Millennium Discourses

Shaykh Ebrahim Etsko Schuitema

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9781907839016

This book is a collection of impromptu discourses delivered by Shaykh Etsko Schuitema after sessions of dhikr with his students.

Using numerous real-life examples, the shaykh peels back the facade of the everyday to reveal the realities of the way we live our lives, and the relationship we have with the One who created us.

An excerpt: ""The practice of being human is the practice of worship. And that means that you understand in every moment that stands before you that you don't know. You look at it with fresh eyes and you are surprised because you see His hand in it. That can only happen if you stop paying attention to your own inner dialogue, so that you can give due attention to the moment that faces you, in an innocent and unpresumptuous way.

It is to that end that we do acts of worship. It is to that end that we do dhikr. It is to that end that we do salah. All of these, if they serve their purpose, will deliver you to a quiet place. That place is a silencing of your inner dialogue."

Viewed as a totality, the discourses have the potentiality to dress one's view of the world with the robes of presence, gratitude and true servanthood.

Contents

Discourse 1: Iqraa - Reading the text

Discourse 2: Seeing Things as They Are

Discourse 3: Consciousness - Moment by Moment

Discourse 4: Freeing the Breath

Discourse 5: Not Knowing

Discourse 6: Patience and Gratitude - The Signs of Imaan

Discourse 7: Allah is in Charge

Discourse 8: Gratitude - Cracking the Code

Discourse 9: The Worship of the Free

Discourse 10: Journeying Through the Three Stations

Discourse 11: Shifting Perception - Shifting the Worldview

Discourse 12: Being Present in the Moment

Discourse 13: Testing: Seeing the Cracks Enables You to Deal With Them

Discourse 14: Know Yourself and You Will Know Your Lord

Discourse 15: Yearning

Discourse 16: Listen!

Discourse 17: Submission and Witnessing

Discourse 18: Expansion and Contraction: It's Like Breathing

Discourse 19: Our Intentions

Discourse 20: Annihilation

Discourse 21: Light - Allah is the Light

Discourse 22: Humility

Discourse 23: Witness

Discourse 24: Repentance and Courtesy

Discourse 25: Love

Discourse 26: Hand Over to Allah

Discourse 27: Who Am I?

Discourse 28: You Contain All of Existence!

Discourse 29: Reprogramming Ourselves - Ramadan

Discourse 30: Revolution of the Self - The Emergence of Nobility