The Sufi Hour with Esin Çelebi
The Sufi Hour with Esin Çelebi, vice president of the International Mevlana Foundation
June 2018: Limitless Love
Shaikh Kabir on the Universal Human Being, theme reflections from Skip Maselli and more events in Bradford...
Jan 2018: Mercy’s Embrace
New Year openings, remembering Suleyman Dede, and poetic reflections with Uzma Taj...
Rumi as Pir
Experiencing Rumi as a Source of Guidance & Wisdom with Shaikh Kabir Helminski.
Ali’s Nonviolence (22/12/2016)
Reflections and spiritual conversation (sohbet) with Shaikh Kabir Helminski.
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Dec 2016: Divine Names
December newsletter: an extract from Shaikh Kabir's book in progress, Moments with the Divine Names from Shaikha Camille, theme reflection by Shazreh Hussain and more...
Nov 2016: Responsible Faith
November newsletter: Joseph Simpson reflects on faith, sharings from the Sacred Feminine gathering, and dates for next month's Urs celebrations...
Claim Nothing, Let the Divine Do
This theme is an advanced teaching. It presumes that we have to some extent developed a healthy capacity for will. By will we mean the capacity to choose consciously; and will power is the capacity to follow through on what we have consciously chosen. Only then can we glimpse the meaning of “Claim nothing, let the Divine do.” A healthy will is a will that more often than not chooses what is good for the soul and is independent of the whims and desires of the lower self. It is at this stage that this theme becomes applicable.
How Experience Imbues our Essence
Every human soul is in the process of acquiring experience. Does it matter that we acquire experience? Does it serve any purpose? Yes, the Divine has sent souls into the world in order to share in its ecstasy and love. If we go through life relatively unconscious, numb, unappreciative, ungrateful, and absorbed with our petty desires, we are forfeiting our chance to share in God’s ecstasy and love.
Reflections on Snowmass
In mid-June of 2011, I was a guest of Camille at the Snowmass Inter-Spiritual Dialog, held in the lovely setting of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. The Dialog is an on-going process with more than a 25 year history in seeking to promote communication and exchange among many of the world’s spiritual or contemplative traditions and to identify “points of agreement” among them. Each of the core members or “mentors” of the group, of which Camille is the current Islamic/Sufi representative, invited several guests.