Ep. 31 – Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Sufi Path of Love

Sufi Heart with Omid Safi

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Sharing insights from the path of love, Omid Safi discusses the teachings of Sufi philosopher, Hazrat Inayat Khan.

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In this episode of Sufi Heart, Omid Safi explores:

The universality of love
Coming back to the center
Experiencing God directly
Signs of God in scripture, nature, and our own souls
Having an open heart for all of humanity
Practicing love as a religion
Going into our breath for full presence and communion with God
How vast God is, yet how close we are to God
The singular focus of God as the beloved
The necessity of our ancestors’ wisdom
The path of the mystic vs. ordinary religion

“The center is where we come to have that direct, immediate, unmediated experience of God, which is to say, the heart.” – Omid Safi

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