Best Dervishes Podcasts (2024)

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What Are You Looking For? 22:12

2M ago22:12

22:12

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 services. We believe the …

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Competence in Work, Home and Life 13:52

2M ago13:52

13:52

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 equipment, rental, servi…

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

2M ago51:16

51:16

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, curious and interested list…

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Sohbet February 12. 2024: Attachments 33:09

2M ago33:09

33:09

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, Sohbet, spiritual counse…

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Nafs: The Ongoing Abusive Relationship 10:38

3M ago10:38

10:38

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, spiritual counselling …

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Sohbet January 28, 2024: Perception 50:54

3M ago50:54

50:54

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 believe the message should…

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A Sufi Exercise: No Defense 9:02

3M ago9:02

9:02

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Getting Comfortable (Being Uncomfortable) 20:32

4M ago20:32

20:32

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Sohbet Jan 7 2024: Developing Your Witness 37:52

4M ago37:52

37:52

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 appreciate you, and are happ…

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Propulsion on the Spiritual Path 11:16

4M ago11:16

11:16

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 equipment, rental, servic…

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Gender in Spirituality 5:52

5M ago5:52

5:52

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 healing services. We bel…

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On Culture 9:29

5M ago9:29

9:29

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 equipment, rental, servic…

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

6M ago30:00

30:00

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 services. We believe the…

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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

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 attention. Salaam Alaykum, murid…

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Sohbet 240923: Sensitivity and Being Present 50:29

7M ago50:29

50:29

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 is the truth of this mo…

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Sourcing 7:37

8M ago7:37

7:37

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Getting to NOW 7:22

8M ago7:22

7:22

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 be free, but it costs eq…

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Maqam Story: Level 4 13:36

8M ago13:36

13:36

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Maqam Story: Level 3 10:31

8M ago10:31

10:31

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Maqam Story: Level 1 8:37

8M ago8:37

8:37

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Maqam Story: Level 2 7:54

8M ago7:54

7:54

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Maqam Story: Introduction 2:10

8M ago2:10

2:10

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 Simorgh. The hoopoe leads…

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Sohbet 130823: Worship 24:22

9M ago24:22

24:22

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 believe the message should be…

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

9M ago30:29

30:29

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 healing services. We believe…

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Emotions and Feelings 11:40

10M ago11:40

11:40

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 message should be free, …

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

11M ago48:50

48:50

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 donation will help suppo…

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Forgiving 17:44

11M ago17:44

17:44

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 purpose to help us change and …

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Another Angle 13:50

1y ago13:50

13:50

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 new ideas. Imagine that…

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Super Powers! 6:11

1y ago6:11

6:11

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 in fantasy. "If I was Tho…

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Sohbet 120323 - Personal Energy Sustainability 54:56

1y ago54:56

54:56

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 our biases, nafs, traumas…

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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

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 believe the message shou…

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

1+ y ago42:24

42:24

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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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

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Sohbet 131122: Surrender 29:35

1+ y ago29:35

29:35

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 offer Zikr, Sohbet, spiritu…

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Sufi Training: Expectations 43:48

1+ y ago43:48

43:48

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 man was able to keep up i…

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

1+ y ago41:24

41:24

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 our Sufi Message. Your d…

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On Becoming Your True Self 12:57

1+ y ago12:57

12:57

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 equipment, rental, services, software an…

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Sohbet 070322: Adab 42:04

2y ago42:04

42:04

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 help support our Sufi Cen…

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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

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, seekers, curious and intere…

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Sohbet 290522: Nafs and People 24:42

2y ago24:42

24:42

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 message should be free, bu…

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Sohbet 240422: Trust and Surrender 37:36

2y ago37:36

37:36

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 Centre in Sydney where w…

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Sohbet 270322: Fasting 52:08

2y ago52:08

52:08

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, murids, seekers, curio…

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Sohbet 130322: Care of the Heart 44:20

2y ago44:20

44:20

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 counselling and healing ser…

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

2y ago47:20

47:20

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 dervish In dance and romanc…

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Concerning Sacred Texts 8:30

2+ y ago8:30

8:30

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 experience of attaining…

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Sohbet 121221 - A week with Allah 47:19

2+ y ago47:19

47:19

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, Sohbet, spiritual counse…

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