The importance of developing more conscious choice, and forming concrete intentions. Every decision made but carelessly left incomplete drains us of will. We need this everyday exercise of will, building the muscle of conscious choice, rather than living a life of dispersion, of following the path of least resistance.
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Relationship with the body – what are we relating from? And what are we relating to? Exploring the relationship between spirit, heart and self. How the form of salah embodies this relationship with the body. How ablution is a spiritual purification and grounding of the body. See here for the article on Adab: The Courtesy of the Path; the adab of remembering your servanthood in the world of bodies.
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Sohbet on the birthday of Hazreti Ali, sharing reflections on his character and wisdom.
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Reflecting on February's theme, "The Drop that truly knows itself is aware of the Ocean"; how the heart of the Knower contains God; reflecting on verses from Yunus Emre.
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UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008 The Mevleviye is an ascetic Sufi order founded in 1273 in Konya, from where it gradually spread throughout the Ottoman Empire. Today, the Mevleviye can be found in many Turkish communities throughout the world, but the most active and famous centres of the [...]
Filmed at Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
Then the final fourth round, the “fourth selam,” starts. It is different from the others in that all the semazens whirl in the exterior circle. When they are all so arranged, the semazen bashi takes his place and salutes the shaykh. The shaykh returns the salute. Holding the right side of his khirqah with his [...]
Originally published in Facebook by The Threshold Society (December 5, 2013) Translate by: Maryam Khadiya La segunda selecciÛn nos plantea la pregunta de dÛnde venimos y adÛnde vamos. Es para jÛvenes y viejos, para los inmaduros y los maduros. Describe algo sobre la naturaleza del yo o alma, sobre el proceso de dejar ir y [...]
Originally published in Facebook by The Threshold Society (December 5, 2013) Translate by: Maryam Khadiya Rahmanpanah Me gustarÌa ofrecer dos ghazels en memoria de nuestro querido hermano Saeid Rahmanpanah. El primero es inusualmente corto, casi un fragmento, que describe un lugar misterioso. Dejo a tu alma entender dÛnde est· este lugar: Un prado, un ·rbol, [...]