This Virtual Sufi Lodge is a Place for Spiritual Companionship (Sohbet)
Eighteen Stages of Service[1] The soul of the Mevlevi Dergah (training center) is the kitchen (matbah). In the kitchen, the Head Cook Dede (Ashchi Dede; Ser-tabbah),[2] the Cauldron Dede (Kazanci Dede), the Internal Affairs Dervish, the person in charge of the house work in a dervish convent (icheri meydancisi) and the Dish-washing Dede (Bulashikchi Dede) [...]
~ Shaikh Kabir Helminski The Essence of Our Practice We place a great emphasis on being—the quality of attention and presence that we practice. Being is our capacity to be awake with full attention and an open heart. Being is also the source of coherence. Being is our capacity to connect the transcendent with the [...]
Shaikha Camille reflects on embracing compassion during times of darkness and contraction.
Shaikh Kabir presents the seven different paths of spiritual practice and remembrance
A talk offered by Camille for the launch, “Listen! Feminine Wisdom,” 2018 Festival of Faiths.
Sohbet with Shaikh Kabir in London November 17th, 2017
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Spiritual conversation (sohbet) with Shaikh Kabir Helminski on the theme of Watchfulness.
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Spiritual conversation (sohbet) with Shaikh Kabir Helminski on the Night of Rumi's Urs, 2017.
The attached pdf attempts to distill some of Mevlana's most essential wisdom in a few carefully chosen quotes.
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Spiritual conversation (sohbet) with Shaikh Kabir Helminski on Becoming Nothing.
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Ninety-Nine Names of the Beloved: Introduction by Michael Wolfe