Mr. Cat

Thursday, May 31, 2007

the Implications of One's own Nobility

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With the tenth passage, the Long Obligatory prayer takes on an increasingly personal tone. Though the whole prayer is infused with intimacy ...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Why Praise?

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Moving onward to passage 11. I last posted just a few hours ago, so if you're interested in reading things in order, check to see if you...
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Nearness to an Unconditioned God

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Here's passage ten. It is said standing. BTW this is gonna be another long one. O Lord of all being and Possessor of all things visible ...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

the Testimony of Creation

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This is the ninth passage of the Long Obligatory Prayer. It is said seated, just after coming out of prostration. I testify unto that whereu...
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A Look at Praise

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Rather than totally move on to a new passage. I thought I'd begin by looking at the next one in the context of the last few lines in the...
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Sunday, May 27, 2007

of Origins and Power

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This is the seventh passage of the Long Obligatory Prayer. It is said standing, coming out of kneeling. The hands are upraised two separate ...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Passage Six: part two

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I love, in this state, O my Lord, to beg of Thee all that is with Thee, that I may demonstrate my poverty, and magnify Thy bounty and Thy ri...
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I am descended from an illustrious line of Persian cats, including two Shahs from the Safavid dynasty. Most people don't realize that some of the Safavids were cats. But that would underestimate the majesty of which that line was sometimes capable.
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