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
Other books:
- Love’s Ripening: Rumi on the Heart’s Journey
- The Rumi Daybook: 365 Poems and Teachings from the Beloved Sufi Master
Discussion of this interview in the Batgap Community Facebook Group.
Interview recorded November 28, 2017.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:04:11 – Inspiration and Exploration in the 60s
- 00:10:06 – Working with Contemplative Teachers
- 00:15:31 – Sufism and Islam: Distinguishing Between the Two
- 00:20:47 – Sufism and its Practices
- 00:25:49 – The Prophet Muhammad’s Revelation and the Quranic Language
- 00:31:26 – Sufism and the Value of a Teacher
- 00:36:17 – Embodiment of Non-Dual Reality
- 00:41:05 – The Growing Awareness of Embodied Enlightenment
- 00:44:32 – The Knowing Heart and Spiritual Development
- 00:48:16 – Transformation through Love and Acceptance
- 00:51:50 – The Healing Power of Whirling
- 00:55:46 – The Whirling Dervishes: A Profound Spiritual Practice
- 00:59:24 – The Power of Spiritual Energies
- 01:03:03 – The Whirling Ceremony and the Revelation in the Sufi Tradition
- 01:06:58 – Self-awareness and servanthood
- 01:14:09 – The Stupidity of Spending a Year Doing Worthless Things
- 01:17:34 – Finding Mercy in Pain and Suffering
- 01:25:17 – The Assimilation of Deeper Reality
- 01:29:03 – The Essential Self and the Personality Self
- 01:33:01 – Plugging into the Divine Energy
- 01:36:21 – The Qualitative Development of the Human Being
- 01:39:50 – The Beauty of the Ritual
- 01:43:02 – Disorganizing Higher Energies
- 01:46:39 – The Beauty of Islam’s Rejection of Idols
- 01:50:14 – The Love and Strictness of a Parent
- 01:53:37 – The Presence Within Us
- 01:57:16 – The Nearness to God
- 02:00:19 – Concluding Remarks and Farewell
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