The Harmonic Worlds of David Hykes

“When I sing, God Loves Me”

Rabindranath Tagore

Spiritual Resources

Some spiritual paths are sought entirely alone. But, more often than not, a spiritual path is followed within a community. For the Sufi, it is an order, for the Christian, the congregation , for the Buddhists, the sangha.  Online this community can extend far and wide and offer many resources. With the advent of video resources like YouTube and Google Video, you can not only read about these far flung communities, you can see them in their worship and their practice. This is our spiritual resource page and we hope it is of some benefit to you and helps you get to the place you want to be 

Sacred Texts

Heart Sutra

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm 

Quran 

" When the Quran is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy. "  Quran 7:204  

http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/

Vedic Hymns 

http://www.hinduwebsite.com/vedicsection/vedichymns.htm

includes the four Vedas,  the Bhagavad-Gita, the Upanishads and other texts 

The Hanuman Chalisa

http://www.hanuman.com/cha.html 

King James Bible

A searchable version of the King James Bible that includes Old and New Testaments plus the Apocrypha, provided by the University of Virginia

http://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html

Buddhism

Buddhism Portal E-Sangha   http://www.e-sangha.com/

Shambhala Sun a Buddhist Magazine; scholarly, helpful, inspiring.

BuddhaNet   http://www.buddhanet.net/

Himalayan Art Resources    http://www.himalayanart.org/

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review  http://www.tricycle.com/

Naropa University   http://www.naropa.edu/

Video resources for Buddhism

Alan Watts - Time Illustrated  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpQfpMNta4w

Om Mani Padme Hung  a video prayer wheel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCjjQqQDjw

Dalai Lama   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGv0UKK2xo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY1-wEK9zPc

this video has many sections, this is the beginning

Yungchen Lhamo  Happiness Is...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee58iv63M2A

Sufi

The Internal Sufi Movement devoted to the Sufi message of Hazrat Inayat Khan 

The Bowl of Saki and the 99 beautiful names of God 

www.khamush.com  devoted to Rumi

www.sufimusic.org  devoted to music of the Sind

 www.zahuri.org a library of Sufi literature

http://www.chishti.ru/  Chisti order

http://www.mevlana.net/ Mevlana order  "Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are."

http://www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org/ The International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace

Sufi Video Resources

 This Zikr is from Iraq   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxNAnNXd1TM

 This is from Africa  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEdS08O_o0w

 This is a video of Nusrat Fatah  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

 At this link is the trailer for a wonderful film about Rumi and it features a

 performance of  Hamza El Din.

 Dervishes  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6wLenLAdNs

Other Resources

Ashes and Snow  an exhibition of the work of Gregory Colbert.  A place to inspire, teach and present a vision.

Mind & Life Institute  Investigating the Mind-Body connection-the science and the clinical applications of meditation.

Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies kabbalah, kabbalah lessons, free courses, kabbalah books, distant learning, kabbalah mp3 - Questions and Answers, Live lessons and music broadcast, kabbalah FAQ

 World Prayers  an online prayer wheel with prayers of celebration, adoration, invocation and meditation. 

 Light of Consciousness  awaken your consciousness, lift your spirit, rejuvenate your mind

 Internet Yoga Class  making the benefits of yoga convenient and affordable

 Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology  find out how the whole world is conspiring to shower you with blessings

www.cosmicharmony.com  many words of wisdom and wonderfully illustrated

Ming-Art  the luminous art and profound music of Minghao Xu
 

Parabola    A quarterly print magazine about the study of the myths, rituals, symbols, and arts of the world's spiritual traditions.

Spiritual Blogs

Inspirations and Creative Thoughts--Sadig Alam from Sinapore, a universal approach to religion and spiritual thought, articles on Sufism, Buddhism, Hassidic thought. Poetry and music. A lot of wonderful effort here. http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/

Music Resources

www.rootsworld.com   the best world music store in the world

  Ubuweb:Ethnopoetics   a collection of the soundings and visionings of traditional cultures; many wonderful sound samples. Well worth the exploration.