“A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, 'O' God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee'?” LongDesireNightWealthPrayerPrayingWorshipSlaveTheePerceiveAwakeParadiseAll NightLong LifeOur PrayersPonderingPraying To GodWorship GodWorshippers Author:Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.” KnowsWantMaySoulCharacterAbleDesireSpiritualityConsciousnessAngelMy SoulPerceiveImperfectNeverthelessBrethren Author:Saint Patrick
“Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as a medium that participates in social formation by influencing the ways we perceive our feelings, our bodies, our desires, our very subjectivities - even if it does so surreptitiously, without most of us knowning how. It is too important a cultural force to be shrouded by mystified notions of Romantic transcendence.” IfsWayDoeImportantFeelingsBodyDesireForceSocialInfluenceActivityNotionMediumsPerceiveMeaninglessTranscendenceFormationSubjectivity Author:Susan McClary