Today time moves fast and our humanness is under assault in many ways. The distractions of consumer society and pop culture, the compression of time, the advance of technological powers, the intensity of life requires nothing less than the development of true spiritual practice and remembrance.
Spiritual conversation (sohbet) with Shaikh Kabir Helminski on the Spirit of Ramadan.
Second part of a talk on the principles of spiritual practice with Shaikh Kabir Helminski.
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First part of a talk on the principles of spiritual practice with Shaikh Kabir Helminski.
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The final letter in Anna Rohleder's beautiful series of Love Letters to Muhmammad. Featured on the Living Tradition at Patheos.com
Ya Badi, Ya Qawi, Ya Rahman You spoke and we became. Will You help us tame these desires You implanted in us? You know our limitations and our skill; everything originates with You. So show us the purpose of these faults we find that break our concentration in Your Love. So much to learn, we [...]
The tenth in a series of Love Letters to Muhmammad by Anna Rohleder. First featured on the Living Tradition at Patheos.com
Letter number 9 in Anna Rohleder's inspiring series of Love Letters to Muhmammad, also featured on the Living Tradition at Patheos.com
Ya Sabur, Ya Hamid, Ya Salam, Ya Haqq, Ya Wadud It is a golden time when Your Sabr is shining. We wait, knowing time is passing, patient with the Decree of God, and yet yearning… You bring us through a tunnel of Love, when first we are birthed, and in this life of longing we [...]
January theme: Through constant remembrance of God is negligence (Ghaflah) dispelled. ~Imam Ali (AS) February theme: A Sufi is not a real Sufi until he (or she) feels a responsibility for all humanity. ~Sulami (10th Century) March theme: The courtesy (adab) of the gnostic (arif) is above any other courtesy, because his or her gnosis [...]