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.
“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
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
About Omid Safi:
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.
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.
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.
