Sufi Heart with Omid Safi Ep. 1 - The Path of Radical Love
Aug 2, 2018
Explore the Sufi concept of radical love, which transcends mere emotion and fosters a deep connection with the divine. Discover how ancient wisdom and poetry, including tales from Rumi and Atar, illustrate this profound love. Learn about longing, loss, and the many forms of love that inspire spiritual growth. Omid emphasizes loving even the simple things as a way to awaken to divine abundance. The discussion highlights the intertwining of human and divine love, advocating for embodied expressions of care and community.
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Love As Cosmic Current
- Sufi love is not merely emotion but the unleashing of God's being into the world.
- This cosmic love is an ocean we swim in and can remerge with to know our true luminous nature.
Attar's Day-of-Judgment Dream
- Farid al-Din Attar tells of a dream where souls repeatedly choose worldly pleasures, safety, and high paradise.
- The smallest group answer they came for God, and God gently replied, "I am yours."
Raw, Cooked, Then On Fire
- Rumi summarizes the spiritual journey as raw, cooked, then on fire, showing progressive inner transformation.
- Being "on fire" means becoming the source that cooks and transforms others, not just being transformed.