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Cosmic Heroism: The Victory of Self over Body

December 18, 2021

A Beaker of Becker: A Beacon from Beyond [1] H. Talat Halman, Ph.D. Central Michigan University "[T]he problem of heroics is the central one of human life...Society itself is a codified hero system, which means that society is everywhere a living myth of the significance of human life...Every society is thus a 'religion'..." -- Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 - March 6, 1974) The Denial of Death (1973, p. 7) Of Ernest Becker's Pulitzer-prize winning The Denial of Death, Elizabeth Kubler Ross writes: "It puts together what others have torn to pieces and rendered useless. It is one of those rare masterpieces that will stimulate your thoughts, your intellectual curiosity, and last but not least your soul ..." In what I have written here, I hope you will be able to vicari...

Women in Muslim Cultures

April 02, 2020

Malala Yousouffzi "Reality of Muslim Women" (2m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZkdonO_JQM "What Islam Really Says about Women" (13m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETryXMpDl8 "What Does My Headscarf Mean to You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18zvlz5CxPE "Muslim Women Talk about Hijab" (4m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_BapO1SsMw "Women in Islamic State" (short) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zeI6FSGSw8&t=55s "Mulla Defends 'Beat Your Wives Lightly Verse" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39K9K1T7wvg "Dismantling Media Image" (8m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m483Y-1nNp8 Muslim Fashion Designer (6m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTnZLrfe9Vw&t=151s "20 Things Muslim Women Are Tired of Hearing" (1m.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImWJMtmPuZc "What It's Like to Be a Muslim in America" (Dalia Mogahed) (16m.) https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Talat Halman: I research, teach and write about religion. I am a Sufi Muslim living in an Interspiritual context. I seek, as Meher Baba advocated, to bring all religions "together like beads on a string." I aspire to the Chado (Way of Tea) values of Harmony (Wa), Respect (Kei), Purity (Sei), and Tranquility (Jaku) taught by Sen no Rikyu. I carry a "spiritual visa" to visit many communities of worship & celebration, and observe & participate in contemplations, & commemorations of the divine and sacred. My watchword and guiding compass that navigates this website are these words from my teacher Sherif Baba: "Whoever follows the human being finds the Beauty. Our purpose is human being, to live the depth of a human being." May we be like the crescent moon, renewing, rejeuvenating and resurrecting in regular rotation. Like the full moon, may our hearts expand with universal kindness. Like the stars may our thoughts shine from the mind of God. Like the earth, may our bodies turn in beauty and grace. Like Mary ('alayha as-salaam) may we pray with pure hearts and clear meditation. SubhanAllah, Al-Hamdu li-llah, Allahu Akbar.

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