LONGING (download for free on Home page)

[Ney]

The poetry of Rumi is full of longing for the Divine, Love is the beginning and the end; The Ney (bamboo flute) yearns for the reed bed.

SEEK

[Tanbur, Daf, Vocal]

Story: first meeting between Rumi and Shams and his mystical transformation. The poetry invites us to look within for the gem of spirituality.

GAMBLE

[Setar]

In the game of love we must gamble. The innate paradox is that by losing it all we win everything. Stories: Shams/ Rumi play chess; Nassrudin & horse.

WAKE UP

[Setar // Chogur and Vocal]

In the way of the heart we need an all-consuming passion, because God’s price is our bottomless desire, but who is ready to wake up to this?

HONEYMOON

[Guitar and Vocal // Daf // Ney, Daf, Vocal]

Intoxicated with its first taste of Divine Love, the soul is set ablaze with longing.
Story: Zayd the barber.

SEPARATION

[Setar // Chainless Daf]

The experience of Divine Presence is fleeting at first. The lover is not yet perfected and therefore feels escalating pangs of separation.
Stories: Sheikh Ahmad the debtor; Nassrudin at the Bazaar

BREATH

[Ney]

Our destiny comes into view when we remember God with each breath.
Story: Nassrudin absorbed in the Beloved.

SEE

[Chogur // Ney]

Who is the seer, who is seen? When all of one’s being and understanding is tuned to the mystical place of union then there is perfect transparency.

SACRIFICE

[Tombak]

Only through total giving and sacrifice is one transformed, a stage where the self expands to include all humanity. Story: The Chickpea.

GREATNESS

[Tanbur // Daf]

When we surrender and open our hearts to the Divine we rise to our true greatness.