Omid Safi discusses Sufi teachings from one of many biggest muslim mystics, an Andalusian sage named Ibn ‘Arabi.
“When Ibn ‘Arabi comes, he sits with all of himself. When he’s listening, he listens with all of himself. When it’s time to go, he will get up with all of himself. All of him is right here, so I can provide him all the love. That’s such a follow, and it’s such a problem for all of us who’re all the time distracted. Quite a lot of Sufi follow is actually this artwork of being current.” – Omid Safi
This week on Sufi Coronary heart, Omid Safi illuminates:
- The lifetime of Ibn ‘Arabi from Andalusia, to Morocco, Turkey, and Damascus
- The prayer of opening and Ibn ‘Arabi’s textual content, Futuhat al-Makkiyya (openings of the guts)
- Eradicating that which veils you from direct presence with God
- Experiencing Kashf—the unveiled revelations that come up from intimate communion with God
- The paradoxical ‘sure and no’ response that Ibn ‘Arabi typically gave to philosophical questions and discovering magnificence within the paradox
- Remembering that we don’t see God, we’re seen by God
- Presence and mindfulness as a core function of Sufi religious follow
- How Ibn ‘Arabi’s life teaches us what it means to have a trainer and blurring collectively seeker and grasp
- A commentary on all within the pure realm that’s made stunning
- Dissolving the phantasm of separation between lover and beloved
- A poem from Ibn ‘Arabi on alchemy and the revenue
“Most individuals translate it as ‘I turn into’ then ‘I turn into the sight by which you see’. Ibn ‘Arabi says ‘it’s not I turn into, I’m’. It sounds actually totally different, it hits totally different. I’m the attention by which you see. I’m the listening to by which you hear. I’m the hand by which you contact. I’m the tongue by which you converse.” – Omid Safi
About Omid Safi:
Dr. Omid Safi is the director of Duke College’s Islamic Research Middle. He specializes within the research of Islamic mysticism and up to date Islam and often writes on liberationist traditions of Dr. King and Malcolm X, and is dedicated to traditions that hyperlink collectively love and justice. He leads religious excursions yearly to Turkey, Morocco, or different nations, to check the wealthy a number of spiritual traditions there. The journeys are open to everybody from each nation. Extra info is offered at Illuminated Programs & Excursions.
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