Ghazals For The Friend
-
Recent Posts
- The Machine wakes up…
- The greatest con in Avatar Meher Baba history
- A problem with “Lord Meher”, the online biography of Avatar Meher Baba
- Meher Baba’s alleged imprimatur
- Meher Baba on War
- What did Meher Baba mean by saying, “stay out of politics”?
- The bull of Dharma is collapsing
- UFOs and astral space
- Thoughts on Lahar
- Nature is a woman who makes lots of trouble
- The tragedy of Israel
- Avatar Meher Baba on marijuana and psychedelics
- What is science?
- The more you love, the less you understand
- When all good has died, and begins to rot
- Avatar Meher Baba’s warning to the US more relevant than ever
- How to read Avatar Meher Baba’s books and statements
- Avatar Meher Baba On War
- Big Fist will appoint a new hatchet for carnage
- Rahu and AI
Categories
- articles and notes (116)
- astrology (7)
- cosmological essays (7)
- guest contributions (4)
- imaginary conversations (3)
- Kabir in translation (1)
- Letters to AMBPPCT (22)
- my own poetry (381)
- english language ghazals (268)
- quatrains (71)
- Nostradamus speaks… (9)
- quatrains translated from Rumi (60)
- Rant (37)
- rend, rendi (11)
- reviews (13)
- ripostes (28)
- translations from divan-e-hafez (89)
- translations from divan-e-hafez, revised with rhyme (9)
- translations from the divan-e-shams-e-tabrizi (2)
- video (8)
- Wikidpedia (12)
Archives
Meta
Author Archives: bill gannett
Reconciliation with Sufism re-Reoriented
A resolution of the problem of Sufism re-Reoriented is most desirable. The 1980 Bell of Warning was just such an attempt on the part of Eruch Jessawala and Mani Irani; unfortunately, it was unsuccessful. The unresolved issues 40 years later … Continue reading
Posted in english language ghazals
Comments Off on Reconciliation with Sufism re-Reoriented
Speculative Thoughts On Baba’s Work With Sufism Reoriented
A friend of mine relates that Steve Edelman once asked Eruch Jessawala, “what was Baba’s (divine) mistake?”, to which he replied at once, “Sufism Reoriented”. This comes as no surprise given Eruch’s role as point man in addressing the twisted … Continue reading
Posted in articles and notes
2 Comments
The Completely Weird Theme of American Exceptionalism
Sir Francis Bacon authored a work called “The New Atlantis“, which was posthumously published in 1626. It is an utopian novel that describes an island where science and technocrats create a new world. The title refers to the myth of … Continue reading
Posted in articles and notes
Comments Off on The Completely Weird Theme of American Exceptionalism
Why America Has Gone Fascist
Fascism, American style, means imploding corporatism and militarism. It is the fervent support of exceptionalism based on the subversion of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is a bipartisan project, enabled by corporate media, to completely sabotage the … Continue reading
Posted in articles and notes
Comments Off on Why America Has Gone Fascist
No one knows the way of Mary, matchless lover
No one knows the way of Mary, matchless lover; With each breath, she anoints her beloved savior. No one knows the way of Hallaj, Master of Truth; His rolling head is forever full of joy and mirth. No one knows … Continue reading
Posted in my own poetry
Comments Off on No one knows the way of Mary, matchless lover
ghazal #441 from the Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari edition
For a long time you have tied us up with expectation; Why confuse the sincere with someone else’s condition? You have not looked at me with the eye of approval; Is this how you regard those devoted to the spiritual? … Continue reading
Posted in english language ghazals
Comments Off on ghazal #441 from the Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari edition
The Ancient One has come again with his long curly hair
The Ancient One has come again with his long curly hair, With nothing but his message of divine love to declare. Baba’s John was the aged fakir with bright rosy cheek; She gave him the kiss that … Continue reading
Posted in my own poetry
Comments Off on The Ancient One has come again with his long curly hair
Mary carries the Word within her womb to safety
Mary carries the Word within her womb to safety- soon the world will be delivered from captivity. Giddi-up donkey, through the wind and rain and snow. A wondrous Christ-child’s cry yearns to grace bestow! The wandering Stars combine luminous astral virtues … Continue reading
Posted in my own poetry
Comments Off on Mary carries the Word within her womb to safety
Review of Alan Cohen addressing the Circle of Friends on Dec. 15, 2019
Alan Cohen’s initial remarks suggested a response to Alisa Genovese’s recent address to the Circle of Friends on the subject of the Meher Baba Center of Northern California’s reprise in 2015 of the 1980 Bell Of Warning. Such was … Continue reading
Posted in articles and notes
9 Comments
What does the U.S. know about the Middle East?
Nothing. The U.S. has a flatline learning curve about the Middle East. The U.S. can not register a pulse at all in Middle East politics and Islamic culture. It’s like the U.S. is a catatonic vampire salivating for the next … Continue reading
Posted in articles and notes
1 Comment