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Kabir Helminski



Kabir Helminski is an American Shaikh of the Mevlevi Order of Sufis, author, educator and retreat facilitator. He is cofounder, with his wife Camille Helminski, of The Threshold Society, a nonprofit educational foundation that has developed programs to provide a structure for practice and study within Sufism and spiritual psychology.

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In the House of Remembering: The Living Tradition of Sufi Teaching

These illuminating discourses, covering a wealth of themes relating to the inner life, open an accessible and refreshing window to the mature practical spirituality within the living tradition of Sufism.

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The Soul as a Work of Art

There is no greater work than the work of the soul. Every spiritual seeker is a work in progress. The soul is the child of the union of self and Spirit.

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Holistic Islam: Sufism, Transformation, and the Needs of Our Time

Islam once gave birth to a great civilization that respected religious diversity, freedom of conscience, and scientific thought, and Islamic knowledge contributed to the birth of humanism in the Renaissance.

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Kabir Helminski with Tazeen on Awakening with Rumi

Kabir Helminski (sufi teacher and author) in conversation with Tazeen Dhunna. He shares about how he arrived at Sufism, what it was about the tradition that truly satisfied his heart.

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The Drop that Became the Sea: Lyric Poems

This collection of poems introduces a general readership to Yunus Emre (1240–1321), called the “greatest folk poet in Islam.

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Kabir Helminski - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Kabir Helminski is a Shaikh in the lineage of Rumi, and co-director of The Threshold Society. His translations of Rumi and books on spirituality, Living Presence and The Knowing Heart, have been published in at least eight languages.

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2016 Sacred Practice: Sufi Practice with Shaikh Kabir Helminski

Shaikh Kabir Helminski is a Sufi master of the 700 year old Mevlevi order, the lineage of Jalaluddin Rumi. Sufism (tasawwuf) is the inner, spiritual, mystical dimension of Islam. Its aim is the development of Presence and Love.

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Love’s Ripening: Rumi on the Heart’s Journey

Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (1207–1273), the greatest of the Sufi poets.

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On the Subject of Love: A Visit with Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski

Shaikh Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski and Robert Abdul Hayy Darr speak on the subject of Divine Love, Rumi and the heart in this insightful gathering.

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