Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism In America (2018)

Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism In America

2018

Documentary

Synopsis

Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism in America, directed by Chuck Davis and Netanel Miles-Yépez, offers an introduction to the mystical path of Sufism as expressed in the universalist Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan by contemporary Sufi teachers in America. The film contextualizes Sufism as a spiritual path of the heart, addressing the distinction between Islamic Sufism and Universalist Sufism, and introduces viewers to Sufi teachings on Love, Beauty, Music, God, and the Sufi practices of Zikr (remembrance) and Pilgrimage.

Credits

Director

Chuck Davis

Netanel Miles-Yépez

Cast

Amir Peter O'Loughlin as Self

Aziz Isaiah Abbatiello as Self - Traditional Mevlevi Whirler

Deepa Gulrukh Patel as Self - Teacher, Inayati Order

Jennifer Alia Wittman as Self - Executive Director of the Inayati Order

Netanel Miles-Yépez as Self - Pir of the Inayati-Maimuni Order

Satya Inayat Khan as Self - Inayati Order

Shabda Kahn as Self - Pir of the Sufi Ruhaniat Order