Michael Jackson and Sufi Poetry


	Michael Jackson and Sufi Poetry

arifsali

6-26-2009 1:38 PM

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michael jackson, music, sufi, united states

arifsali says:

Amazing personal account by Deepak Chopra.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-tribute-to-my-friend-mi_b_221268.html

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6-26-2009 2:06 PM

chestnut501

Wonderful, Thanks arifsali

6-26-2009 3:07 PM

NonStatQuo

It is nice to have some balance. After watching a writer from Vanity Fair spew vitriol on the man this morning on Morning Joe MSNBC, it is nice to have a bit of humanity and balanced insight into a very troubled man who's very creativity and sensitivity was also his downfall.

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