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Osmani's Sufi Blog:
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May 11, 2025
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Sufi Quote
Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
Moody Ether
Permeates our being
from time to time…
When it does its moody bit
it’s as if nothing goes right
If it were easy to understand
we’d have come up with solutions
But it’s not
and yet it goes away – all by itself
Enchanted ones credit their beliefs and actions
but it’s a lot more than that
Till we understand the endless questions
what happens to us before birth or what happens after death
This mystery will remain a mystery
don’t let anyone cheat you out of it by solving it for you
Politics...
1. I don't believe what Russia or China say. I don't believe what our own media says. I look at actions. I weed out fake news and false truths. Overall, I have doubts about Trump's Tariffs. I'm hurt with the tremendous suffering in Gaza. I don't like proud and arrogant Zionists.
2. I'm not impressed with the change of Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Not a big deal, IMHO. Silly patriotism that doesn't get us much in the long run, other than feeling good for a short time. (I don't like Mexico or any other country. I like Earth)
3. Great job, President Trump for getting India and Pakistan ceasefire!!!
Recent Movie Reviews: Blue ones are good!
* Blood will Tell (Netflix) 2019. Argentinian. Very realistic mystery. Well done movie!
* The Motive (Netflix) 2017. Spanish. A slow and boring movie abot a writer without much talent.
* Women of the Hour (Netflix) 2024. Pretty good suspense movie based on a true story.
* Get In (Netflix) 2019. French. A bit boring in parts. Lots of violence in the movie. Not for the faint of heart.
* Black Beach (Netflix) 2020. Great movie! Very realistic about betrayal and deception.
* The Taming of the Shrewd (Netflix) 2022. Polish. A bit like a Bollywood movie with Polish touches.
* Last Seen Alive (Netflix) 2022. Phenomenal suspense movie. Enjoyed watching this to the very end!
* Basma (Netflix) 2024. Turkish. Pretty sensitive portrayal of family life in Saudi Arabia. Ver well done movie.
* What we Wanted (Netflix) 2020. German. A deep, philosophical movie. Not all people may like it!
* Major Grom Plague Doctor (Netflix) 2021. Russian. A Russian version of James Bond. Sort of ok to watch.
* Rust Creek (Netflix) 2018. Fabulous movies. Great suspense and a fairly good ending.
* Haseen Dilruba (Netflix) 2021. Hindi. A bit unusual theme for a Hindi movie. Kept my interest.
Book Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars: Succinct, insightful commentary in poetic form
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
As a fresh, often arresting poetic approach to social commentary, I found the poems of Rashid Osmani to be well worth reading. Although I did find the poems to be somewhat uneven in "quality" from a literary perspective, there were real moments of brilliance appearing in each of the six chapters. The poems which I found to be "better" (beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all) provoked thoughts and images that etched themselves into my mind and were not simply forgotten.
In my view, the best poems in this volume contained terse, profound observations; they reminded me of the pessimistic literature one finds in the book of Ecclesiastes. Though the poems are described as short "Sufi-style" compositions, when I compared them to translations of Sufi poems, Osmani's poetry had almost no trace of religiosity, with only one of the pieces, "Submission Accomplished", seemingly alluding to a specific faith tradition. The rest seemed to portray the human experience from a mostly secular perspective, with frequent elements of cynicism and resignation. The strongest part of the book was the political section, which I didn't really expect to be in a poetry collection.
The last part of the book contains notes from the author about each poem in the book, along with positive comments from online readers. I didn't find the reader comments particularly useful, while the author's notes were mostly enlightening as they helped put some of pieces within this book in perspective. In each of his notes, he described the experience or situation that prompted him to compose the poem, which gave me a better understanding about the nuances of what the author was trying to convey.
Overall, I enjoyed this first volume of poetry by Mr. Osmani. What I took away from reading the book was how engaging and insightful modern pessimism can be, especially in poetic form