DVD & Video

In the first section Irina Tweedie describes the Beliefs and Ethics of the Naqshbandi Path, beginning with “We believe in the Oneness of Being.” The second part comprises a selection of films of Sufi meetings at her London home in May 1991. We are given a unique glimpse into her presence, her way of weaving teachings and stories, bringing alive her saying, “Sufis teach simple things.”

1. Beliefs and Ethics of the Naqshbandi Path, 29 min
2. Group Meeting: Once and Forever, 25 min
3. Group Meeting: Mystics Teach Simple Things, 17 min
4. Group Meeting: Pointers on the Path, 12 min
5. Group Meeting: Humility, 15 min
   

1 DVD • almost 2 hours • NTSC • Region Free

US: $14, UK: £12 plus £1.50p&p

In these rare video interviews Irina Tweedie speaks about the Naqshbandi path and its principles. She describes how she met her teacher in India; and she addresses many questions that concern every sincere seeker on the path:

• What are the most important qualities needed on the spiritual path?
• Is the training the same for men and women, and are they treated differently?
• What is the meaning of solitude in the crowd?
• What is the meaning of non-attachment?
• What is surrender, and to whom or to what?
• What does it mean to die before you die?
• What is poverty of the heart?
• What does it mean to lead a guided life?

Four interviews available as a two dvd set

dvd 1:	1. Tested with Fire and Spirit 2. Branded by God
dvd 2:	3. Chased with Sorrow & Drowned in Tears 4. Without a Face, Without a Name

2 DVDs • 3 hours • NTSC • Region Free

US: $19.95, UK: £15 plus .80p p&p

Thinking Allowed has produced a DVD of two interview programs with Irina Tweedie, which is available for purchase through their website. They have posted a clip from the first DVD which is available to watch here: Irina Tweedie: Spiritual Training (6 minute excerpt)

• SPIRITUAL TRAINING Irina Tweedie (#S058)
  Mrs. Irina Tweedie is the author of Daughter of Fire, a diary of her intensive spiritual training in India with a Hindu Sufi master. In this moving and personal interview, the 80-year-old Mrs. Tweedie, who is now a Sufi teacher in London, describes the bliss, peace and love--and the despair, hatred and loneliness--of her years of training in the Sufi tradition.
• THE SUFI PATH Irina Tweedie (#S057)
  The Sufis are inheritors of a tradition which has influenced many world religions. Their work, which involves dreams, altered states of consciousness and teaching stories, is to further the evolution of humanity by offering deep intuitive training to select individuals. Mrs. Irina Tweedie is a Sufi teacher and author of Daughter of Fire, a diary of her intensive spiritual training in India with a Sufi master.

Available from Thinking Allowed, both programs together on one DVD, $34.95. Click here for ordering information.

with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Recorded December 3, 2011 at the Mercy Center, Burlingame, California

What are the spiritual roots of our present ecological crisis?

While we are confronted by the tangible threats of global warming and species depletion, the loss of the sacred is as devastating to our soul and the soul of the world. And yet this inner tragedy is mostly hidden from our consciousness. But if we are to restore the balance in our world, we need to go beneath the surface to heal the split between spirit and matter and help to bring the sacred back into life.

"We serve life not because it is broken but because it is Holy"
--Mother Teresa

Two video clips from this talk have also just been posted:
The Great Unspoken Tragedy of the Present Time (1.5 min clip)
Working with the Forces Within Nature (6 min clip)

Single DVD • about 1.25 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $14, UK: £12 plus .80p p&p

Complete set of recordings from the five event series, The Sufi Path of Love and the Secrets of Mystical Oneness, recorded 2009-2010 in Tiburon, California with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. Details of the contents of each set are noted below.

Set 1: Where the Two Seas Meet: An Introduction to Sufism, recorded October 18 & November 19, 2009 in Tiburon, California (set of 2 dvds)

Set 2: Where the Two Seas Meet: Meditation, recorded December 13, 2009 in Tiburon, California (single dvd)

Set 3: Where the Two Seas Meet: Final Talks: Sufism & the West, recorded February 7 and March 21, 2010 (set of 2 dvds)

5 DVDs • about 8 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $45, UK: £35

with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Recorded February 7 and March 21, 2010 in Tiburon, California

These are the final two talks from the introductory series on Sufism,
The Sufi Path of Love and the Secrets of Mystical Oneness.

dvd 1. Separation and Union
The first talk explores the central Sufi theme of the journey from separation to union, and the longing of the heart that draws the wayfarer Home. This journey begins with the pain of separation—the lover separate from the Beloved—and finally reveals the secret of divine union, that the lover and Beloved were always united, are always one.

dvd 2. Sufism's Contribution to the West
The second talk looks at the contribution Sufism has made to our Western civilization, from its presence in Andalusia at the time of Moorish Spain, to its journey in the last century to America. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee explores some of the central qualities that it has brought to the West: the secrets of mystical love and the lived experience of divine oneness, the unity of being. Finally he includes the subject of the awliyâ, the friends of God who look after the spiritual well-being of the world.

A video clips from this recording is available for online viewing: March 21st clip, Spiritual Work of the Feminine.

2 DVDs • about 3 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $19.95, UK: £15

with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Recorded December 13, 2009 in Tiburon, California

This third talk from the five event series, The Sufi Path of Love and the Secrets of Mystical Oneness, explores the states of meditation that can be experienced through the meditation of the heart. Away from the ever-chattering mind, first one needs to create an inner space of silence and listening within the heart, where one can come closer to the love and presence that reside within the heart, and slowly learn to be absorbed by love.
    Then the meditation takes one deeper into the oneness that belongs to our divine nature: the lover merges within the heart into the states of dhyana, which is a state of abstraction of the senses and then samadhi, the higher consciousness of the Self. Beyond the Self are the states of non-being, the uncreated nothingness that is the real home of the mystic.

Three video clips from this recording are available for online viewing: December 13th clips, Meditation.

Single DVD • about 1.5 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $14, UK: £12 plus .80p p&p

with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Recorded October 18 & November 19, 2009 in Tiburon, California

dvd 1. Introduction to Sufism
The first talk asks the question “What is Sufism?” and explores its esoteric nature. It also includes a brief description of its historical beginnings and some of the early Sufi saints. Questions from the audience discuss the mystical path and the dark night of the soul.

dvd 2. The One Quality Needed for the Path
Love is the essence of Sufism, and all that is needed by the wayfarer. It is love that draws us Home. But we need to reclaim an understanding of love as a spiritual power that belongs to God and underlies all of creation. In answer to one question this present time of transition is explored from an archetypal perspective.

Five video clips from these recordings are available for online viewing: October 18 and November 15 clips

2 DVDs • about 3.25 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $19.95, UK: £15 plus .80p p&p

In the first DVD Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee outlines the spiritual journey on the Naqshbandi Path as an unveiling of the chambers of the heart, from the awakening of longing to the annihilation in Absolute Truth. The second talk introduces the work of the awliyâ, the masters of love who help in the spiritual evolution of the world. The second DVD is an interview in which he talks in depth about the awliyâ and their presence in the world, as well as the ways of love and the turning of the heart.

Please note: the first DVD talks were given at the 2008 Sufi Conference, and are also available online.

2 DVDs • 2.5 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $19.95, UK: £15 plus .80p p&p

with Fr. Thomas Keating and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Recorded May 2-3, 2008 in Boulder, Colorado

This unique meeting of two mystical traditions explores the oneness that is at the heart of all spiritual traditions, and the contribution it can make at this present time of global transition. Some of the questions addressed include: the power of prayer, sacred politics and economics, honoring the feminine, being forgiving, atonement and contrition, the role of sacrifice, the paradox of fear, working with oneness, and the "I-Thou" relationship with God.

Click here to view the Friday, May 2 talks online.

3 DVDs • 4.5 hours • NTSC • Region Free
US: $19.95, UK: £15 plus £1.50p&p

Recorded March 3, 2007 at the CIIS event at the Unitarian Church
San Francisco, CA

What does it mean to awaken? And what is the relationship between individual spiritual awakening and global awakening?

"... there is this extraordinary moment when the mist lifts—when the veils part, and suddenly you find yourself in the garden of creation, in the world as it actually is, and it is incredibly beautiful, incredibly radiant... I like to describe it as Creation singing the song of the Creator. It is incredibly beautiful. It is life really alive. It is, in a way, what we have actually come here to experience.... (and) because of this extraordinary relationship between humanity and the world there also comes a time when the world itself wants to wake up, when the world wants to throw off this debris of thousands of years." —from the DVD

Click here for online viewing options.

Single DVD • 1 hour • NTSC • Region Free
US: $14, UK: £12 plus £1.50p&p

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Recorded in July, 2006

Sitting around the kitchen table, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is interviewed by his son, Emmanuel, on the topic of Global Oneness. Emmanuel asks important questions, such as:

• What is the present state of this work of global awakening?
• Can humanity collectively awaken on its own?
• How can one use one's individual spiritual awakening to help the world?
• How can we return an awareness of the divine to the center of everyday life?
• What is our individual responsibility to the well-being of the world?

This conversation explores these questions, drawing us all into this work of oneness.

This DVD is also available to purchase with Spanish Subtitles:
Una Conversación sobre La Unidad Global.

View clips: A Conversation About Oneness, at The Global Oneness Project Website

Single DVD • 1 hour • NTSC • Region Free
US: $14, UK: £12 plus £1.50p&p

We Are All One: Full Interview from One the Movie

An Interview With Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee was interviewed in Fall, 2002 as part of an independent film project titled, "We Are All One" by Circle of Bliss Productions. The project, an exploration of spirituality in the new millennium, began in 2002. The filmmakers have interviewed over 100 people across the world. Asking the same 30 questions to all interviewees, from spiritual teachers to atheists to the homeless, they seek to produce a feature length movie which will introduce and promote messages of mutual respect, understanding, love....and oneness.

For information on the We Are All One film project, including screenings, please visit: www.onetheproject.com

Single DVD • 51 minutes • NTSC • Region Free
US: $15.95, UK: £12.95 plus £1.50p&p