Madison Margolin and Sukina Pilgrim discover completely different gateways to the Divine, together with poetry and creativity, together with how we will bear in mind our oneness and entry the voice of the guts.
Sukina Pilgrim is a Poet, Spoken-Phrase artist, Playwright, Workshop Facilitator and Occasion Organiser, and co-founder of Muslim feminine Hip Hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage. She has facilitated inventive writing workshops the world over, empowering communities to make use of the written phrase as a instrument for dialogue and engagement. Join with Sukina on Instagram, the place she shares her poetry and reflections.
Gateways to the Divine
Madison welcomes Sukina and asks concerning the many layers to her journey. They focus on the intersection of spirituality and creativity, how poetry helps us entry our personal religious voice, and the way psychedelics is usually a gateway to the Divine. Sukina shares a few of her Sufi custom and the methods they attempt to connect with the Divine, together with Dhikr, which is analogous to mantra apply.
“There’s positively one thing within the form of repetition of a selected identify, or repetition of a litany, that has the capability to form of take one exterior of 1’s self and right into a religious place.” – Sukina Pilgrim
Krishna Das talks concerning the repetition of the Divine identify in Pilgrim Coronary heart Ep. 75
Keep in mind Our Oneness (15:05)
Madison digs deeper into Sukina’s Sufi custom. They speak about mantra as a solution to cleanse one’s self, how there are completely different manifestations of the Divine, and the position of sheiks throughout the Sufi custom. Madison brings up our innate capability as people to speak with the Divine, whereas Sukina explores the alternative ways through which we bear in mind our oneness.
“However I feel that’s one other factor that the religious path entails, is the truth that it’s past what is smart, , it’s a actuality that’s past what we will comprehend, significantly after we’re coping with the affair of affection.” – Sukina Pilgrim
Omid Safi explores teachings from the Sufi custom concerning the sacredness of affection in Sufi Coronary heart Ep. 2
The Voice of the Coronary heart (32:45)
Madison and Sukina focus on bringing our religious apply into our on a regular basis lives, and the way service is a gateway to the Divine. Sukina talks concerning the ways in which Muslim prayer could be very a lot an embodied apply. She ends the episode by sharing how passionate she is about serving to others hook up with the paranormal aspect inside themselves and entry the voice of the guts.
“The center is a portal. And I feel that by means of accessing the guts, and accessing the voice of the guts, now we have entry to an overflowing nicely of knowledge that all of us have.” –Sukina Pilgrim
Spring Washam offers a dharma speak on the character of empowered compassionate service in BHNN Visitor Podcast Ep. 69
Photograph by way of Sukina Pilgrim