There comes a time where we have to admit we have not got a clue to how it is. yet there is a fragrance in the air that tells our hearts nose that the scent is so overwhelming that to not follow it is to betray our self. I urge you to follow your heart's nose my sister/brother/friend. This year's path has much that is worth suspending cynicism and doubt. God's reversal of things: Mathnawi V: 420-458, a poetic version from Coleman Barks, and the literal translation from Reynold A. Nicholson, from which Barks developed his version ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ "The Question" One dervish to another, "What was your vision of God's presence"? I haven't seen anything. But for the sake of conversation, I'll tell you a story. God's presence is there in front of me - a fire on the left, a lovely stream on the right. One group walks toward the fire, into the fire, another toward the sweet flowing water. No one knows which are blesse...