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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

An offering of poetry, parables, fiction and non.

4D AGO

Can peace be brought about by the mind? - J. Krishnamurti, from selected teachings

J. Krishnamurti asks and then addresses the question: Can peace be brought about by the mind. - He also answers the question: Will you please teach me how to love. - The words featured in this episode come from talks that Krishnamurti gave, talks that were compiled into book form. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. Living in an Insane World : Selected Passages - 1989 - J. Krishnamurti Life Ahead : On Learning and the Search for Meaning - 1963 - J. Krishnamurti Think on These Things - 1964 - J. Krishnamurti The Awakening of Intelligence - 1973 - J. Krishnamurti beforethepage@gmail.com

19 min
MAR 27

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - DIVINE FLASHES - selected reading

Selections from the DIVINE FLASHES of Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. Divine Flashes - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson : Paulist Press, New York 1982

22 min
MAR 19

HEARTS OVERFLOWING - words of the Buddha, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, others.

Words from The Dhammapada, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator - Nilgiri Press. Poetry by Ursula K. Ke Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy, Charlie Mehrhoff. beforethepage@gmail.com

18 min
MAR 13

Regarding THE POSSIBLE MAN: honoring Meir Michel Abehsera

Honoring Meir Michel Abehsera author ofThe Possible Man: Life in the Shadow of the Just : voiced by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Possible Man: Life in the shadow of the Just - by Meir Michel Abehsera, Swanhouse Press.

17 min
MAR 5

THE SEVENFOLD PEACE : words from The Essene Gospel of Peace

Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Essene Gospel of Peace : the complete four books in one volume.

19 min
FEB 27

IN BLIND AWARENESS : Sufi Parables, Poetry of al Shushtari & Jerry Smaldone

Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone. The Way of the Sufi - Idries Shah. Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs : https://pressbooks.pub/sufis/chapter/chapter-1/ Regarding Abul Hasan al-Shustari : from the Let's Talk Religion podcast : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ohX1qfHs&t=1219s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUAknrGu7Y poetry of al-Shushtari: https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/sulaymanibnqiddees/2017/09/08/shushtari-red-red-wine/ beforethepage@gmail.com

19 min
FEB 24

Catching Arrows in Midair

Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. Kabbalah and Consciousness & the Poetry of Allen Afterman : Sheep Meadow Press. The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1918-1975) : Black Sparrow Press :: Pieces read originally published in Separate Way (1936). beforethepage@gmail.com

15 min
FEB 18

Rav Kook : Poetry of Repentance

Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook -- translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner : printed in a most exquisite book, The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, by Mosaica Press. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688 beforethepage@gmail.com

23 min

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An offering of poetry, parables, fiction and non.

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