Blog

https://medium.com/media/7b3b70742e21fbf7e0c39e94aad2dcff/href

I’ve been writing frequently about mysticism because, for me, writing is not separate from the mystical path. When we are fully “present” with what we are doing — writing, dancing, listening — we remain there for a time, inhabiting a state of consciousness before gently returning to the surface of ordinary thought.But today I want to turn toward a different question. Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) become a threat to spirituality — or might it somehow support it?To approach that question, let me first clarity what I mean by mysticism. Mysticism is not a doctrine. It is not theology. It is not philosophy. Mysticism is a direct encounter with what I call the One Consciousness — known by many names: Creator, Love, Light, Nothingness, God, Source. In that encounter, the illusion of “otherness” falls away, revealing a unity of our innermost essence that was always present. Across traditions, mystics speak of the same shared

My previous post motivated me to share a bit more about Rumi’s life. When we think of Rumi, we often picture a serene poet of love and union. But his life was shaped by tremendous upheaval.When Rumi was a child, his family packed up their lives in Balkh (present-day Afghanistan though at that time it was part of Iran) and fled to the current city of Neyshapour, a major center of learning and culture. The Mongol armies under Changis Khan were sweeping through the Middle East like a storm — cities burned, libraries turned to ash, families scattered. They finally found refuge in Konya, Turkey. But even there, peace was fragile: the empire was crumbling from within and would soon bow to the Mongols as well.It was an age of uncertainty, fear, and loss — yet out of that soil, Rumi’s vision of boundless love, unity, and compassion blossomed. Instead of despair, he turned to the eternal, reminding us — through his poems written in Persian language — tha