Developing Our Humanness
Recording of weekly sohbet with Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski.
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Nothing to Fear
Recording of weekly sohbet with Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski.
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Kaaba of Lovers
Recording of weekly sohbet with Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski.
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Rumi on the Nafs
Selected by Kabir Helminski Let's ask God to help us to self-control: for one who lacks it, lacks His Grace. The undisciplined person doesn't wrong himself alone— but sets fire to the whole world. Discipline enabled Heaven to be filled with light; discipline enabled the angels to be immaculate and holy. The peacock's plumage is [...]
On Spiritual Perception, tr. by Kabir & Camille Helminski
Vision of the World Know, son, that everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty. The universe is a drop of the Tigris of His Beauty, this Beauty not contained by any skin. His Beauty was a Hidden Treasure so full it burst open and made the earth more radiant than [...]
The Mirror
By Kabir Helminski One of the earliest teachings on Sufism that I received more than thirty years ago was about "polishing the mirrror of the heart." The understanding of this idea continues to unfold with new and deeper implications. We continually polish the mirror of the heart in order that the heart might reflect the [...]
Spiritual Perception and the Root of the Root of Religion
A Talk given at the UNESCO International Rumi Symposium, Istanbul O you who study the world, you’re just a hired worker. And you who desire paradise, you’re far from the Truth. And you who are satisfied with the two world, but unaware Because you have not tasted the happiness of His sorrow, You’re simply excused [...]
Witnessing the Garden
Offered by Camille Adams Helminski For the UNESCO International Rumi Symposium, Istanbul, May 2007 Bismillah arRahman arRahim Truly we are in the midst of challenging times. Mevlana also lived in the midst of very challenging times, yet what a possibility opened with the example of being that he unveiled. Continually he was “witnessing the garden,” seeing [...]
Monthly Essential Practices of Mevlevi Spirituality for 2013
January: In these days the breathings of God prevail. Turn your ear and mind toward these breathings. ~Muhammad (a.s.) February: There are some true servants of God of whom the body is here but of whom the heart is above, under the Throne of God. ~Muhammad (a.s.) March: The most intelligent of people are those [...]