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Nov 09
Nov 08

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT – “He is beautiful, and He loves beauty”: Beauty and the Mysteries of Love and Persistence Lecture by Dr. James Morris Friday, November 9, 2018 / 8:00 pm Admission: Advance Ticket $10 / At Door $15 Throughout life, moments of transforming revelation and spiritual insight—of dhikr Allah—arrive in very different forms and contexts, sometimes serendipitous, sometimes the fruits of long practice and meditation. While music and poetry, calligraphy and sacred architecture are perhaps the most influential and familiar forms of spiritual expression in Islamic civilization, visual arts have often played similar roles. The extraordinary miniature painting that we will explore on this occasion is a kind of Islamic “mandala”—a comprehensive, intentionally highly personal and individualized evocation of the human condition in all its levels and dimensions. And its imagery is largely recognizable from the masterworks of Islamic mystical poetry, together with their own root symbols in the Qur’an and hadith. In this session, we can share what each participant recognizes and discovers in contemplating this complex, vibrantly cinematic image of the ways each of us gradually discovers the spiritual meaning, direction, and inherent promises of life.

Nov 08

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT – “He is beautiful, and He loves beauty”: Beauty and the Mysteries of Love and Persistence Lecture by Dr. James Morris Friday, November 9, 2018 / 8:00 pm Admission: Advance Ticket $10 / At Door $15 Throughout life, moments of transforming revelation and spiritual insight—of dhikr Allah—arrive in very different forms and contexts, sometimes serendipitous, sometimes the fruits of long practice and meditation. While music and poetry, calligraphy and sacred architecture are perhaps the most influential and familiar forms of spiritual expression in Islamic civilization, visual arts have often played similar roles. The extraordinary miniature painting that we will explore on this occasion is a kind of Islamic “mandala”—a comprehensive, intentionally highly personal and individualized evocation of the human condition in all its levels and dimensions. And its imagery is largely recognizable from the masterworks of Islamic mystical poetry, together with their own root symbols in the Qur’an and hadith. In this session, we can share what each participant recognizes and discovers in contemplating this complex, vibrantly cinematic image of the ways each of us gradually discovers the spiritual meaning, direction, and inherent promises of life.

Nov 01

Homecoming These are the ineffably sweet Divine Words heard by the soul of Love at its homecoming into the Source of Love: “My beloved soul having awakened at last into My Peace, you can now return consciously and completely to your own Original Source. As this homecoming fills you with inexpressible joy, it pervades Allah Most High with profound delight as well. Please enter now into eternal companionship with My most devoted servants of Love and experience the perfect union with Love that is My highest Paradise. Meditation on Holy Qur'an 89:27-30 (Lex Hixon)

Nov 01

Homecoming These are the ineffably sweet Divine Words heard by the soul of Love at its homecoming into the Source of Love: “My beloved soul having awakened at last into My Peace, you can now return consciously and completely to your own Original Source. As this homecoming fills you with inexpressible joy, it pervades Allah Most High with profound delight as well. Please enter now into eternal companionship with My most devoted servants of Love and experience the perfect union with Love that is My highest Paradise. Meditation on Holy Qur'an 89:27-30 (Lex Hixon)

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Jul 23

Our zikr circles are structures of Divine goodness. They are – Light fields, vision fields, Love vortexes, Compassion galaxies, Clouds of mercy, Bliss flowers, Waterfalls of transformation, Rain showers of cleansing, Channels of revelation, Moments of realization, Shelters of grace, Refuge for hearts, Food and drink for the hungry and thirsty, Friendship banquets, Ouds, settars and neys in the hands of the Pirs tuning hearts, Invitation to whirl, Invitation to union, Pavilions of beauty, Chamber of the Beloved,Rivers of milk, honey, water and wine. Cups of joy, Vials of healing, Helping hands, Bodies, hearts and minds in harmony, Hearing, seeing, feeling, knowing, not knowing, being. – Fariha Fatima

Jul 23

Our zikr circles are structures of Divine goodness. They are – Light fields, vision fields, Love vortexes, Compassion galaxies, Clouds of mercy, Bliss flowers, Waterfalls of transformation, Rain showers of cleansing, Channels of revelation, Moments of realization, Shelters of grace, Refuge for hearts, Food and drink for the hungry and thirsty, Friendship banquets, Ouds, settars and neys in the hands of the Pirs tuning hearts, Invitation to whirl, Invitation to union, Pavilions of beauty, Chamber of the Beloved,Rivers of milk, honey, water and wine. Cups of joy, Vials of healing, Helping hands, Bodies, hearts and minds in harmony, Hearing, seeing, feeling, knowing, not knowing, being. – Fariha Fatima

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Jul 16

Sohbet – June 21, 2018

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / humanity is one / the prophets are brothers / become truly human / about dhikr / the praise of all creation / cosmic journey of the human soul
Jul 05
Jul 05
Jul 04
Jul 04
Jun 29
Jun 29
Jun 24
Jun 24
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Jun 22
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Jun 16
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Jun 03
Jun 03
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May 22
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Apr 19
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Apr 11
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Apr 10
Mar 30
Mar 30

Sohbet – March 29, 2018

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / reading from Three Days of Prayer / nobility of the soul / Surah Baqara / description of the true human being / necessity of the mystic community / emptying out
Jan 31
Jan 31
Jan 31
Dec 15

Wedding Day of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Zikr, Persian Music & Whirling Sunday, December 17, 2017 4:30-7:30 pm Free Admission All are welcome to the annual Urs Celebration of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi at Dergah al-Farah with special guest musicians this Sunday, December 17 at 4:30. Musicians: Hedayat Shafeei – Tar Mehdi Leghyeh – Vocal (Students of Ustad Lotfi) Yousef Tehrani – Tombak / Daf Sakina – Whirling / Semazen Venue: Dergah al-Farah 245 West Broadway New York City http://sufibooks.com/sunday-december-17-2017-wedding-day-of-mevlana-jalaluddin-rumi/

Dec 15

Wedding Day of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Zikr, Persian Music & Whirling Sunday, December 17, 2017 4:30-7:30 pm Free Admission All are welcome to the annual Urs Celebration of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi at Dergah al-Farah with special guest musicians this Sunday, December 17 at 4:30. Musicians: Hedayat Shafeei – Tar Mehdi Leghyeh – Vocal (Students of Ustad Lotfi) Yousef Tehrani – Tombak / Daf Sakina – Whirling / Semazen Venue: Dergah al-Farah 245 West Broadway New York City http://sufibooks.com/sunday-december-17-2017-wedding-day-of-mevlana-jalaluddin-rumi/

Nov 18
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Nov 15
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Oct 06
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May 01

Sohbet – April 26, 2015

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / with Shaykha Fariha & Shaykha Amina / this is Allah's month / meditate on the essential names of God / cultivate gratitude / contemplate light / bismillah-ir-rahman-ir-rahim / learn to love / ask for forgiveness
Apr 24
Apr 24
Jan 17
Jan 16
Jan 16
Jan 16
Oct 15

Sohbet 2- October 2, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / we needs to come to the deepest level of ourselves right now [audio: src="http://dergah.org/archive/141002_MAF_FF_SOHBET_02_64kbps.mp3"]  
Oct 15
Oct 15
Oct 15
Oct 15
Oct 15

Sohbet – October 2, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Look to the inner / our heart is the sacred geography / we must go to the deepest inner levels of the teachings of Reality / connect to the Truth
Oct 15
Oct 15
Oct 02
Sep 03
Aug 29

Sohbet – August 28, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / be free from the inner tyrant and outer tyranny / seriousness and sobriety / joy and gratitude / weeping and smiling / pray / be compassionate / wake up
Aug 29
Aug 16
Aug 16
May 11

Sohbet – May 6, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / reading hadith 1 from 101 diamonds / our nature is wandering / different levels of wandering / asking / everything is forgiven / kingdom of names / everything is based on intention / see goodness / stopping injustice / giving back / becoming more conscious
May 09
May 09

Sohbet – April 17, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / divine self-revelation / self-knowledge / sufism is about deeper knowledge [audio: src="http://dergah.org/archive/140417_MAF_FF_SOHBET_01_64kbps.mp3"]  
May 09
May 09
Apr 08
Apr 08
Apr 08

Sohbet – April 3, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / visiting students / about dhikr / direct experience / sacred forms / longing for God / changing of God's names / the veil / sufi lineages
Mar 07
Mar 07
Mar 07

Sohbet – February 27, 2014

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / what is a sufi? / focus / become one / reading 101 diamonds / heart that is obsessed / tesbih / choice / distraction / being present with God / communal activity / finding time
Jan 27
Jan 27
Jan 27
Jan 15
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Jan 15
Jan 15
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Jan 14
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Dec 16

Sohbet – December 5, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / traveling / creativity and praise / sufi science / light / not knowing / reading Thursday morning prayer of Ibn Arabi / knowledge and bewilderment
Dec 16
Dec 16
Dec 16

Sohbet – September 30, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Birthday of Mevlana / we cannot rely on our deeds / Allah's boundless mercy / beginning of the Mathnawi / the path of love / i want burning / tariqa and haqiqa
Oct 03
Oct 03
Oct 03
Sep 26
Sep 26
Sep 26
Sep 23
Sep 23
Sep 23
Sep 23
Sep 11
Sep 11
Sep 09
Jun 28
Jun 28
Jun 12
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Jun 12
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Jun 01
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May 07

Sohbet – May 5, 2013

Sohbet at Effendi's House - Yonkers / Reading passages from the Quran for the community / love is a gift / being humble / we have no knowledge / having certainty / pitfalls on the path
Apr 24
Apr 24
Apr 23
Apr 23
Apr 23
Apr 16
Apr 05
Apr 05
Apr 05
Apr 02
Apr 02
Apr 02
Apr 02
Mar 26
Mar 26

Sohbet 2 – March 24, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / art 2 / importance of a positive vision / evolving with the community / pray for humanity / transformation / give charity / the dervish path is within / importance of the tesbih / look at our priorities / ease / sincerity / igniting the... read more →
Mar 26

Sohbet – March 24, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Part 1 / Reading a hadith for the community / La ilaha illallah / Reading from Shaykh Nur / meditation on La ilaha illallah / how we should offer our tesbih
Mar 22
Mar 22
Mar 20
Mar 12
Mar 12
Mar 05
Mar 01

Sohbet – February 28, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / the silsila / 28 names / Muzaffer Effendi and Nur / Reading from Atom / Surah Ya Sin / Universal Islam / Adab / dying before dying / polishing / making effort
Mar 01
Feb 27
Feb 25

Sohbet – February 23, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Shaykha Fariha speaks to visiting students / the limited ego / our lineage / succession of teachers / about Sufism / the Shaykh / free will vs. destiny / being a dervish / culture / the number 28
Feb 22
Feb 22
Feb 22
Feb 18
Feb 18
Feb 17
Feb 17
Feb 16
Feb 16
Feb 16

Sohbet – February 14, 2013

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Reading from Unveiling of Love / tests of the lovers / being intoxicated with the Divine / asking for forgiveness / hadith 90 from the 101 Diamonds - I have already forgiven you / God is all Merciful / do not judge / ask for... read more →
Feb 16
Dec 14
Nov 29
Nov 29
Nov 29
Nov 29
Oct 10
Oct 10
Sep 28
Sep 28
Sep 21
Sep 21
Sep 18
Sep 18
Sep 18

Sohbet – September 6, 2012

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / about the Ramadan / the struggle / regarding our razzaq and its effect on us / keep companionship with the lovers of God / our thoughts / our food / our money / charity / become conscious of the purity of our razzaq / be... read more →
Sep 18
Sep 17
Sep 17
Aug 28
Aug 28
Aug 28
Aug 28
Aug 12

Sohbet – August 11, 2012

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / reading a salawat / Inshirah / hadith discussion / asking for forgiveness / suffering / tafakkur / estaghfirullah / repentance / to forgive
Aug 11
Aug 10

Sohbet – August 9, 2012

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Atom from the Sun of Knowledge / path of certainty / state of receptivity / keep prayerfulness in these last 10 days of Ramadan / do not think ill of anyone / community of unity
Jul 28
Jul 14
Jun 25
Jun 25
Jun 15
Jun 15
Jun 14
Jun 14
Jun 14
Jun 01
Jun 01
May 24
May 24
May 24

Sohbet – May 24, 2012

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Shaykh Nur / Universality / Ramakrishna / Ramana Maharishi / Christianity / lover & beloved / knowledge & bewilderment
May 22
May 18
May 18
May 14
May 14
May 14
May 04
May 04
May 04
May 04

Sohbet – May 3, 2012

Sohbet at Dergah al-Farah / Salat / the English language / Hadith 29 from 101 Diamonds / intensify our commitment and longing / instructions about Dhikr / revelation
Apr 27