While Rumi considers insanity a mark of divine favor, he distinguishes between types. The madness he promotes is rooted in ecstatic love; the one he condemns, in petty fear. The former creates a mystic, the latter a lunatic. When I first began studying Rumi with my father in late 2014, ...
This girl, now a woman, entering her senior year in college, having endured the most grueling summer of her life, on sheer determination alone became a certified Emergency Medical Technician, and was dreaming of a trip to Disney with her parents. Before we even had a chance to begin making...
As laws targeting LGBTQ+ people have proliferated in so-called “red states,” where Republicans are in control of both the legislature and the executive branch, a clear understanding of how many people will be directly affected is too often absent from policy decisions. Let’s begin with an ...
Leaving all aside, it’s a cool place just because not every day you get to see a train crossing on a very narrow street among colourful houses and where you can sit at one of the coffee shops there and watch the train passing by so crazy madly close to your cup! It’s a nice ex...
I tend to love the female Jedi in general because they're all such badasses, but Aayla Secura here is one of the most iconic and a general fan-favorite. Her sex appeal doubtlessly has something to do with that, but even aside from that, I like her character overall. Her compassion an...
He wasn’t insisting since I really looked like a lunatic tourist, nothing to represent a potential danger. The promenade was beautiful, the first place I saw in this country that looked more taken care of, I thought then. In a few days after I was going to change my view and ...
When the loudmouth clown on TV declared he’d run for president, I snorted. When he said he’d outlaw abortion, I knew he had no chance. Women, I said, are not stupid. When his gropeboasting video went public, I knew decent America would repudiate him. ...
So today, tell me the creepiest thing in your house. Or share it on twitter. Also, no, I have not found the missing doll. And this is a true story. I keep it in the guest bedroom closet with all of my cremated pets and a few other dolls that are too unsettling for display and...
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Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. Throughout history, the way of truth and love have always won over evil.— Mahatma Gandhi, India leader — This is the one saving grace for the list below. Love and truth will find a way to smooth their hate out. ...