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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