This Virtual Sufi Lodge is a Place for Spiritual Companionship (Sohbet)
Commentary by Shaikh Kabir "I am contained, as a guest, in a faithful heart, without qualification or definition or description, so that through the medium of that heart everything, above and below, may win from Me sovereignties and fortune. Without such a mirror neither Earth nor Time could bear the vision of My Beauty."
Some reflections on relationships within a community of seekers by Kabir Helminski Sufis live contrary to “the world” in many ways. Their calculations are different from the calculations based exclusively on the ego’s self-interest. They return hostility with kindness; they meet immaturity with patience; in a world of role-playing, they are guileless. The Dergah is a refuge from the world of hypocrisy, manipulation, and conflict. The relationships that are built in the Dergah of Love endure in a way the relationships of the Dunya (“The World”) never can.
The Urs of Sultan Veled is 11/11 (1312 CE). The era of Casa Paloma as our main center has come to completion and 11/11 is the day Kabir and Camille depart from California and inshallah arrive in Louisville, Kentucky to dwell in the new tekkye there. Here is the talk Camille gave at the Sultan Veled Symposium in Konya last year for Mevlana's Urs. Thanks be to God for this beautiful tradition.
Continuing in our new format we reflect on another selection from Rumi which reminds us that there is a necessity to give something back to the Unseen for everything we take and receive.
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October 13, 2012. Introducing a new format for our group meetings where we read and reflect upon a selection from Rumi's Mathnawi.
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The retreat recordings are 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. Saturday September 8th, 2012 Session 1: Morning introduction with Kabir Dede
Saturday September 8th, 2012 Session 2: Continuing the morning session with Kabir Dede
Saturday September 8th, 2012 Session 3: Dr. Ali Allawi speaks about his new work on Shaikh Abdullah al Ansari's The Stations of the Wayfarer
Saturday September 8th, 2012 Session 4: 'Ashk Bezirgani' illahi with Zeliha and reflections on Mevlana's Mathnawi selections from Book 6
From a retreat with the Threshold Society.