tree of Universe" by the great Sufi "Ibn Arabi". It narrates what the Throne of God said about the day of Ascent of the Prophet Mohamed :

I'll tell you my story  ـــ   And whisper to you my heartbreak

I swear by His High Glory   ـــ  And His powerful outbreak

He created me   ـــ  And in his Oneness drowned me

And in his infinite eternity   ـــ   I lost my identity

Sometimes He arises and refreshes me from His Eternity

Sometimes He brings me in His Nearness, such intimacy

Sometimes He hides behind his Glory Curtain, I'm too lonely

Sometimes His whispers make me jubilant out of sound beauty

Sometimes He gives me glass after glass of his Love until I'm drunk of His Majesty

And when I am totally intoxicated

His Oneness says : "you can't see me" poor plotzed

Then all my being from His Majesty shattered

And from His Love my anxiety exploded

I collapse since He reveals himself to me

As Moses collapsed one day near the sacred tree

When I wake up from my drunkenness, I'm said,

You lover, this beauty is protected

This prettiness is behind a curtain safeguarded

Only a chosen lover can see it

An orphan we raised can only access it

If you hear "Exalted is He who took His Servant by night ..."

Stand up in the path of his ascent light

In his way coming to Us

You may see who sees Us

And earn to contemplate who never see anyone other than Us

أجيال و أجيال

قلت لابنتي مالي أراك حزينة ليل نهار

قالت إليك عني أبتاه، إن هموم الشباب لا يفهمها الكبار

قلت نعم عقلي لن يفهمك لكن قلبي لا يشق له غبار

في حبك أنت و إخوتك كبارا و صغار

إن أضناك هم أغمضي عينيك و أرسليه إلي بصمت و بلا انتظار

أكفيك إياه و أحوله إلى سعادة، إن للحب لأسرار

لأنني أنا و أنت، و هو و هي، و كل إنسان، من نفخة العزيز الجبار

فهل تعجزنا هموم الدنيا التي تبدو عظيمة و هي بلا اعتبار ؟

اعلمي ابنتي أننا في هاذي الدنيا ليس لنا اختيار

سوى أن نحب و نعطي بلا مقابل أو انتظار

لأن الذي أعطيناه في الحقيقة هو نحن، إن أمعنا النظر و الإعتبار

أنظري إلى الهم و الحزن في القلب مهما علا و استطار

لا بد زائل كظلمة ليل، لا محالة يطردها النهار

إذن إضحكي أو إبك، بلا كبت و لا انفجار

لكن في أعماقك نفس مطمئنة، آمنة، مستكينة، متصلة بعالِم اﻷسرار

يقول لها "أدخلي جنتي" الآن و ليس آجلا، بل في هذه الدار

Day D : Happy New Love Era !

December 21st, 2012, 11:11 am in the clock of the site http://time.is

Here we are; at the much hyped, revered, commercialised, anticipated, and very often feared, the date of December 21st, 2012. This morning on the Internet, I caught, in the picture above, the exact moment of transition to the New Era at 11:11 am.

Any anniversary is almost an arbitrary moment we choose to celebrate some great event or simply a pleasant moment. The Long Count in the Mayan calendar ends exactly today at 11:11am. Many of us see in this date a symbolic date of the new Age of Humanity. An age of Love, Harmony and Awakening.

So, in this great symbolic day, I'd like to tell you "Happy New Era !" 

 

A cycle of 26000 years ends, another begin... Happy New Era !

Is has been proved that a world dominated by the mind, the ego leads us to all kind of calamities. So let's begin this new era by being more heart oriented, more loving, less calculating, more sharing, less hoarding, more feeling, less thinking, more gratitude, less complaint, more happiness, less sorrow, more play, less seriousness, more here and now, less there and tomorrow, more be, less become, more whole, less many...

Despite outwardly the World didn't change, but if  you trust your heart, you will know that the changes are tremendous. The light has definitely won and the age of darkness is behind us forever... When you celebrate your birthday it doesn't mean that you have gained a whole year during the day of celebration. The aging process lasted for one year and your celebrate at the climax. The same here, our collective and individual awakening has begun many years ago. Today is a day of celebration. But the process is not finished. It is still going on. For me, today it is the greatest day in my lifetime so far. If a greater day is to come, there will be no "me" to celebrate it, but the Universe will ...

D - 1 : One God, One Consciousness

Day D minus One

Today is The Day Before ...The Day Of Love, just one day away from the so much expected December 21st, 2012. In this beautiful day, instead of long discourses, I'd like to share with you what the number One is inspiring me, with some pictures and comments. Enjoy !

Muslims have this beautiful sentence stating the Oneness of God : "There Is No God But God", no matter how you name Him, Brahman, Yahweh, God, Allah, The Source, etc. So many names, so many symbols but the same Oneness 

Obelisk in Luxor (Egypt), Paris (France) and Washington (USA), the same form pointing to Sky, to Heaven ... to God

Unfolding Red Rose in my balcony. I took the left photo three days ago. The right one is a today December 20th, 2012.
Despite the relative cold weather in Casablanca, this red rose of spring is daring to unfold this December to share with us our celebration of Love, of God, the One. The Soil nourishing this rose is from the same Earth sustaining human bodies. The Life animating this rose is the same Consciousness flourishing in human beings. Ultimately, we are One.

D - 3 : three days and three stars

Photo Credit : The three stars in ORION Belt

Since we are three days before the iconic date of December 21st, 2012, I would like to share with you some thoughts and feelings about the  three stars constituting Orion Belt. Their alignment is somehow related to the near coming galactic alignment.

There is also an alignment of three planets, Saturn, Venus and Mercury, visible with naked eyes, early in the morning, this December 2012. You can check the end of this article for more information about this alignment.

So, for a few minutes, relax in your sitting, open your heart and let go with me in this little journey in the stars.

Orion, the Constellation of Many Alignments

The three stars of Orion Belt are located in the Constellation of Orion, a beautiful winter constellation. In our latitudes, this constellation is visible this December almost all the night. It rises about one hour after the sunset and sets before sunrise. The following picture summarizes some interesting facts about Orion Constellation this December 2012.

Near neighbors of Orion Constellation as seen in the sky this December 18th, 2012

Apart from the three stars of Orion Belt there are two other bright stars in this constellation : Betelgeuse, the red super giant star and Rigel, the blue super giant star. Both are among the ten brightest stars in the sky. Betelgeuse forms with Sirius (the brightest star in the sky) and Procyon an almost perfect equilateral triangle, The Winter Triangle. The three stars of Orion Belt are sometimes called The Three Sisters. If we look to the right of The Three Sisters we can see The Seven Sisters or The Pleiades Constellation. Not very far from The Pleaides, Planet Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is located, This December 2012 in the Taurus Constellation near the red star, Aldebaran.

Below Orion Belt there is the Great Nebula of Orion. Located at 1500 light-years, this nebula contents luminous gas and dusts with many new born stars.

There is also an interesting fact about Orion : it is located in the "Celestial Equator", an imaginary plane prolonging Earth's Equator to the infinite sky. And when the alignment with the galactic center will happens in three days, Orion constellation will be exactly at the opposite direction from the sun and the galactic center ! This is illustrated with the arrow in the picture above and with the schema below :

Celestial Alignment with the Galactic Center and Orion Constellation on December 21st, 2012

Some scholars saw in this alignment an astronomical sign known by ancient Egyptians who build the three main Pyramids in Giza at locations like the positions of the three stars of Orion Belt.

Orion, the spacecraft

A mockup of Orion Spacecraft being tested in the Atlantic Ocean

Nasa is working on a new spacecraft to explore Solar System with human crew. The goal is to return to Moon, then to an Asteroid before going to planet Mars. This new spaceship is called Orion. Ancient Egyptians called the Constellation Orion, Osiris, the Egyptian God of Dead and Afterlife. So naming Orion the new exploration program  is a good idea especially after the tragical accident of Columbia in 2003.