Best Dervishes Podcasts (2024)

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What Are You Looking For? 22:12

2M ago22:12

22:12

Send us a Text Message. You will find what you are looking for. But is it what you want to look for? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing s…

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Competence in Work, Home and Life 13:52

3M ago13:52

13:52

Send us a Text Message. See transcript. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs …

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Sohbet February 18. 2024: Culture and It's gods 51:16

3M ago51:16

51:16

Send us a Text Message. Every human culture has had, besides music, the need for gods and goddesses. Why? What drives us to worship and idolize those who exhibit a purity of an essence, whether beautiful or evil? This is a free-wheeling discussion with two murids on a subject I've been contemplating for a while. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, cur…

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Sohbet February 12. 2024: Attachments 33:09

3M ago33:09

33:09

Send us a Text Message. Discussion on defining attachments and habits. Discussion of how to be present, and looking for one's Optimal Presence. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, …

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Nafs: The Ongoing Abusive Relationship 10:38

3M ago10:38

10:38

Send us a Text Message. See transcript. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Email shaykhibrahim@ansarisufiorder.org Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet…

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Sohbet January 28, 2024: Perception 50:54

4M ago50:54

50:54

Send us a Text Message. Discussion of how different perceptions change our world view. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We be…

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A Sufi Exercise: No Defense 9:02

4M ago9:02

9:02

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Getting Comfortable (Being Uncomfortable) 20:32

4M ago20:32

20:32

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Sohbet Jan 7 2024: Developing Your Witness 37:52

4M ago37:52

37:52

Send us a Text Message. The ability to observe without judgement, investment or expectation is a place we all have within us. Some might even call it our soul. How to activate or awaken it is available if we make the effort. Here we discuss a couple of experiences and ideas. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appr…

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Propulsion on the Spiritual Path 11:16

5M ago11:16

11:16

Send us a Text Message. See Transcript Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs e…

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Gender in Spirituality 5:52

5M ago5:52

5:52

Send us a Text Message. It is not what you are, it is who you are. Please help make the world a better place. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and …

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On Culture 9:29

6M ago9:29

9:29

Send us a Text Message. See transcript Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs e…

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Sohbet October 22, 2023 - Getting to Peace 30:00

7M ago30:00

30:00

Send us a Text Message. Peace, Art, Humor, Expectations. What are ways to deal with war and conflict? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing …

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23. James Sherwin on a ‘Way of Being’ in The World 2:27:00

6M ago2:27:00

2:27:00

Wild Shropshire is a ‘way of being’ in the world. Cultivated from the soil, pollinated by influences and engineered through experimentation. It’s an experience that not only demonstrates the skill of the artisans behind the plate and the storytellers behind the grape; but a deeper and more rooted desire, to develop a fully sustainable dining experi…

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Sohbet 081023: On Learning How To Listen 30:40

7M ago30:40

30:40

Send us a Text Message. We discuss the goal of helping others feel at peace (a place you must find within yourself first), and then how to listen. Before you can hear your heart, you must first get everyone and everything quiet inside. First, the intention to want to learn how to listen, then learning how to settle all those nafs demanding attentio…

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Sohbet 240923: Sensitivity and Being Present 50:29

8M ago50:29

50:29

Send us a Text Message. We discuss how important it is to solidify breath and centeredness in the world. We do pick up other people's feelings, as well as having our own. It is important to learn to distinguish which is us and which is not us. Doing an internal assessment every 20 -30 minutes might be helpful. Returning to one's center to ask 'what…

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Sourcing 7:37

8M ago7:37

7:37

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Getting to NOW 7:22

9M ago7:22

7:22

Send us a Text Message. Learn how to put on the brain breaks. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should …

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Maqam Story: Level 4 13:36

9M ago13:36

13:36

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Maqam Story: Level 3 10:31

9M ago10:31

10:31

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Maqam Story: Introduction 2:10

9M ago2:10

2:10

Send us a Text Message. Preface The Conference of the Birds, written in the 13th Century by Farid ud-Din Attar, is a Sufi tale about the journey of the seven Maqams. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary S…

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Maqam Story: Level 2 7:54

9M ago7:54

7:54

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Maqam Story: Level 1 8:37

9M ago8:37

8:37

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Sohbet 130823: Worship 24:22

9M ago24:22

24:22

Send us a Text Message. What is Worship? How do we make it part of our daily lives? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We belie…

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Sohbet 160723: Layers of Nafs: Part 1 30:29

10M ago30:29

30:29

Send us a Text Message. Fighting one's own bad habits and cultural and familial attachments is hard work. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and heal…

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Emotions and Feelings 11:40

11M ago11:40

11:40

Send us a Text Message. Emotions and Feelings might be two different things. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the …

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Sohbet 110623: Judging others; Nafs cuing, Reality levels 48:50

11M ago48:50

48:50

Send us a Text Message. How do we stop being judgemental? How are our nafs (habts) cued? Are the feelings from nafs real? Are there levels of Reality? What is Real? What does it mean to be human? How does prayer work? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your …

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Forgiving 17:44

12M ago17:44

17:44

Send us a Text Message. How to Forgive Shaykh ibrahim Ansari In the process of becoming a Mature Human Being (Insan-i-Kamil), we learn humility, sincerity and patience. But as proto-humans - before we can embrace those qualities - we discover that we are dragging around superfluous noxious weights of guilt, shame and regret. These once had a purpos…

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Another Angle 13:50

1y ago13:50

13:50

Send us a Text Message. As I've come to reflect more about becoming a whole human being, new ways of looking at it keep popping up. Today the idea of bringing all the disparate parts of myself back into a unit, a three-dimensional person, began to assemble. This is part of the fluidity of reflection: one's intention allows a continuous unfolding of…

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Super Powers! 6:11

1y ago6:11

6:11

Send us a Text Message. Super Powers shaykh ibrahim ansari Super powers! The films depicting characters with the ability to fly, shoot webs and ice, watching heros leap tall buildings... are all trying to compensate for the lack of connecting to the heart. When we are not feeling a connection to Love and heart-union, we imagine that we'll find it i…

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Sohbet 120323 - Personal Energy Sustainability 54:56

1y ago54:56

54:56

Send us a Text Message. We are responsible for our words and actions. We are not responsible for others, except as a parent. But, even when raising children, we strive to be what we want our children to become. Being an example is difficult enough. To show what we want, we must choose to look out for our reactions, acknowledging when we recognize o…

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22. Jacob Tomkins is The Whirling Dervish 2:11:27

1y ago2:11:27

2:11:27

Anthony De Mello once wrote that; happiness is our natural state. That happiness - is in fact - the natural state of little children until a sustained exposure to the stupidity of society and culture, contaminates them. The material world frames happiness through a means of acquisition. The attainment of wealth and goods, through a pursuit of self-…

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Sohbet 080123: Being tested; Trust 50:24

1+ y ago50:24

50:24

Send us a Text Message. We talk about how Allah tests us yearly; Trust and it's meaning. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We …

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Sohbet 18/December/2022 - Doubt, Serving others, Balance 42:24

1+ y ago42:24

42:24

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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21. A Confluence of Cultures with Dalbir Rattan 2:20:32

1+ y ago2:20:32

2:20:32

There is a sound synonymous with devotional practices and sub-continental symphonies. A vibration from a twin-drummed instrument where its tonal depth is built into the hands of the musician. The instrument is the Tabla. And its composition – encoded in the musician – is a lexicon of love. Meet Dalbir Rattan. A Jedi of the percussive and mystical. …

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Sohbet 201122: Where Is Your Focus? 55:50

1+ y ago55:50

55:50

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Sohbet 131122: Surrender 29:35

1+ y ago29:35

29:35

Send us a Text Message. Salaam, i have a question: how much do we create our reality with our thoughts and how much is up to Allah and out of our hands? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we off…

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Sufi Training: Expectations 43:48

1+ y ago43:48

43:48

Send us a Text Message. Expectation “Once in a winter time, a King was roaming outside his palace. At night when he was entering his palace, he saw an old man at the entry gate of palace. When the King got close he saw that he was an old man who was wearing very thin cloths which were not even warm. The King was surprised to see that how that old m…

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Sohbet 280822 Quran, Hafiz, Nasruddin, Abdul Qadir al Gilani 41:24

1+ y ago41:24

41:24

Send us a Text Message. Reading from Shaykh Taner Ansari's new translation of the Quran. A poem from Hafiz. A Nasruddin story. A reading from The Secret of Secrets by Abdul Qadir al Gilani. - Discussion about the journey to the inner heart. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share …

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On Becoming Your True Self 12:57

1+ y ago12:57

12:57

By Shaykh Ibrahim Ansari

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Sohbet 070322: Adab 42:04

2y ago42:04

42:04

Send us a Text Message. Adab is the etiquette of human communication. The more you can observe and learn from the situation and relationships you encounter, the more you learn about others and yourself. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will h…

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20. Audacious Ambition with Emma France 2:07:43

2y ago2:07:43

2:07:43

Ambitions are cultivated by a stream of audacious and consistent actions. Actions that propel us beyond, self-imposed limits. And accelerate us past the fringe of our imaginations. Personally; I fear nothing more than potential; untapped and ambition; undiscovered. And through this conversation, I’ve discovered that the attainment of what – once – …

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Sohbet 050622: On Getting Closer to Allah 48:07

2y ago48:07

48:07

Send us a Text Message. Reflecting on Allah's Names; Learning your nafs to be able to distinguish between yours and others; Learning how to LISTEN to your heart, and Learning to LISTEN to other people without judgement. Some Nafs need direct dealing, others may require acknowledgement but ignore them. It's not about you. Salaam Alaykum, murids, see…

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Sohbet 290522: Nafs and People 24:42

2y ago24:42

24:42

Send us a Text Message. Learning to take responsibility for your own nafs. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the me…

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Sohbet 240422: Trust and Surrender 37:36

2y ago37:36

37:36

Send us a Text Message. Surrender and trust require clarity and truth. We talk about trust in Allah, fighting nafs, fear, Surrender, Real World service, Peace and freedom from fear. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi …

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Sohbet 270322: Fasting 52:08

2y ago52:08

52:08

Send us a Text Message. We talk about Fasting, it's purposes, variations like the 'I' fast. Great way to stop and clear the field of habits. Fighting the nafs, seeing and learning from our mistakes, strategizing how to fight the nafs practically, Laughing at the Nafs, the Practice of Getting Out of the Way, reducing Judgementalizing. Salaam Alaykum…

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Sohbet 130322: Care of the Heart 44:20

2y ago44:20

44:20

Send us a Text Message. Forgiveness, two wings to fly - the inner and the outer, Hafiz. The Secret of Secrets: Your Heart. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritual cou…

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Sohbet Feb 13, 2022: Hafiz, Jilani, Nasruddin 47:20

2+ y ago47:20

47:20

Send us a Text Message. Live discussion from 13 February, 2022 on Zoom. Thank you for joining us today. Hafiz, from 14th Century Persia, inspired Goethe, then Emerson, throuh to Nietszche, on to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He continues to inspire us with his phenomenal voice singing like this: All is written within the mind To help and instruct the der…

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Concerning Sacred Texts 8:30

2+ y ago8:30

8:30

Send us a Text Message. Concerning Sacred Texts Most inspired literature like the Qu’ran, Torah, Buddhist Sutras and Bible, have common themes and common misconceptions. At one level, they must be taken as allegorical, mainly because the depth of the spiritual concepts are not easily translated into common language. These books are rare because the…

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Sohbet 121221 - A week with Allah 47:19

2+ y ago47:19

47:19

Send us a Text Message. An unedited recording of what Murids recall the last week and what they learned through Allah. Perhaps a story emerges. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr, …

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