Tag: Angels

Let me tell you one very famous Sufi story, “The Holy Shadow.” There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven...

"Tough day?" "No, just taking a quick break." The two Beings of Light reclined at the bar, musing at the human soul below who glared back...

David was sitting with his grandmother Miriam in the backyard eating cookies when he suddenly asked her. Where do all the prayers go? I mean, I know you say prayers to God but how do they find their way to God?

"I am the angel of death and I came to get you," said the angel. "But as you were kind, I will lend you the Book of Destiny for five minutes; you may change what you want." The angel gave the man the book. As he was leafing through its pages, the man began reading about the lives of his neighbors. And he got discontented...

Once there was a little fish who lived in the sea. It swam with a great school of other fishes, living, loving, and learning in a seemingly endless expanse that provided for its every need. The fish was happy enough. But sometimes it struggled to find food and always it swam in fear of bigger fish - or worse the white-winged creatures that plunged down upon members of its school when they least expected it...

There once was a scientist who was obsessed with immortality. Ever since he heard of the Fountain of Youth as a boy he knew that his life quest would be to extend human life for as long as possible -- forever if he could. So dedicated was he to this goal that he devoted his every waking moment to the study of medicine, genetics, astronautics and...

Perhaps Jesus sent some of His apostles to Hell to save souls," said John, even in the worst of torments, not all is lost." The idea surprises me. We are chatting in one of the few bars in Los Angeles. John is a...

A dot of movement grows larger as it rushes downwards. Like a runaway candle it enters the earth's atmosphere. Is it a chunk broken away from the moon? Or, could it be a flying saucer? No, it's a very beautiful young angel. Here? An angel? Her name is Esther. And she smacks into the highest spruce tree. One wing now trapped between two branches. Help me...

A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter. The saint toured the soul around Heaven. Both of them walked side by side inside a large workroom filled with angels. St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and said, This is the Receiving Section. Here, all the petitions to God said in prayer are received. The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly busy with so many angels...

I was coughing, spluttering. Salty seawater filled my mouth. I looked up and everywhere there were people swimming. There must have been thousands of people ...a multitude of arms and legs kicking, all moving in one huge anti clockwise circle, the size of an athletic track. In the center was a small desert island with a few palm trees and a person who was throwing food to the swimmers. What was going on? How had I got here?