The journey of each talk covers many topics and weaves a tapestry of interwoven ideas, concepts, and explanations to reflect on, and inspire us to become more. Each talk is approximately 30 minutes long.
If you’ve ever seen a bullfight, either on television or in Mexico, or in Spain, where they still have these things, you would notice that the man fighting the bull has this long cape-type apparatus and he waves it at the bull in order to incite reaction. So waving the cape incites the bull, the […]
Every religion has prayer, and every religion has ritual times for prayer; some pray once a week, some pray twice a day, some pray three times a day, some pray five times a day. In Sufism, in addition to prayer, we have what’s called “zikr”, remembrance, which is a repetition of the names of God
When we first came to our encounter with Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, there were no books, there were no videotapes, and there were no audiotapes. There were a lot of people sitting around with those little recorders they used to have then, pressed to record and we would take them home. But then, within about
Why are we here, and by that I mean in this specific location? Why have we been coming for years and years on Saturday mornings to gather together? Why did we come for years and years to gather in front of the sheikh and sit in front of his feet? Why did we make all
There is a wall between reality and illusion. If you live in illusion, and if you get your sustenance from illusion, and if illusion is what carries you through your life, you can’t see through that wall. As what goes on in the world becomes less and less important, and you lose your attachment to
Inspiration can come from anywhere, Allah is everywhere. So, this morning I took a look at the comics from the Sunday paper, and Garfield, who is a rather obnoxious cat, was doing all of his obnoxious things; throwing food around, kicking dogs, and he said at the end, “New year, same old me.” In a
In 1972-1973 when we first encountered Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, there was one book available and it was called “The Divine Luminous Wisdom That Dispels the Darkness: Man-God, God-Man”. Those lines Man-God, God-Man are very intriguing; they sort of pull you in and make you wonder, “What is this all about?” And what we began
In this life, we interact with other people, unless, of course, we become hermits and go to a cave somewhere. This interaction is limited. There are billions of people in the world, and how many do we actually interact with? How many people do we know that when we see their face we recognize them;
The world is in a constant state of decay. The creations are in a constant state of decay. If you look at humanity, and you go to a hospital, you can see people being born and people dying and everything in between. The elements in the world are in constant conflict. Water doesn’t get along
Allah, in His mercy, sent 124,000 prophets into the world in order for man to understand himself, and in understanding himself, he would become closer to understanding his Lord. In order for us to begin to know ourselves we must look at the lives of the prophets and understand what differentiates us from them. How
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