Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad relates a powerful story from her teenage years while studying the Islamic sciences in Syria when she had a poignant moment when her teacher shared her amazing spiritual journey.
This is clip in the MCC Gems Series from a talk Dr. Rania gave at MCC in honor of teachers: https://youtu.be/BD5LDIkaaVE
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The Gems Series is a youth-initiated effort at the MCC aimed at providing viewers with bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and memorable anecdotes from the hundreds of hours of talks, sermons, panels, and lectures at the MCC to help you cultivate a more deeper love, understanding, and connection with your Creator and your faith.
Dr. Rania Awaad is a practicing Psychiatrist based at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and pursues her clinical practice through the department’s community psychiatric track. She is passionate about mental health and works he is passionate about mental health and works extensively, locally, nationally, and inter-nationally creating a spiritual wellness with the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Awaad pursued classical Islamic Studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certification (Ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. She is a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, an American Muslim Liberal Art College in Berkeley, CA. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls.
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I HAD TO GO BEYONDMYSELF, BEYOND GOD, BEYOND THE EARTH, BEYOND SCIENCE (KNOWLEDGE) AND CONSCIOUSNESS TO FIND HUMILITY, WISDOM, LOVE IN GOD AND ISLAM!
Bab'Aziz (2005) | The Prince That Contemplated His Soul
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Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005)
A visual poem of incomparable beauty, this masterpiece from director Nacer Khemir (Wanderers of the Desert) begins with the story of a blind dervish named Bab’Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar.
Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years.
With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape. To keep Ishtar entertained, Bab’Aziz relays the ancient tale of a prince who relinquished his realm in order to remain next to a small pool in the desert, staring into its depths while contemplating his soul.
As the tale of the prince unfolds, the two encounter other travelers with stories of their own – including Osman, who longs for the beautiful woman he met at the bottom of a well, and Zaid, who searches for the ravishing young woman who fled from him after being seduced by his songs.
Filled with breathtaking images and wonderful music, Nacer Khemir has created a fairytale-like story of longing and belonging, filmed in the enchanting and ever-shifting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran.
Director Nacer Khemir’s past cinematic achievements include his award-winning features Les Baliseurs du Désert (Wanderers of the Desert ), awarded Grand Prix of the Festival des Trois Continents in 1984, and Le Collier Perdu de la Colombe (The Dove’s Lost Necklace ), which won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno in 1991.
The script was written by Nacer Khemir with the participation of screenwriter Tonino Guerra (Amarcord, Night of the Shooting Stars, Blowup and L’Avventura).
Director: Nacer Khemir
Writers: Tonino Guerra (collaboration), Nacer Khemir
Production Companies:
Behnegar
Farabi Cinema Foundation
Hannibal Films
Inforg Stúdió
Les Films du Requin
Pegasos Film
Zephyr Films
Distributors:
Filmarti (2010) (Turkey)
Bavaria Film International (2005) (World-wide)
Budapest Film (2006) (Hungary)
Cinematograph Filmverleih (2006) (Austria)
Gébéka Films (2006) (France)
Pegasos Film (Germany)
Typecast Releasing (2008) (USA)
Trigon-film (2005) (Switzerland)
Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany)
Typecast Releasing (2008) (USA)
Trigon-film (2006) (Switzerland)
Other Companies:
Abacus Consult (accounting: audit)
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Naïve (original score)
R.D.I Sound Design Studio (sound post-production)
Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi Balkhi was a 13th century Muslim Sufi saint. After so many centuries his message of Love is being rediscovered and spread by people around the world. Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi Balkhi or as commonly known as Rumi has written a few books among them is his famous Masnavi in Persian language. His main theme in his books are Love of Allah(god), which made him love humanity, nature and everything good. In his burning in the flame of love he has written many poems and couplets. The Love of Allah was ignited in his heart by his spiritual teacher(Murshid/ Shaikh) Shams e Tabrizi who took Rumi as his only student(seeker/ salik) throughout his life. To this day Rumi's spiritual tradition continues known as Mevlavi Spiritual Order of Islamic Sufism( similar to Naqshbandia, Qadriya, Chistia, Soharwardia, Naqshbandiah Owaisiah spiritual orders), they are also known as whirling dervishes. Rumi's message is of Love, which people need the most in these days. There is great wisdom in his poetry and his message of Love is for all.
Track Listings:
1. Valentine To Rumi (Musical Prelude) - Deepak & Friends
2. 2-Love Drunk: My Burning Heart - Deepak Chopra
3. 2-Love Drunk: Bittersweet - Madonna
4. 2-Love Drunk: Intoxicated By Love - Deepak Chopra
5. 5-Desire: The Lover's Passion - Deepak Chopra D
6. 5-Desire: Do You Love Me - Demi Moore
7. 5-Desire: Come To Me - Deepak Chopra
8. 5-Desire: Desire - Deepak Chopra
9. 9-A Lover's Madness: The Alchemy Of Love - Deepak Chopra
10. 9-A Lover's Madness: Caught In The Fire Of Love - Martin Sheen
11. 9-A Lover's Madness: The Awakening - Deepak Chopra
12. 12-Divine Love: I Am Yours - Robert John Burke
13. 12-Divine Love: Behind The Scenes - Blythe Danner
14. 12-Divine Love: Looking For Your Face - Jared Harris
15. 15-The Light Of Love: The Meaning Of Love - Goldie Hawn
16. 15-The Light Of Love: Aroused Passion - Deepak Chopra
17. 17-The Lover's Passion: Dying To Love - Robert A.F. Thurman
18. T17-The Lover's Passion: The Privileged Lovers - Deepak Chopra
19. 17-The Lover's Passion: Precious Love - Deepak Chopra
20. Surrender To Love-20: Surrender - Deepak Chopra
21. Surrender To Love-20: Defeated By Love - Sussan Deyhim
22. Surrender To Love-20: Lost In The Wilderness - Deepak Chopra
23. Lover From Another World-23: The Mythical Lover - Gautama Chopra
24. Lover From Another World-23: I Am And I Am Not - Deepak Chopra
25. Lover From Another World-23: The Agony Of Lovers - Laura Day
26. Supreme Lover-26: The Agony And Ecstasy Of Divine Discontent - Sonja Sohn
27. In My Heart-27: The Mirror - Debra Winger
28. In My Heart-27: Look At Your Eyes - Noah Hutton/Debra Winger
29. In My Heart-27: Looking For Love - Rosa Parks
30. In My Heart-27: Some Kiss - Coleman Barks
31. In My Heart-27: The Freshness - Coleman Barks
32. In My Heart-27: My Beloved - Chris Barron
33. In My Heart-27: The Hunt - Deepak Chopra
34. Reprise: Desire (Instrumental) - Deepak & Friends
35. In My Heart-27: A Lover's Madness (Instrumental) - Deepak & Friends
36. In My Heart-27: The Lover's Passion (Instrumental) - Deepak & Friends
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One of the 20th century’s most prolific scholars of Islamic mysticism, (Sufism) Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was Professor of Islam & Islamic Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Tehran. (Iran)
Corbin’s central project was to provide a framework for understanding the unity of the religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. His great work: “Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi “is a classic initiatory text of visionary spirituality that transcends the tragic divisions among the three great monotheisms.
Corbin’s life was devoted to the struggle to free the religious imagination from fundamentalisms of every kind.
Mystic, philosopher, poet, sage, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi is one of the world's great spiritual teachers.
Ibn 'Arabi was born in Murcia, Spain in 1165 and his writings had an immense impact throughout the Islamic world and beyond. The universal ideas underlying his thought are of immediate relevance today.
Please visit: Ibnarabisociety.org
Music: Armand Amar
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. Its method is the practice of dhikr, the remembrance of God with every breath.
