Deceptive Desires: Taming the Inner Self | Sidi Shahryar Abbasi (Complete Series)

In this ten-part series, Sidi Shahryar Abbasi discusses a different desire inside you and outline spiritual and practical methods to curb that desire and channel it in the right direction.

- 00:01 Introduction
- 32:53 Types of Desires
- 01:04:09 Desire for Food
- 01:45:41 Sexual Desires
- 02:22:41 Love of Money
- 02:57:16 To Argue & Be Right
- 03:36:53 Rank, Fame & Followers
- 04:06:36 Subtle Desires: People Noticing Your Worship
- 04:38:59 The Cure For All Your Desires
- 05:20:34 Controlling Desires in Ramadan

You were created with certain natural desires: the desire for food, sex, money, fame, power and praise. Many of these desires deceive you in today’s world and one of our main goals in life is to control your desires.

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This talk was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California in early 2021.

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