2011 - The Threshold Society

The Rumi Daybook

When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn. That he wrote the words seven hundred years ago in a medieval Persian world that bears little resemblance to ours makes their uncanny resonance to us today just that much more remarkable. Here is a treasury of daily wisdom from this most beloved of all the Sufi masters—both his prose and his ecstatic poetry—that you can use to start every day for a year, or that you can dip into for inspiration any time you need to break through the granite of your heart.

Rumi, Shams, and Life of the Heart

Trees are metaphysical witnesses, prophets from all the traditions as well as suppliers of refuge and gifts for all of creation. Rumi and Shams address surrender, satisfaction, remembrance, real Friendship, and contentment.

To be in Paradise, stop complaining; greet whatever comes as if it’s our greatest happiness. Say, “It's just like that,” and keep going.

The Friend is generous and wise, removing obstacles even if we don’t know it, providing our daily portion from His granaries in the mysterious world of the beyond. We are not given too much all at once so we don't become rebellious and wayward.

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Reflections from Africa

I think there are three main points that I took out from this trip, namely: 1. The main purpose of this path is not to attain mystical states, rather the aim is the perfection of human character. 2. We get exactly what we need at the exact moment we need it. Therefore have complete faith [...]

Washing Vegetables in the Maidaan

When we were taken by Uzeyir to the Maidaan to help Aicha with the preparation of the meal, I was all geared up to roll up my sleeves and work fast and hard at chopping, stirring, brushing, mopping etc. When given the job of washing vegetables, the direction Aicha gave us for this took me [...]

We, We, We

We, We, We We were taken on a journey within a journey. We had seen the pilgrims off and left the ascetics behind in their retreat We were neither in this world nor the next; We were at the threshold of Unity. We saw the subtle as apparent and knew the language of impressions We [...]

The Seeker Will Appear In The Sought

We often attempt to deepen in a Reality that may seem fragile, distant or not there at all. Experiences of devotion come easily within certain external frameworks, like holy places in Turkey, the Mevlevi Tradition’s homeland. The challenge is to sustain some of that orientation every day.

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Segah Niyaz Ilahi & Na’t Serif

Segah Niyaz Ilahi: Segah Niyaz Ilahi PDF Segah Niyaz Ilahi Translation Na't: Na't-i Mevlana short 1 Na't-i Mevlana short 2 Na't-i Mevlana long 1 Na't-i Mevlana long 2 Na't-i Mevlana long 3 Na't-i Mevlana long 4 Na't-i Mevlana long 5 Na't-i Serif ve Turkce Anlami (Visit Semazen.net for more scores.)

Embody Patience

To embody patience is, at the least, to show no haste in matters that require time. This requires a presence that is fully in the moment and, simultaneously, outside of time. Only in this way can we give each thing its proper time. But the mental awareness alone is not sufficient to induce a holy patience. Something else is required—a sense of the Divine Presence.

It No Longer Remains This World

Recording of weekly sohbet with Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski.

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Songs by Ali Razmi

Improvisation by master musician Ali Razmi from a recent Threshold event. The recording is available below. We suggest a donation of $25 by clicking the "Buy Now" button. Your contribution will help us to continue to offer our work.

Yearly Archives: 2011