Audio Archives

1985

Interview with Irina Tweedie

An interview with Irina Tweedie recorded in 1985 with KCBS in the San Francisco Bay area. She speaks about meeting her teacher, Sufism, spiritual responsibility, meditation, and more.

1985

Paradoxes of Mysticism

This is a talk given by Irina Tweedie in about 1985 at the Wrekin Trust Mystics & Scientists Conference. Permission kindly given by the Wrekin Trust to make this talk available online.

1983

Interview with Irina Tweedie

Irina Tweedie describes the events leading to her meeting with her spiritual teacher and outlines the essence of the Naqshbandi Sufi path.

2017

NEW: Spiritual Guidance for Living in Toxic Times
London, UK

As our world becomes increasingly divisive and toxic, here is simple guidance: How to safeguard our spiritual practice, and to ensure we can make a real contribution to what is sacred within life and the Earth.

2016

Prayer of the Heart
Oakland, California

A talk given October, 2016 at the Prayer Symposium of the Church of Religious Science on the mystical prayer of the heart in the Sufi and Christian tradition, including a Prayer for the Earth.

After the 34 minute talk there is 12 minutes of silence for the practice of the prayer, which is followed by a question.

Click to listen or download: Prayer of the Heart (46 min).

2016

The First Step
London, England

Please note: this talk is mainly for those who follow this particular Sufi path.

The first step, turning away from oneself and turning back to God, has to be taken many times until one's life is no longer centered on the ego but on the Beloved. If this step is not taken, there is the danger that as one gets older the energy of inertia makes this transition more and more difficult.

Click to listen or download: The First Step (40 min).

2015

Subtle Activism: Spiritual Responsibility at this Time of Global Crisis and Transformation

David Thomas Nicol interviews Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee for the Subtle Activism Summit, The Inner Dimension of Peace Building

Subtle Activism is an emerging subject that explores how spiritual practices can effect not only individual but also collective or global transformation. This interview explores this bigger dimension of spiritual practice, and also how many of these practices traditionally give us access to the inner worlds, where we can work with the forces within creation to help the regeneration of the Earth. It looks at the power of prayer as well as ways of working with the energies of the archetypal world. Finally it explains how we need to bring our connection to the Real into our daily life.

Click to listen or download: Interview, Subtle Activism: Spiritual Responsibility at this Time of Global Crisis and Transformation (55 min)

2015

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's Interview with Steve Farrell, Worldwide Coordinating Director of Humanity's Team

In this interview from July 30, 2015, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Steve Farrell, Worldwide Coordinating Director of Humanity's Team, discuss our spiritual responsibility at this present time of transition and the critical importance of awakening to a consciousness of Oneness. In response to amazing questions from listeners, Llewellyn spoke eloquently about the Earth as a living being and our need to connect with her Soul. He shared that "the Earth is not a problem to be solved. Remember, the Earth is sacred. We have to reclaim our relationship to the sacred within Creation." He spoke further about our need to truly grieve what is happening, for it is this grief that takes us deep into the love in our hearts, and it is that love that bonds us to the heart of the world.

Click to listen or download: Interview: Oneness and the Inner Worlds

2014

Friendship with God
South Lake Tahoe, California

This series of talks given in Fall 2014, explore the essence of our human relationship with the divine, and how our vulnerable, transient self is an offering of love. The talks also describe the Naqshbandi practices that belong to living this inner companionship.

2014

The Work of the Wayfarer
London, England

The Work of the Wayfarer, two talks by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, given in London, 2014. Please note: this talk is mainly for those who follow this particular Sufi path.

2013

In Service to Love, Granlibakken Retreat, Autumn 2013

Sufism is a path of love and a path of service. These two talks from the Granlibakken 2013 retreat explore the inner service of the heart. The first talk focuses on the power of love and remembrance. The second talk outlines a four-point response to our present global predicament: 1. Witnessing, 2. Grief, 3. Prayer, 4. Action.

2013

Changing the Story, Mercy Center, June 2013

The real stories that can change our lives come from the mythic, archetypal world of the soul. In this talk Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee addresses these important questions: What are the stories that are needed at this time, to help awaken us to break the spell from the present story of consumerism, from our collective nightmare of materialism that is polluting our planet, destroying its sacred nature? How can we work to bring these transformative stories into our communities and our daily life?

2013

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Interview with Werner Brandt of the Work that Reconnects

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Werner Brandt from the Work That Reconnects discuss the importance of witnessing the ecological crisis of our time, so we might feel and honor our pain for Anima Mundi, the soul of the world, and how we might respond with love and courage. "What we most need to do is to hear within us the sounds of the earth crying." --Thich Nhat Hanh

Click to listen or download: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Interview with Werner Brandt,46 minutes, 44mb.

2013

Spiritual Ecology: A Spiritual Response to the Ecological Crisis, Panel Talk from Bioneers 2013

Recording of the Bioneers 2013 panel discussion on Spiritual Ecology with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Joanna Macy, legendary activist and scholar of systems theory, deep ecology and Buddhism; and Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the World Wildlife Fund's Sacred Earth program.

Click to listen or download: Spiritual Ecology Panel, 2013
1 hour 25 minutes, 102mb

2013

Mystical Life and the Inner Worlds, January 2013, London, UK

These talks explore the inner worlds of the mystical journey, focusing on the symbolic, archetypal world and the interior dimension of the Self. The symbolic world is an intermediate dimension whose archetypal images have a powerfully determining influence on our outer life. The Self belongs to a world beyond time and space that exists within the heart of each of us. The mystical journey gives us a direct experience of these interior realities.

2012

The Evolution of the Soul and Our Present Ecological Crisis, Science and Nonduality Conference (SAND), San Rafael, California, October 2012

1. The Evolution of the Soul and Our Present Ecological Crisis
What is the nature of the soul's evolution? How does the soul evolve and how is its evolution effected by our present ecological crisis?

2. Spiritual Ecology: A Spiritual Response to our Present Ecological Crisis: Panel discussion with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and David Loy
The dangers of our global ecological imbalance are becoming more and more clear, catastrophic climate change, massive species depletion. What is our spiritual response to this growing crisis? How can our understanding of oneness help the Earth in its time of need?

2012

Interview with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, July 2012

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's interview with Rev. Caer Hallundbaek on the Godspeed Institute program. Subjects discussed include his newly published Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism; what inspired this book; what defines "mystical prayer"; Llewellyn's Christian background and discovery of Sufism, and the common ground between the two through mysticism; St. Teresa of Avila, Attar, St. John of the Cross, Rumi; the necessity of prayer; the stages of prayer; the silence within the heart; the mystery of divine presence; oneness; the need to pray for the Earth; devastation from the illusion of separation; the Jesus Prayer and the dhikr; the power of name; the breath as bridge; Divine unity—a merging and melting that transcends the mind and its notions of duality; and much more.

2012

Poetry and the Stations of the Heart: Experiences of the Naqshbandi Path as Described in Persian Poetry

This talk was given by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee at the IAS Songs of the Soul: Poetry and Sacred Music Festival, March 2012 in San Rafael, California.

2012

The Nature of the Soul
January 2012
London, UK

These two talks explore the nature of the soul and its evolution. From the light of the soul the ego is born, allowing us to have a unique individual experience in this world. But it is only through the sacred substance in creation that our daily life has any real meaning for the soul. How can we work with the sacred in creation to help the soul to evolve?

2011

Prayer
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York, June 2011

Prayer is a way to be with God. In these three talks we explore mystical prayer: from the prayer born from need, where we tell God our needs, to the deeper prayer which takes us beyond any words into the silence of merging. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee uses the stages of prayer from St. Teresa of Avila as a model for these mystical degrees of the prayer of the heart--how prayer finally becomes a continual living presence within the heart.

2011

This Moment in Time
Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, California

What is the meaning of this moment in time? Spiritual teachings tell us that time is an illusion and only the moment is real. And yet there are moments in our individual and collective destiny that offer a unique opportunity, a possibility for real change. What is this moment in time calling for? Are we awake, fully attentive to the changes happening around us? Are we able to listen to the real need so that we can step through the door that is being opened?

A short video clip is also available: This Moment in Time (3 min video).

Talk: This Moment in Time: 50 mb (45 min)

2011

Where the Two Seas Meet

In this talk, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes his new book Fragments of a Love Story: Reflections on the Life of a Mystic and reads from the last chapter.

2011

Working with Oneness: Interview with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, July 2011

In this interview, Carole Hallundbaek of the Godspeed Institute speaks with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on topics including: what Sufism is, the ancient wisdom of the heart, archetypes, Love, how we can apply these principles in daily life, Oneness, ecological disaster as catalyst, sacrifice, returning to the sacred, and more. The Godspeed Institute is a secular program on all the world's religions, belief systems and spiritual practices made available on the Progressive Radio Network.

2011

When the Light Goes Out
January 2011
London, UK

What happens when the light that gave meaning and purpose to our civilization goes out? What are the qualities we need to live our spiritual practice in this present darkness? Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee explores these questions central to this time of transition in two talks given in London January 2011.

2010

Living the Story of the Beloved

Talks recorded in London Aug. 2010. How do we make the transition from our story to the Beloved's story? These talks explore this primal question, and how the Principles of the Naqshbandi Path can help in this work.

For a full discussion of the Principles of the Path see: The Principles of the Path, talks given by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Omega Retreat, June 2010.

2010

The Principles of the Path

Recorded at the Omega Retreat, June 2010. A series of five talks which explore the first eight of the Principles of the Naqshbandi Path from 'Abd ul-Khaliq Ghujduwani. Through practicing these principles we are able to align our inner and outer life with the energy of the path, and help in the shift in consciousness that the world needs in order to survive and evolve.

2010

A New Note of Love

A seven minute clip from a talk given at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute.

A New Note of Love: 8.5 mb

2010

The Journey Back to God

Recorded in London, UK, January, 2010. This talk explores the journey back to God, and how it takes place "where the two seas meet." This is the meeting of our human and divine nature, which happens within the heart. We are drawn deeper and deeper into the ocean of divine love, and yet remain with our human longing and need, with the ordinariness of our everyday self. It is in the mysterious combination of these two seas that our journey takes place.

2010

Discipline

Self discipline is needed on the spiritual journey, in order to help to create a container to protect us from the darkness within ourself and within the world.

2009

The Seven Stations from The Book of Flashes by Sarrâj

Recorded at the Omega Retreat, June 2009. This series of talks describes seven basic principles needed by the wayfarer on the Sufi path, from Repentance to Poverty and finally to Acceptance. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee weaves these principles with examples of contemporary life, offering a way to live in relationship to the divine, keeping the attention of the heart and mind always turned towards God. Sarrâj was a 10th century Sufi from the Iranian region of Khurasan. He wrote the first systematic exposition of Sufism as a way of life and thought.

The first talk also explores the role of divine law and the significance of its return to our world.

2009

The Journey Home: Traveling Within the Heart

Recorded in London, January 2009. This talk, given in two parts, explores the journey within the chambers of the heart, from the outermost chamber of love and longing to the complete extinction within the innermost chamber.

This is an expanded version of the talk given at the final Sufi Conference in California, Fall 2008, called Chambers of the Heart.

2008

A Return to What is Real

Recorded in London, August 2008. These talks take us back to the divine substance within ourself and within the world. Only this divine substance is real, and only when we live this substance are we living the reality of our divine truth.

2008

Love on a Cellular Level

Recorded in London, January 2008. These three talks explore the cellular nature of love, how divine love embraces the whole of creation and carries the remembrance of its divine purpose. Sufis hold the secret of divine love and its real power. Through the hearts of those who belong to God an infusion of divine love can be given to the organic fabric of life. Then life can awaken and once again reveal its divine purpose.

2007

Spiritual Practice as a Container

Through our spiritual practice and discipline we create a container to protect us on the journey. Excerpt from a talk given in Byron Bay, Australia.

2007

Women and Healing the Earth

What is the unique contribution of women to heal and transform the world? Excerpt from a talk given in Auckland, New Zealand.

2007

Australia Talks

Recorded in Sydney & Sangsurya, Australia, October and November 2007
Love's Secret Substance looks at the mystery of the spiritual journey—how it is not you or I who makes the journey, but the substance within the heart. Dhikr describes the psychological and spiritual effect of this central Sufi practice. The Relationship with the Teacher explores the real nature of this relationship and why it is so easily misunderstood

Talk from Sydney, Australia

Recorded at the Centre in Sydney, October 20, 2007. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes how the transmission of our Sufi lineage came from India to England, Europe, America, and now Australia.

2007

Radio Interview with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Recorded for KWMR, "Sufism: The Heart of Islam" with Wendy McLaughlin in July 2007.

2007

Inner Adab

Recorded at the London Meeting, October 2007. Adab is spiritual courtesy or respect, a way to live in accordance with the soul's relationship with God. Inner Adab explores the inner dimension of spiritual courtesy, an attitude of behavior that protects the soul from the lower self and its patterns. Correct adab is the standard behavior proper to togetherness with the Lord.

2007

Uniting Heaven and Earth

Recorded at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, June 2007. These five talks explore the alchemical work of the union of above and below. Bringing together the spiritual light from above and the light from below—the light hidden in matter—a new light is born, a new consciousness that is needed to help the world to evolve. The final talk is about the real nature of spiritual freedom.

2007

Working with the Sacred Substance of Life

Recorded in Seattle, Washington, May 2007. These two talks explore how we can work with what is real within life and help life in its reawakening. The first talk, Invoking the World Soul, explains that the World Soul, or Anima Mundi, is the divine spark within life. If we are to help the world to transform we need to consciously relate to her, to be the catalyst for her awakening. This talk is then followed by audience questions, including "What is the story of the Earth now?". The second talk, Dream or Reality, asks: are we dreaming or living? How can we reconnect with what is real within everyday life and learn to work with life’s sacred substance?

2007

The Veils of Distortion and the Spark of Truth

Recorded in London, January 2007. God has created veils of light and darkness that separate us from Him. Traditionally the path teaches us to read these veils as signs that point us to the truth that lies behind them. However, in recent years humanity has also created its own veils, veils that distort our perception, and which lead only to more illusions. How can we know what is true in this world of distortion? How can we help the world when even our perception of the world is an illusion? There is a world that is waiting for us, that needs our presence, that needs the spark of our highest consciousness. Through our love and deepest desire for truth, we can be present in this primal world and help it to awaken.

2006

Feminine Consciousness & The Masculine Mind

From a talk at the Sept. 2006 retreat in Hittfeld, Germany. In English with German translation. Why do so many women experience their mind and thinking process as negative, undermining, creating doubts, judgments and anxieties? Is it because they have adopted a masculine mind which is not in harmony with their natural relational consciousness?

2006

The Magic of Creation and the Sword of the Creator

Recorded at the Omega Institute in June, 2006. These talks explore how we are caught by the dark magic of materialism, and how we need to change this magic spell if we are to transform the world and awaken it to its divine nature.
    The first talk looks at the magic of creation: an older creative magic that belongs to the great mother and reveals the divine within life, and the soul-destroying magic of our consumer society. The second talk explores how to alchemically create a new magic that can free us from these patterns. The third talk evokes the primal masculine power of creation that is the spark that is needed to give birth to a new way of being. Only through an understanding of the magic within life can we work with the deeper magic of love that belongs to the core of creation.

2006

Invoking the Peace of the World

Recorded at the 2006 Sufi Symposium, San Jose, California. A guided meditation connecting us with the heart of the world and welcoming its peace back into the world.

2006

Weaving a Web of Light

Recorded in San Rafael, CA, February 2006 with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Sandra Ingerman. Our light carries the secret of our divine purpose. When we connect together with the light of others we can weave a web of light that carries our shared power and purpose: the potential to help the world come alive with the wonder and magic hidden within it. We can help the heart of the world open and begin to sing.

2006

The Light of the Masters

Recorded in London, January 2006. Through our practices, inner work, and aspiration we create a container for the light of the soul to guide and transform us. But there is another dimension of spiritual light, the light of the masters, that belongs to their work in the world. We are being asked to be a container for this light, to bring it into the world and so participate in their work of global transformation.

2005

Working with Light

The first talk was recorded at the November 2005 event with Adyashanti, San Rafael, CA and the second talk was recorded at the December 2005 talk at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. Through spiritual practice and inner work we access the divine light within us. How can we then use this light in service to the whole? How can we align our inner light so that it can nourish life and help the world to awaken? The world needs the light of spiritual consciousness for its transformation, and these two talks explore this relationship between the individual and the whole, between our own soul and the soul of the world.

2005

Spiritual Responsibility

Recorded in London, Summer 2005. As we take a step individually and as a group into a new dimension of spiritual work, we need to become more aware of our spiritual responsibility. These two talks look at the different levels of spiritual responsibility, from work on the shadow to the importance of adab to working with the light of the world.

2005

Giving Birth to a Dream

Recorded at the June 2005 Retreat at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. A series of talks that describe the work with the alchemical susbstance of life and a transmission from the masters of love. Working with these ingredients we are able to particpate directly in forming the archetypal sructures that will define the era that is dawning. We are present at the axis of creation helping to give birth to a dream that will reveal His oneness in His world.

2005

The Anima Mundi

Recorded April 2005 at the Guild of Pastoral Pyschology in London. The Anima Mundi, the world soul, is the ordering and creative principle in creation. She is at the center of all things and yet she is hidden in the world. She is waiting to be used to connect us with the inner powers that belong to matter and life itself.

2005

London Talks

Recorded in London, January 2005. The first talk, “Consciousness and the Soul,” describes the work of being a transformer of spiritual energy, both individually and as a group.

“Awareness of the Whole” explores the attitude of oneness and global awareness that we carry in our spiritual consciousness, and which we need to fully incarnate the soul’s work.

The final talk, “Creation’s Love Affair” reminds us of the divine love affair that embraces all of creation, and which we live in our inner and outer life.

2004

Awareness of Oneness

Recorded in November at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, California. Awareness of oneness is a simple spiritual practice in which we see that our essential nature is part of life.

2004

Working with Spiritual Power

Recorded in October at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado. These two talks are about bringing real spiritual power from the inner worlds into the web of life, and how this activates energy centers within the web of life and works to lay the foundations of the new era—the ways of oneness that belong to the future.

2004

The Work of the Masters

Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York. The work of the masters is to bring the higher consciousness of divine love into the world. This love is a secret ingredient of life that is needed in the world. Through our hearts and through our ordinary everyday life, we help bring this mystery alive in the world. In service to love we live this simple truth.

2004

Awakening to Oneness

Recorded at the March one-day event with Adyashanti, San Rafael, California. Only when we awaken to oneness can we fully participate in the spiritual work of the coming era. We begin with the breath...

2004

The Axis of Love

Recorded January, 2004, London, England. The axis of love runs through creation. At this moment in time a new note of divine love needs to be infused into the world. The work of His lovers is to help bring this new note of love through the axis of love into life.

2003

For the Love of the Real

Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York. With the simple practices of the path we bring the substance of the Real into our daily life. Through the mystery of divine presence this substance is infused from our hearts into the heart of the world. Then the heart of the world can awaken and the world can come alive with love.

2003

Spiritual Responsibilty at a Time of Global Crisis

Recorded at Spiritual Responsibility at a Time of Global Crisis Conference, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC.

2002

Working with the Absolute

Recorded at the June Retreat at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York. These 4 talks describe the energy of the Absolute and how to work with it. The power of the Absolute is compared with our worldly understanding of power, and how His power and divine will are needed to change our world. The final talk explores some of the esoteric dynamics of this gathering, how a door was opened into a world of light.

2001

The Dynamics of Nothingness

These talks explore the dynamics of nothingness. The reality of nothingness is at the core of the mystical path and interpenetrates all of life. As we work with nothingness we are free from the limitations of form, and have access to the power of love as it comes into the world.

2000

The Consciousness of Love

For the mystic, the energy of the new millennium is a dynamic current of love that carries a consciousness of oneness. Leaving behind our patterns of spiritual conditioning, we are able to participate in its unfolding and taste the joy that belongs to life.

2000

Being Attentive to Love

As we explore how to be attentive to the inner love-affair of the soul, we learn to watch how love speaks to us, how our heart reminds us of our true nature. Through the attention of the heart we discover how to attune our outer and inner lives to the secret of love’s oneness.

2000

12 Levels of Initiation

Describes the stages of the development of consciousness, from the initial stage of undifferentiated awareness to that of the Perfect Man in whom the divine is fully realized. Of particular importance is level seven, the birth of mystical consciousness, which requires the gift of sirr, the secret substance of the heart.

1999

Why Dreamwork?

Through dreamwork we connect with a hidden part of ourself, with the wisdom and guidance of our true self. For the mystic dreamwork is a preparation for the work of catching the divine hint, reawakening the mystical consciousness through which the signs of God become known.

1998

The Circle of Love

The path takes us beyond ourself, beyond the mind, beyond the ego, into the intoxicating vortex of His love for us.This is the ancient highway of lovers that takes us away from everything we know into the infinite emptiness of His presence.

1997

The Purpose of Power

These three talks explore the importance of power on the spiritual path, how to access one’s inner power and use it for the journey.

1996

Meditation & Willpower

1996

Qualities Necessary for the Path

Mysticism is the ancient way of uncovering the secrets of the soul. Through dreams, visions, meditation, and inner experiences we are able to glimpse this inner reality that gives meaning to life, and so allow this meaning to permeate our everyday life.

1995

The Paradoxes of Love

Recorded at the Spring Retreat, Mount Madonna. Thrown into the world of separation, we come to know that there is no separation. In the world of existence we realize our own nonexistence. Through the opposites we come to know Him who has no opposite

1994

The Purpose of Problems

1994

Uniting the Two Worlds

Sufism is not an ascetic or monastic path. The wayfarer aspires to realize God while living an everyday life. Learning to live an outer life in the world and at the same time keep the inner attention focused on the Beloved is a cornerstone of the Sufi Path.

1994

Meditation & Prayer

A set of four talks which explore the heart’s natural state of communion with God

1992

The Relationship with the Teacher

Three talks which describe the psychological and spiritual dynamics of this most important relationship.

1992

Sufism: The Spiritual Path

A set of four talks outlining the stages encountered by every wayfarer making the solitary journey Home.

1992

The Bond with the Beloved

A set of six talks exploring the mystical relationship between the lover and the Beloved, and explain the tremendous importance of this mystical relationship not only to the lover, but to the world.

1991

Psychology & Sufism

A set of six talks illustrating the exploration of contemporary Sufi dreamwork which integrates this ancient tradition with the insights of Jungian psychology.

1990

Christianity and Sufism

A talk in two parts which explores the mystical path, with sources from the Christian and Sufi mystical traditions.

2002

The Light in the Darkness

A talk given at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in March 2002.

"Remember that part of our heart is for Him alone, but when we enter it, there is a peace there which is not of this world. This is the peace that passeth all understanding... if you can meditate, enter that, and allow it to be, it is like a yeast and will permeate every cell of your being, like the light does. This mystical love, in the inner-most chamber of the heart, it is our birthright. It is given to us. This is our gift of life. This is what it is all about.”

2002

The Gift of Life

This is a talk given by Margaret Sampson at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in October 2002.

“... one of the greatest gifts we have is the capacity to breathe. We all know if we do not breathe we cannot live. The out-breath brings us into manifestation and the in-breath takes us back to God. Now, just look at that. Everyone here is breathing or we would not be alive. What a gift that is in itself, to have within us both the capacity to live and the capacity for remembrance of where we come from.”

2001

Practical Spirituality

This is a talk given by Margaret Sampson at the London Interfaith Center at St. Anne's Church, London, England, in October, 2001.

“In the state beyond duality, inner and outer become one. Then inner change becomes as effortless as the dawn, which is contained within the darkness. Now, this is very important. In our present situation, the dawn is contained within the darkness. There is no great struggle as daylight comes into being, it just is, and can manifest. We just are and we can reach that state of becoming, within the silence and the stillness. It is as natural as being born.”

2008

Sufi Conference 2008

Recorded at the Sufi Conference: The Awakening of the Heart, Pacific Grove, California, October 16-19, 2008.

2006

Sufi Conference 2006

Recorded at the October Sufi Conference: The Song of Love, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

2005

Sufi Conference 2005

Recorded at the October Sufi Conference: The Power of Love, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

2004

Sufi Conference 2004

Recorded at the May Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina.

2003

Sufi Conference 2003

Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Pacific Grove, California, November 13-16, 2003.

2002

Sufi Conference 2002

Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina, May 16-19, 2002.

2001

Sufi Conference, May 2001

Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Black Mountain, North Carolina, May 17-20, 2001. *Note: Some of the talk titles from the May 2001 Sufi Conference are the same as those in January 2001. They are, however, different talks.

2001

Sufi Conference, January 2001

Recorded at the Sufi Conference, Pacific Grove, California, Jan 4-7, 2001. *Note: Some of the talk titles from the January 2001 Sufi Conference are the same as those in May 2001. They are, however, different talks.