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This is intended for Yahoooo, if you have some bones to pick with Shamsu then please create a new thread and argue with him directly. I see bunch of responses from you on all topics but they are mainly directed towards Shamsu. Why are you wasting other people's time? You obviously know how this ...

hard paper editions and on line editions of the newspaper often differ so as to generate revenues .....and this imp interview in our view was probably ignored by TOI to b included in their online edition........

Most likely this is the case, only someone from India can confirm this by looking at ...

It looks like you're quoting old stuff from Chopra, here is what he said in his new book: (and I find him closest to Ismailism/esoterism then anyone else).

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I IMAGINE THAT IF SPIRITUALITY sought sales advice from Madison Avenue, it would be, “Scare people about dying.” This tactic ...

Damn good question, I would like to know the deeper meaning as well.

I have not been able to find this article on the web, I looked through the archives, by columnist name, everywhere, it's just not there at all.

Perhaps someone copied it from the newspaper directly but why would the newspaper not publish it to their online version? Have you seen this in the ...

Does MHI mean that the conflict in Kashmere is not due to the religious problem? Then what would be the real cause of this conflict?

How could a conflict of geographical land be a religious conflict. Did God assigned geographical lands to the human beings? or did He took part in distributing them ...

In my humble opinion, the nikkarh ceremony is necessary in Islam

What is the definition of Nikkah ceremony according to Ismailism? My understanding is that it has mostly to do with cultural and geographical traditions rather than religious but I am more than willing to listen to what others have ...

Thats it, marriage over, go home everyone.

How about calling close relatives to your house for chai and biscuit? And some mithaee if you wish. Just because you feel happy and wish to share your happiness.

The problem arises when we spend thousands of dollars for a wedding receptions at 5 star ...

I was'nt aware of the fact that there is a restriction on how one concentrate in bandagi? Can you please provide reference.

I think you can concentrate on breath as a starter or you can do Jappa, it should'nt matter.

Don't we currently recite ginan standing up in Chandrat right before the tasbih?

Anyways, once again, I am searching for our rituals and their meanings.

I don't think your question is clear enough. Can you please rephrase what you're trying to search.

I think you forgot who is the power in Ismailies.. I think he is Imam who has the full right to tell you in which language you should pray & not!

we have to OBEY!

Recurrence of above theme is very rampant on almost all the topics I have encountered so far. The question is, if we were to believe ...

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My mouth and my breath say the dua in Arabic. My mind and the intellect that percieves the meaning of Dua does so in Gujrati as that was the language in which I had memorized it as a child. No one can change the language in which your intellect understands the dua.

Mashallah ...

above quote of yours (curious 1) is wrong.

Thank you for correcting me, I appreciate.

curious1, I hate to sound rude, but that reply was very superficial. Hollywood made aliens? Joke or not, but it seems as if you're saying it's because of the T.V people have ideas that aliens may exist.

Please be my guest to be rude, I tend to read between the lines, never really cared about the ...

No fundamental problem at all..i have taken baiyat to serve the imam with my tan, man and dhan..he says no black..that means no black...no questions..no arguements...no nothing...

I think the matter of color black and white is clear enough now. On the above quote, all I can say is that I perfer ...

I have been trying to figure out if aliens exist or they don't.

Hollywood created aliens pure and simple.

Not only that, but others may see a fundamental problem with "do what I say, don't do what I do" theory. Hopefully, we can elaborate on this further under different discussion topic.

Aside from that, the black color is turning out to be a condemned color in Ismailism, for which I have no problems ...

Actually I am not going as far as following the tariqat or shariat, you are blanketing a simple question into something more complicated but I got your point anyway. However, I am only looking for the significance of color white and black as far as proper attire is concerned (while praying in JK and ...

Also I recall (someone can correct me if I'm wrong) Hazir Imam wearing white at the funeral of Zia-ul Haq in Pakistan (I was very young, my recollection may not be correct but I think he was'nt wearing black).

Thanks.

This is a classic example of "Do what He tells you to do and not to do what He does"

Thanks for the reply, are you stating above based on your understanding or have we been asked to "do what he tells you to do and not DO WHAT HE DOES" (caps mine).

Also, if you can shed light on my question about ...

First couple of quotes to bring my question under appropriate context. I have read the topic in detail but I believe my question still stands :

Posted: 31 Mar 2003 12:24 pm: On a day in 1945, Mowlana Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah had visited the Aga Hall (known as Wadi) at Bombay to bestow didaar. As ...

Sorry, ignore my ramblings, I found the discussion under the appropriate topic. Reading it right now.

I myself will wear black clothes, and my people will wear their national mourning dress.

Its not really very important but I would like to know the appropriate attire for Ismailis when in mourning? We wear white when we visit JK for ziyarat etc (black is almost always a taboo in JK even though ...

Some people see it as a calculator to count how many times you have said Allah's names, while others see it as an object of great significance.

I think you mean rosary as a tool to help meditate and/or count the names to keep the concentration, right? I think its just a tool, has not significant ...

I think that for such a knowledgeable and wise Imam, a Jamaat-wide education program for children and adults would be fitting, teaching them the basic and advanced elements of the Ismaili religion, and helping them understand the religion through and through whereby they would be able to answer ...

You see, his grace is independent of your effort. You ask what you have done to be born Ismaili? You do not have to do anything for him to open his arms and engulf you whole. The truth is, when you stop doing is when you realise what he does.

I am looking for logical answers. I am already ...

This is also why these spiritual practices are not publicized or publicly divulged: because they are advanced practices, they are only for those who have been taught them and who have made baiat (pledged allegiance) to the Imam of the Time.

By virtue of being born Ismaili gets one automatically ...

provided man remembers that his own mind is itself the creation of God. Without this humility, no balance is possible. With it, there are no barriers. ( 1983, SPEECH AT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHARTER OF THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY)

Allah hu Akbar, Mashaallah.

Now, I have a question that popped up ...

Have you seen the movie "what the bleep do we know" yet? Its supposedly on quantum physics, was realeased recently in limited showing.

I have read few books on quantum physics (started with Dancing Wu Li Masters then moved on to others) but never saw "string theory" anywhere.

Looking forward to ...