Midnight Moments: Recent Episodes

Cambridge Muslim College

Midnight Moments focuses on self-reflection and presence, with the aim of increasing our spiritual experience of the world. In each session, Dr Abdallah Rothman reflects from a psycho-spiritual perspective and shares insights, inspiration and some practical tools for a practice of deepening self-reflection and presence.

A summary of the sessions and more info on resources.

The importance of guidance and support to continue the journey.

Balancing between social isolation and social engagement.

Vulnerability is key to reliance in God and for growth.

Developing a capacity of resilience to recover quickly from difficulties.

Establishing practices of self discipline as patterns in our life.

Physically locating our concept of self.

Focusing on what is within the locus of our control.

The importance of disciplining the soul from a loving place.

The importance of muhasabah (introspection) and how to practise it.

How the practice of fasting disciplines the nafs and restores order in the self by developing the will and self-control.

How to make worship transformational and not transactional.

A brief introduction to the model of the self with a focus on 'the battleground'.

Centering the heart through tafakkur and concious breathing.

Breathing meditation practice.

The importance of breath in practicing presence.

Practical steps to beginning the process of tafakkur.

Cultivating presence (and eventual true submission to God) through the practice of contemplation (tafakkur). This session is a brief overview of the practice.

How presence helps us access the means to attaining the true state of Islam (submission), our ultimate goal in life.

Embrace the moment of stillness and move away from busyness. Setting the stage and tone for each following session.