Shaykh Ibrahim's Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Prisoner sufi story Learning to be your own witness The GuestHouse by Rumi Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free,...

Send us Fan Mail We discuss some the inner meanings of al Muqsit, the one who distributes justice, and balances blame/forgiving; Expansion/Contracction; Joy/Sorrow; Health/Illnes; Power/Weakness; Poverty/Wealth. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydn...

Send us Fan Mail Mature Human Being An adult may not necessarily be a mature human being. When we speak of maturity we are referring, first, to someone who treats others with respect- all others.  A tool that may be useful here is to consider is that you are the sole ambassador of your world. No one else knows what kind of universe you represent. The vast amount of personal experiences, relationsh...

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Conspiracy Theories, the definition, the three forms it may take. How to begin filtering Social Media, and applying Sufi methods for determining truth and falsehood. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing talk about observation. Covid lockdown is a great time to do a retreat (halvet).  A small step into the Qu'ran. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing...

Send us Fan Mail Sufi Seeing: Observation ( Haqqiqa ) shaykh ibrahim ansari  Seeing as a Sufi means getting enough of yourself out of the way so that you can actually observe Reality without your brain interfering. This means that first you have to get enough of your Nafs out of the way so that they're not interfering with what you are actually, really seeing. Some call this Being Present. Th...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual systems often get bogged down in complexity. Whether it is the Enneagram or Chakras, Lata’ifa or Kundalini, Tarot or visualizing gods; any of these structure can easily become a distraction. It helps to consider these procedures as scaffolding to help with the real work. They are not the actual undertaking itself. They exist because someone found that it worked for that...

Send us Fan Mail Fear In learning how to become a better human being, one of the major things we must learn to face, if we are to grow, is our fears. Some say it is important to face your fear. I think it is better to first assess the nature of the fear, to know its source. The goal is to determine the best way to overcome it. For example, some fears come from actual traumas: damage to the mind, t...

Send us Fan Mail We review the 7 levels of Nafs known as the Maqams. Every level is a different station of perceiving Reality. We talk about being 'tested', which leads to Fear of Failure, and how to survive a test/ Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi...

Send us Fan Mail 1. Discussion about being a Sufi, Insan-i-kamil (An integrated and mature Human Being), and what it means to deal with the paradoxes of living.  2. Discussion of a Native American way of living: The Lakota Code of Ethics. LAKOTA CODE OF ETHICS 1. Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak. 2. Be tolerant of those who are lost...

Send us Fan Mail Prayers by rote vs. doing with heart. Progress on the path. Repentance by Abdul Qadir al Jilani, Inspiration from poetry, music, dance, etc. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counsellin...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about inner and outer confirmations regarding signs; asking Allah for help; Wisdom, Choices, etc. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe...

Send us Fan Mail Discussion about Gathering one's internal and external parts, Surrender and Defense. Why some people die early or have diseases. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and h...

Send us Fan Mail al-Wali - The Friend is a Name of Allah. How do we see that in this world? Who is a Friend? What is a Friend? How much can you trust someone?  Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counsell...

Send us Fan Mail Looking ahead to the aftermath of the pandemic. Many will be traumatized, some self-medicating sometimes leading to addiction; suicide; depression; PTSD, anxiety, grief. Preparing for this new life, it is  important to stay grounded, positive, rested, and compassionate for those who will be working out various symptomsl Keep doing ' active listening', making objective as...

Send us Fan Mail In examining the idea of Insan-i-kamil - the practice of becoming an integral Human Being - we practice mental, physical, emotional health. There is also the necessity of viewing Social Health as a component of balance. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help suppor...

Send us Fan Mail aa Ghaffur, al Ghaffir, al Ghaffar Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, s...

Send us Fan Mail The importance of Forgiveness on entering a Spiritual Path. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equip...

Send us Fan Mail More details on how to let go. Discussion with Murids (students of Shaykh Ibrahim). Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be...

Send us Fan Mail Letting Go Ain’t That Easy Shaykh ibrahim Ansari  Sung about in the animated feature Frozen , and easily tossed at us by armchair philosophers, therapists, religions and Spiritualists, is the concept of Letting Go. It is so easy to see another person’s attachments, hang ups, and abusive relationships, and then, with a wave of your hand, to tell them to drop it, to do something els...

Send us Fan Mail A discussion, first, about staying connected to Allah, analogous to the earth revolving around itself and the sun. How to apply this in life. The we do a short Zikr. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohb...

Send us Fan Mail Expectation and Positivity By shaykh ibrahim ansari A Sufi is always looking for the source of things. So if we are going to talk about expectation, we start with the word: Expectation: from the Latin:  An expectation is a belief about what might happen in the future, like your expectation to stay close with your best friends your whole life. The word expectation comes from the La...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Learning to be a Student There are many books, paths and guides about how to look for the right teacher. Very few of these assistants explain how to be a good or better spiritual student. Or, shall we say, one who accepts spiritual teachings and learns to apply them.  What does it take to be a ‘proper’ student? The first thing is to understand, as a student, is that you know all t...