Mary, Beloved of God
Introduction, offered by Camille Hamilton Adams Helminski. Forthcoming from Sweet Lady Press, Spring 2020, Inshallah
The Inter-Spiritual Challenge of Our Times
“Homily” by Shaikh Kabir as part of "A Celebration of the InterSpiritual Legacy of Father Thomas Keating"
A Door Held Open Wide
Matthew Wright from the Threshold West Park NY circle reflects on the Mevlevi path and how we can live a spiritual life beyond labels and dogma.
Be Humble in Love; Be Bold in Loving
Hz. Abul Hasan Kharaqani, Kars Sooner or later those who travel the path of God will encounter a series of questions related to the very existence of the "self." What began as a [...]
Unfold the Wings of your Essence
In the State of True Friendship: Shams & Mevlana A recent sohbet with Shaikh Kabir & Camille Ana Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Kabir Dede: This is the day that Hazreti Shams first came to Konya. In [...]
Endeavor to Make God Your Companion in Every Spiritual State
A transcribed sohbet of Shaikh Kabir, from the forthcoming book The Living Tradition, Discourses on the Sufi Path The Qur’an says: In His causes you ought to strive. The Arabic word jihada could be translated [...]
The Spiritual Challenge of Artificial Intelligence, Trans-Humanism, and the Post-Human World
This talk by Shaikh Kabir created quite a stir at the Science and Non-Duality Conference, The Mystery of Being Human, Oct 26th 2018. What compels me to speak about the challenge of [...]
Eighteen Stages of Service
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 Coherence of Our Souls
~ 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 [...]
Seven Paths of Spiritual Practice
Shaikh Kabir presents the seven different paths of spiritual practice and remembrance
Listening
A talk offered by Camille for the launch, “Listen! Feminine Wisdom,” 2018 Festival of Faiths.
Ninety-Names of the Beloved: Introduction
Ninety-Nine Names of the Beloved: Introduction by Michael Wolfe