Ep. 28 – Rumi and the Path of Radical Love with Taya Mâ

Aug 7, 2023

Omid Safi, a Sufi teacher and Islamic studies professor, reflects on Rumi as a living sage whose legacy goes beyond poetry. He outlines the Path of Radical Love, grounding practices for oneness, and how to taste spiritual truth through embodied practices and presence. Short, practical invitations and surprising contextual readings of Rumi’s poems round out the conversation.

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INSIGHT

Return To The Root

Rumi frames 'radical' as returning to the root of being rather than extremism.
Spiritual fruit requires deep roots and anchoring in a larger Source.

ADVICE

Broaden How You Love

Expand love beyond fleeting emotion to include God, teachers, neighbors, animals, and nature.
Move from a bounded self to participation in the One through inclusive loving practice.

ADVICE

Taste The Honey Yourself

Taste spiritual teachings directly instead of only reading about them; experience the 'honey' yourself.
When you taste it, remain silent and savor rather than trying to explain or prove it.

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In this interview from the 2023 Mystics Summit, Omid Safi joins Taya Ma for a conversation about Rumi, his main teachings, and how he’s situated on the wider Path of Radical Love.

This interview is part of the 2023 Mystics Summit a free online event. For more information, please visit mysticssummit.com. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network. All rights reserved.

In this episode, Omid Safi and Taya Mâ talk about:

Rumi’s background and why his real legacy is more than just his poetry, it’s his being
How the Path of Radical Love keeps us rooted and grounded, and how we can cultivate those roots
Practices that can guide us towards oneness
How we can interpret Rumi’s work both on its own accord and through the context of the time in which it was written

About Taya Mâ

Taya Mâ Shere plays passionately in realms of transformative ritual, embodied vocalization, and ancestral healing. She is a professor of organic multireligious ritual at Starr King School for the Ministry, founder of the emergent online mystery school From the Deep, and co-founder of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute. Learn more about her at taya.ma

You can join Omid on one of his heart-centered and spiritually-focused educational tours of:

Mecca and Medina Umrah program: December 14-21st, 2023. [For Muslim participants]
Morocco: April 13-22nd, 2024.
Turkey: somewhere in late May to early June, 2024.

More information is available at Illuminated Courses & Tours.

“Approach the teachings of the Path of Love, or of Islam, or of Sufism, or whatever tradition it is that draws you closer to God, in an interactive model. Don’t look at it purely and simply as receiving the teaching, but also keep a journal of your responses to the teachings, to the stories. And when something touches your heart, write that down. And write down what it was and what it made you think because sometimes those momentary realizations are like a lightning bolt in a dark sky, and for one minute everything is clear. You see your own self clearly, and then it may be gone.” – Omid Safi

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