431. Kabir Helminski - a podcast by Rick Archer

Kabir Helminski is a Shaikh in the lineage of Rumi, and co-director of The Threshold Society. His translations of Rumi and books on spirituality, Living Presence and The Knowing Heart, have been published in at least eight languages. In 2009 and subsequent years Kabir was named as one of the"500 Most Influential Muslims in the World"by the Royal Strategic Studies Center (Jordan). He has toured North America as Shaikh with the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey bringing Sufi culture to more than 100,000 people. His latest book is Holistic Islam: Sufism, Transformation, and the Needs of Our Time.

Other books:Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey
The Rumi Daybook: 365 Poems and Teachings from the Beloved Sufi MasterDiscussion of this interview in the Batgap Community Facebook Group.

Transcript of this interview.Interview recorded November 28, 2017.

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.Chapters:


00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump00:04:11 - Inspiration and Exploration in the 60s
00:10:06 - Working with Contemplative Teachers00:15:31 - Sufism and Islam: Distinguishing Between the Two
00:20:47 - Sufism and its Practices00:25:49 - The Prophet Muhammad's Revelation and the Quranic Language
00:31:26 - Sufism and the Value of a Teacher00:36:17 - Embodiment of Non-Dual Reality
00:41:05 - The Growing Awareness of Embodied Enlightenment00:44:32 - The Knowing Heart and Spiritual Development
00:48:16 - Transformation through Love and Acceptance00:51:50 - The Healing Power of Whirling
00:55:46 - The Whirling Dervishes: A Profound Spiritual Practice00:59:24 - The Power of Spiritual Energies
01:03:03 - The Whirling Ceremony and the Revelation in the Sufi Tradition01:06:58 - Self-awareness and servanthood
01:14:09 - The Stupidity of Spending a Year Doing Worthless Things01:17:34 - Finding Mercy in Pain and Suffering
01:25:17 - The Assimilation of Deeper Reality01:29:03 - The Essential Self and the Personality Self
01:33:01 - Plugging into the Divine Energy01:36:21 - The Qualitative Development of the Human Being
01:39:50 - The Beauty of the Ritual01:43:02 - Disorganizing Higher Energies
01:46:39 - The Beauty of Islam's Rejection of Idols
01:50:14 - The Love and Strictness of a Parent01:53:37 - The Presence Within Us
01:57:16 - The Nearness to God02:00:19 - Concluding Remarks and Farewell

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