“One character weak point after another”: a new lab on OstadElahi-inPractice
After two “28 days straight” labs (In Ostad Elahi’s footsteps and One day, one Maxim) OstadElahi inPractice has gone back at the request of numerous users, to its classic 5-phase labs. The website will...
View ArticleAt the Met, the tanbur is back
The tanbur is back… A few months ago, in 2018, a couple of steps away from the oldest piano in the world, a showcase was inaugurated in the department of musical instruments at the Met (Metropolitan...
View ArticlePractising humanity in times of a pandemic
In dire times, it is not only human beings that are being tested, but the humanity in each of us. In the midst of generalised lockdown in place, here are a few reflections on the ethical significance...
View ArticlePortraits of the imperious self (1): an ethics of transformation
This is the first piece in an extended series dedicated to the practice of ethics and more specifically to the identification of the main source of our anti-ethical tendencies: the imperious self. This...
View ArticlePortraits of the imperious self (2): the imperious self is imperious
If the plural “portraits” is used here, it is to best illustrate the multifaceted and elusive figure of our inner life for the imperious self is a shape-shifting model that makes for a difficult...
View ArticlePortraits of the imperious self (3): the imperious self is domineering
As we have seen, the imperious self functions on the basis of the “terrestrial” values (ego and material interests). Its action on us could be summarized as follows: to focus our thoughts and...
View ArticlePortraits of the imperious self (4): the imperious self is rebellious
The imperious self is an anti-self, i.e., a contrary force that is rebellious and systematically out to pull us away from where our real self—our soul—wants to lead us. If you want to meet with your...
View ArticleHigh-definition spirituality (1)
There is no Nobel Prize (to date) rewarding ethics research, but surely no one would dispute that in this field Ostad Elahi was perfectly learned. What is meant here by the word “learned”? Being...
View ArticleHigh-definition spirituality (2)
Not settling for the mere condition of a human-animal and developing the qualities that will make us truly human, such is the ultimate task facing us. The pressing challenge, though, is to prevent Bob,...
View Article“Exploring our real self”: a new lab on Ostadelahi-inPractice
After “One character weak point after another – delving within our unconscious psyche”, elaborated from an extract of The Path of Perfection, OstadElahi inPractice, filled with enthusiasm for the...
View ArticleThe art of Ostad Elahi: full-length version
The latest in the activities organized these past years around the exhibition of Ostad Elahi’s instruments at the New York Metropolitan Museum now include the full-length version of the film The Art of...
View Article“The Exercise of Attention-Dialogue”: a pillar of the process of spiritual...
After “Exploring our real self”, OstadElahi-inPractice now carries on with its series dedicated to the study and in-depth practical approach of the Fundamentals of the Process of Spiritual Perfection:...
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