The Murid Talks Podcast

The World's Traditions symbolize the path of realization as a journey, without and within. In this episode, we tell a personal story of that contemplative journey. The journey begins with our obser...

23 Maj 202215min

The question of God's Perfection appears in many forms within theology and philosophy. "Is God All-Good, if He is why the evil in the world? How can God be All-Kind and All-Just at the same time?" An...

30 Apr 202218min

The concept of Holy War appears in one way or another within the world's Traditions. Besides its view from a socio-political angle, we see how Holy War represents the inner struggle of man towards Di...

25 Mars 202224min

This episode picks up from the previous one on the mysterious encounter between Moses and the sage Khidr. After Moses asks to accompany Khidr on his journey so he can learn from the sage, he is given ...

25 Feb 202220min

In this episode, we visit the mysterious encounter between Moses and the enigmatic Khidr (identified as a servant of God in the Qur'an). We explore how this encounter symbolizes the 2 kinds of knowled...

4 Feb 202221min

Proceeding from Non-Manifestation which is the Hidden Realm (Batin), we explore the 3 realms of Manifestation as expressed by the Sufi Tradition. Manifestation is the expression (Zahir) of the Non-Man...

31 Dec 202116min

After exploring The Ineffable and from it The First Determination, we now enter into a discussion of The Second Determination which proceeds from The First Intellect. The Second Determination is symb...

11 Dec 202112min

The various Traditions of the world affirm hierarchical stations within Reality. In between Absolute Reality (which truly IS) and non-existence (which is not and can not be) lies the various levels o...

6 Nov 202121min