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World-wide Camps & Retreats 2012: Sufi Ruhaniat / Sufi Order
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North Bay Spring Gathering June 2nd-3rd

IN SONOMA COUNTY, Gayatri, Mustaqim & friends will lead Dances, zikr, meditation and Nature Attunement for the season. Overnight camping possible (please call). Evening program included. Info: 707-829-3195. Details here.
Aramaic teachings & musical events with Devi Mathieu.
♥ Class w/ Imam Bilal next weekend: "Going Deeper into Physicians of the Heart: Healing Through Forgiveness". Info here
♥ Gayatri, Pablo, Shafee and friends will be leading Sufi Dances of Universal Peace at the M.A. Center in San Ramon during Amma's visit there on June 8th in the late afternoon. Info here.

2012 Spring & Summer Sufi Camps

  • More and More Awake -- Moving from Fear to Freedom: Info for the 30th Annual Spring Renewal Sufi Camp in Maui is now up at SufisHawaii.org. A week-long Spiritual Camp May 11th - 18th, 2012 Camp Keanae, Maui
  • Cazadero camp discontinued: Our annual spring All-Bay Area Camp-out has come to the end of its run. Read more
  • Registration for his summer's Mendocino Sufi Camp is open. With Sara Morgan, Gayan Macher, Pir Shabda and Tamam, Fazl Frank Olivier, Matin Mize and many more, this year's Mendo camp focuses on inner exploration and outward expression of our true nature. Dates are July 15th - 22nd. Youth retreat precedes, silent retreat follows. Info on all at MendoSufiCamp.org.
  • Blossoming the Soul: Sufi Order Summer Camp at Mount Madonna Center, near Santa Cruz, CA, July 20-26. Silent retreat with Pir Zia Inayat-Khan and Aziza Scott, followed by community and leaders camp with Pir Zia, Taj Inayat and more."What would it mean to think, speak, and act from the heart?"
  • The 2012 South Bay Sufi Camp at Santa Cruz will be held August 17th-19th this year and features guest teacher Leilah Be.
  • The 2012 East Bay Camp-out is over Labor Day weekend this year, featuring Gayatri Jones and friends.
  • 2012 Sufi Ruhaniat events worldwide on Ruhaniat.org

More Upcoming Events


Physicians Of The Heart, a Sufi view of the 99 Names of Allah as healing spiritual practices, is now available in a more economical paperback format and can be ordered here at a sale price of $33 with free US shipping.
Video: Book Release Party, 9-29-11

Subscribe to Bhavani Judith Tucker's Sonoma County Devotional Music Events
email list, with Kirtans, chanting, Gospel singing and much more.


Retreats with Taj Inayat in Washington State, 6/24-28 and 10/28-11/1: small group format with individual guidance. "This retreat format offers participants a powerful supportive group environment while receiving individually designed daily practices in response to each soul’s unfolding need ... an ideal environment in which to unfold, deepen and awaken." Also this autumn, two retreats with Taj in New Mexico, 9/22-29 and 10/2-9, 2012

Visit Taj Inayat's new web site!


Musical events and the Aramaic words of Yeshua (Jesus) with Devi Mathieu

  • Through the Ear to the Heart Sing the Music of Hildegard von Bingen as Contemplative Practice: Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Pt. Reyes Station The wisdom teachings of 12th century Abbess Hildegard von Bingen come alive when we sing her songs. Experience her music the way she shared it with the women and men who sang with her -- a gentle, contemplative practice of listening and joining together in song. No experience needed, drop-ins and newcomers always welcome.
    • Mondays in Santa Rosa 7-9 pmWinter/Spring 2012: We meet every Monday except April 2, May 14: Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 550 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa. More information. $10 suggested donation, no one turned away. The beautiful redwood sanctuary at Church of the Incarnation has been home to Through the Ear to the Heart gatherings since 2007. It’s wonderfully satisfying to sing in the warm resonance and comforting embrace of its ancient wood: the church was built in the 1870s of old-growth redwood. A carpool leaves from Sebastopol, contact Devi for details.
    • Selected Tuesdays in San Rafael 7-8:30 pm Winter/Spring 2012: We meet Jan 17, Feb 14, March 6, April 3, May 1. Santa Sabina Center, 25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael CA 94901, 415-457-7727 $15-20 suggested donation, no one turned away. Santa Sabina is a beautiful and peaceful retreat center that was once a Dominican cloister. The acoustics and the physical arrangement of its Chapel are very similar to the chapels Hildegard and her singers used.
    • Third Thursdays at The Dance Palace, 6:30-8:00 pm (note the new time!) Winter/Spring 2012: We meet Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 15, May 17 (no meeting in April). The Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Pt. Reyes Station, CA $10 suggested donation, no one turned away Join us in the Dance Palace church space, resonant and blissfully free of urban sounds, a magnificent place to sing. A carpool leaves from Freestone, contact Devi for details.
  • Aramaic Jesus: Experience the Teachings of Jesus in His Original Language Second Thursdays in Sebastopol, 7-8:30 pm St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Road, Sebastopol, CA Meeting dates for Winter/Spring 2012: Jan 12, Feb 9, March 8, Apr 12, May 19, June 14 Donations gratefully accepted Presented by Numina Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Speaking and chanting the words of Jesus in the language he spoke can bring us closer to the wonder and healing of his teachings. Exploring the rich layers of meaning in his native tongue, Aramaic, reveals facets of his guidance that have been left behind by the limitations inherent in translation to other languages. Take part in traditional prayer, chant, and contemplative practices that were common to Jesus, his disciples, and the people of ancient Palestine. Open to everyone, drop-ins always welcome.

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Sufism in the News, and Other Recommended Links

  • News link: Rumi's Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love & Friendship, a new Coleman Barks release: "The Big Red Book".
  • Wahiduddin.net is an inexhaustible resource on Sufi Teachings particularly Hazrat Inayat Khan, also the Dances and many other topics, maintained by the apparently tireless Wahiduddin Richard Shelguist from Colorado.
  • New Sufi Order page for those interested in the Sufi practice of Retreat or Khilvat: here.
  • Watch a Video of Pir Hidayat Inayat-Khan speaking about his father Hazrat Inayat Khan's musical teachings.
  • The Sufi Remembrance Project, a website for sharing memories of Beloveds on the Path who have crossed over.
  • Baba Ram Dass, Bodhi and Leilah's Doorway Into Light, a project envisioned to reclaim the death of our bodies as a sacred and spiritual passage.
  • New Sufi music with Mercan Dede in You-Tube's Sufi Music Channel



Photo of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Every moment of our life is an invaluable opportunity.
      -- Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Every breath brings with it something from heaven; every breath takes with it something to heaven. There are the thoughts we get and the thoughts we give, there are the words we get and the words we give, there are the things we get and the things we give. All this is part of life, but there is more: according to our union with God every moment of our lives is permanent success obtained or lost.
       -- Murshid Samuel L Lewis

(c) 1978 Sufi Ruhaniat International




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