wisdom

Friday Reflections 21.05.2021

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak 🙏🏻 I read and discuss Chapter 17, “The Wisdom of Being in the Word of David” from Ibn Al'Arabi's book, “The Bezels of Wisdom”, pages 198-205 in my copy of the book, translated by R. W. J. Austin (1980). https://youtu.be/rX4er4iSyD0 Recorded live on 21st May 2021

Friday Reflections 14.05.2021

Salam alaikum, Eid Mubarak and Jummah Mubarak! 🙏🏻 I read and discuss Chapter 16, “The Wisdom of Compassion in the Word of Solomon” from Ibn Al'Arabi's book, “The Bezels of Wisdom”, pages 187-197 in my copy of the book, translated by R. W. J. Austin (1980). https://youtu.be/Fw4Z7rSnysA Recorded live on 14th May 2021

Friday Reflections 07.05.2021

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss Chapter 4 “On Knowledge” from Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilani's book, “The Secret of Secrets”, pages 26-30 in my copy of the book, translated by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti (1992). https://youtu.be/e6RDDUfsWbI Recorded live on 7th May 2021

What Causes Unhappiness?

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral, which always is as it is.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose