Omid Safi discusses how modern myths like Star Wars can connect us to Sufism and the mystery of the universe.

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This time on Sufi Heart, Omid Safi has a discussion on:

The story of Moses in the Qur’an
Moses’ teacher, ‘the green one’, and Yoda from Star Wars
How myth-makers revive spiritual traditions
The mythic language found in music and movies
How Taoists, Muslims, Christians, and more see themselves in ‘the force’
Everything as animated and the energy that flows through all things
Recognizing that we are made of the elements and of God
How George Lucas asks beautiful questions in subtle ways
Considering the mystery rather than having all of the answers
The many forms that Allah may appear in and finding saints in ordinary people
How movies fill a gap when we mistrust formal religion

“Luke and Obi-Wan, apprentice and master, this is the very stuff of the Sufi tradition, This is part of that re-enchanting that Star Wars is trying to accomplish. It’s trying to remind us that there are these mysterious ways of the heart, of the soul, of the universe, that we can still learn.” – Omid Safi

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