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Apr 2023
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Ep. 487 - The Mysterion with Kabir Helmi...

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Teacher, translator, and Rumi Scholar, Kabir Helminski, gets together with Raghu to discuss Sufi mysticism and his new book, The Mysterion. "In Sufism, sincerity would be understood to be something like doing whatever you do for the sake of God; not for anyone's approval, not for attention, not for pleasure." – Kabir Helminski In this episode of Mindrollin ... Show More
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