Shaikha Camille Helminski and Shaikh Kabir Helminski lead the Spiritual Paths students and faculty in a form of music, chant, and movement based on ancient Muslim traditions that we call our "InterSpiritual Zikr."
Published by Threshold Books Excerpted from Rumi's Sun In the Name of Our Most Compassionate and Most Merciful Source Open Your Eyes It is as if the Resurrection has opened now, and the Unseen universe has been revealed. Yes, I swear that the Unseen is apparent, the veil has been removed, but for those whose [...]
The Truth is the Kadim, the Ancient One; He is the being who has no beginning. Where can the one who is "created afterwards" find the one who has no beginning? How can he understand Him? Where is the soul and the great God that has created everything? It is that power that is within you, by means of which you move and attain liberation. It is the soul, but what is it when you have placed the soul underneath your arm?
Since the beginning of consciousness, human beings, both female and male, have walked the path of reunion with the Source of Being. Though in this world of duality we may find ourselves in different forms, ultimately there is no male or female, only Being. Within the Sufi traditions, the recognition of this truth has encouraged the spiritual maturation of women in a way that has not always been possible in the West.