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Beauty

"Although beauty is ubiquitous, whether we are aware of it or not, there is a hierarchy of beauty, as there is of reality, being, love. The supreme beauty is the beauty of the Supreme Reality; absolute beauty is the beauty of the Absolute. Even the most intense beauty experienced in this world in the beautiful face of a loved one or a supreme work of art or of virgin nature or even the perfume of the soul of a saint is a reflection of divine Beauty."

Recent Trips:
July-Aug: Tanzania & South Africa
June 2008 - Lombok, Indonesia
April 2008 ~ Australia (NSW [Blue Mountains, Syd, Newcastle], Canberra, Melbourne)

Dec 2007 ~ Syria (Damascus and Surrounds)
April-July 2007 ~ Pakistan (Voluneering at home for earhquake surviors in Mansehra, Northern Areas & Islamabad at time of Red Mosque Operation)

Rooted only to change

View of Chitral Valley, Pakistan

A certain change in the winds is causing the sails to change direction... the ropes in my hand are giving way - and i have to let the winds show me the way.

Often we let these winds sway us left, right, forward etc. Often we dont know where we are heading. Worse still, we dont know what we want. We get accused for being indecisive when we dont know what we want.

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
When a man does not know what harbour he is making for,
No wind is the right wind."

~ Seneca

Oh well, my chapter now is all about the wind direction. My compass lies in the palm of my hand and oyster-world, here I come!

Some of you will soon see me at your shores as i explore more of the world i have not seen, much less understood. It's a wonderful feeling to subject oneself to the unknown. To have faith - that faith which resides within. That tells us we are alive and that we have faith :)

fudge

Lotus ponds

The poised lotus, the friend of the soul

Lillies in the water
and frogs on lotus leaves
i smile at the ripples
and my own reflection

My Nikon sits beside me
yearning to be clicked
i tease it --
fingering the trigger
"No more shots!"
my conscience shouts

The olive green frog
winks
it is touching my heart
and the lotus smiles
all its pinkness glowing
i am looking at
my lime summer dress
wishing
i was a part of water
But hydrogen and oxygen
will not have me --
i am too urban

i visit lotus ponds
pronouncing my urban-ness
to enjoy the company of
my two favourite friends
the olive green frog
and the glowing pink lotus.

~ All Rights Reserved Fudge

Elusive paths

View from Marylands Heights, VA

"We make a Living by what we get,
We make a Life by what we give.
God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it."

Centering while traveling

Sunset at Cable Beach, Northern Western Australia

The Traveller

the rajasthani blue
the kinabalu grey
the brazilian green
the morrocan red
vie for the last bet

the angst of a tied up crustacean
a silenced furore contrasting against the
bloom of lotus ponds and sorghum fields
where the traveller's eye but accidentally catches
the 10 yr old's impatience through teary tantrums & fearful phantoms

do we live in placid misantrophy
charred from our own
inability to swallow and forgive
or is the traveller within seething with escapism
cos he'd rather live in another's world than
his own -- even for a short while?

thoughts ramble on as the train pulls ahead
into horizons of unknown lands...
the journey is endless a single step,
but many thousand miles still not covered.

~farheen mukri

A spiritual path

Eid in Sikkim

"Until college and minaret have crumbled
This holy work of ours will not be done.
Until faith becomes rejection, and rejection becomes belief
There will be no true Muslim."
~ Sufi Aba Said ibn Abi-l-Khair
(Quoted from Idries Shah, 'The Way of the Sufi')

Check out my Eid in Sikkim Travelogue :)

Check out latest Kimberlys Trip on-Australia Page

Enroute to Emma Gorge, Northwest WA

"Nature is painting for us, day after day,
pictures of infinite beauty
if only we have the eyes to see them..."

~ John Ruskin (1819-1900)

MORE AUSSIE PICS Coming up - April 2008 trip! Rumi-fan pls keep pushing me. promise will get there ;p

A note on travels:

At Attar Shisha hostel, Mansehra, Kashmir

Places to go:
* Morocco
* Spain (mainly South, Alhambra, Grenada, Almiera)
* Netherlands
* California (Berkeley, San Francisco, San Diego), Seattle, Oregon, USA
* Ladakh, India - 2009 (inshaAllah)

Recent Travels:
2008
* Lombok - DONE! May 2008
* Australia - DONE! Awesome trip
* South Africa (Durban) - Aug 2008
* Tanzania (Arusha, Serengetti) - July 2008

2007
* Syria (Damascus, Homs, Bludan, Palmyra, Maloula, Bosra)
* Pakistan (Mansehra, Balakot, Naran, Islamabad)
* Tioman, Malaysia

July 2005:
Kimberlys, Top End Western Australia - Trip was SPECTACULAR! totally recomended. Check out Kimberlys page! more pics coming up.

* Sri lanka pics pending : someone get me a scanner!! Urgh, i still Haven't gotten this done. :(

At some stage:
~ Colorado Rocky Mountains, Montana etc.
~ Maldives!!!
~ Austria, Switzerland. Leichtenstein
~ Trans Siberian Rail Journey (Beijing - Helsinki)

Intro Updated Feb 19, 2009
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sdq Mar 28, 2012 at 4:30 PM Report Abuse

Nice pages !
Fudge Aug 17, 2011 at 10:09 PM Report Abuse

Thanks all for your comments - i hardly check VT :) So am glad I dropped by :)
Rumi-fan Aug 15, 2011 at 5:40 AM Report Abuse

Fudgers - Happy Birthday for 14th! Hugs
fashionapple Aug 10, 2011 at 9:37 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday in advance and many happy returns of the day. Hope all is well at your end :)
Glorija Dec 14, 2010 at 4:31 AM Report Abuse

Hello girl. How is everything going? Here all is good. Receive regards and have a marv day. Spela
mili_143 Sep 2, 2010 at 1:46 AM Report Abuse

Great page and very useful info. Belated happy birthday.
TravellingSpirit Aug 16, 2010 at 2:51 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday Farheen. I hope you had the most amazing day x
janetanne Aug 14, 2010 at 9:11 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Farheen! May all your special wishes come true. Janet
Pavlik_NL Aug 14, 2010 at 12:02 AM Report Abuse

Hi Farheen, I wish you a perfect birthday and a healthy, lucky new living year. Congratulations with a big smile from NL, Paul
Mozumbus Apr 1, 2010 at 3:41 AM Report Abuse

Salam from Pakistan. Liked your tips about Karachi