Omid dives into the ocean of love, contemplating how the nature of the waves washing ashore and receding back mirrors the human experience.
This special episode is from Sharon Salzberg’s Living an Authentic Life Summit and is hosted by Andres Gonzalez from the Holistic Life Foundation.
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“Every heart has to break and not every heart that’s broken breaks open. We want a heart that opens up. Opens up towards God, opens up towards all, opens up towards our fellow human beings, and opens up to that ultimate mystery of what we are. And what an awesome encounter that is, and how terrifying that is.” – Omid Safi
In this episode of Sufi Heart, Omid is interviewed by Andres Gonzalez exploring:
- The journey of living a spiritually luminous life
- Anger as a path to higher consciousness
- Expansion and contraction as the rhythm of life
- Breaking the callousness of the heart
- Being true to the inner child within
- An expansive and contractive breathing exercise
Get lifetime access to Sharon Salzberg’s Living an Authentic Life Summit, featuring all 30 speakers and five days of content: Living an Authentic Life Summit: A Journey to Inner Peace, Freedom and Joy
Learn more about Omid:
Dr. Omid Safi is director of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center. He specializes in the study of Islamic mysticism and contemporary Islam and frequently writes on liberationist traditions of Dr. King, Malcolm X, and is committed to traditions that link together love and justice.
Omid is the past chair for the Study of Islam at the American Academy of Religion. He has written many books, including Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism; Cambridge Companion to American Islam; Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam; and Memories of Muhammad. His forthcoming books include Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Traditions and a book on the famed mystic Rumi.
Omid is among the most frequently sought out speakers on Islam in popular media, appearing in The New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, NBC, CNN, and other international media. He leads spiritual tours every year to Turkey, Morocco, or other countries, to study the rich multiple religious traditions there. The trips are open to everyone, from every country. More information is available at Illuminated Tours.