A gentle introduction to the 4 practices of Islamic spirituality – Meditation, Introspection, Contemplation, and Invocation. A 14-part series with lectures and guided meditations to explore these practices.
Level 1: Discovering Islamic Meditation: An Introduction to Presence with Instruction
- Islam and Meditation: Taqwa, Meditation, and Presence in Islamic Practice
- What Is Meditation?: An Overview, FAQ’s, and A Guided Practice
- Islamic Meditation (Muraqaba): Awareness of God’s Presence (3 Guided Meditations)
- Contemplative Supplication (Du’a): Listening For God and Conversing With God
- Self-Introspection (Muhasaba): Body, Mind, Heart, Life (4 Guided Meditations)
- The Servants of the All-Merciful: The Sunnah of Walking with Presence
- Fikr: Contemplation of the Outward and Inward (3 Guided Practices)
- Dhikr: Invocation (3 Guided Practices: Astaghfar, Salawat, Shahada)
- Islamic Practices of Presence: Wudu, Azan, and Salat as Modes of Muraqaba
- Sawm and the Prophetic Diet as Modes of Muhasaba
- Shahada/Mushahada: Bearing Witness to God’s With-ness as Allah’s Meditative Servant