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Tamam Kahn will present from her new book on KRCB radio Wednesday Sept 8th at 5:30 PM and at Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol Thurs Sept 9th at 7:00. View flyer.
FALL 2010 dates for ZIKR WITH PIR SHABDA in Fairfax: Sept 15, October 13, Nov 17, Dec 15, 8:00 pm. Flyer here.
Monthly Hurkalya Center movie nights start Sept 12th. Read more
New Edition of THE SOUND JOURNAL now online

UPCOMING AT KHANKAH SAM IN SAN FRANCISCO

Khankah Sam is a Sufi spiritual community based around the former home of Murshid Samuel Lewis, now a residential and event center holding and spreading his wisdom, blessing and magnetism throughout the City and beyond. Center info here

  • Classes with MURSHID WALI ALI MEYER:
    • Dharma Night classes Sept 14, Oct 26 and Nov 23 at 8:00 pm.    Flyer here.
    • NEW Githa Class for mureeds Thursday Sept 2, Oct 14, and Nov 4 2010 at 8:00 pm.    Flyer here.
  • Sufi Healing Circle at the Mentorgarden every Sunday at 9 am
  • "Feeding your Demons" with Jonathan Weber and Mary Flowers: Saturday, September 25. Adapted from the ancient Buddhist practice of Chod by the pioneering American Lama, Tsultrim Allione, Feeding Your Demons offers a method for meeting and transforming inner enemies that is easily accessible for Westerners. Info / Flyer

More Sufi Events Coming Up:

  • September 3-6: 22nd annual HUMBOLDT LABOR DAY SUFI CAMP-OUT at Pamplin Grove, Near Eureka, CA. Read more
  • DANCES of Universal Peace and DRUMMING with Tui and Sahar for the Equinox in Santa Rosa Sept 21st. Benefit for CAI (the "3 cups of Tea" project). Read more.
  • Murshid ALLAUDIN OTTINGER will be returning to Nevada City for "Tuning our Hearts part II" Sept 25-26, 2010. More info to follow. Contact is plipa@omsoft.com
  • EMBRACING THE MYSTERY OF THE MOMENT: the 2010 Fall Dances of Universal Peace CALIFORNIA QUARTERLY October 15-17, 2010 at Isis Oasis, Geyserville, California. FLYER & REGISTRATION FORM here.
  • TIME OF TRANSITION: A 5 day program in Mexico with ATUM O’KANE, November 2-7, 2010. Let go of your old identity and lay the groundwork for a new sense of self ... Work with teachings from various traditions, including Jungian psychology and Alchemy to detach from old roles and expectations ... Atum is a senior teacher in the Sufi Order International, with a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology. Flyer here.
  • January 2011 Mexico Sufi Camp with Atum O'Kane and Asha Greer.
  • ONGOING: Schedules for Pir Shabda & Murshid Wali Ali

Santa Rosa Dance Circle and Sufi Class will not occur Sept 6th due to the holiday.

Hear recordings of the recent meeting of the FEDERATION OF THE SUFI MESSAGE now online.
Click here to hear Murshid Karimbaksh's great talk, "The God Ideal", now:
(At the web site ALL the talks are available in iTunes format!)

New online Ride Board:
"Sufis Go Together"

CARPOOLING TO NORTHERN CALIF SUFI EVENTS! It's more sustainable and more enjoyable! Check out the new SufiGo web service. Select the event you want to attend, and leave a comment requesting or offering a ride. Share and enjoy!

Wazifa Project News:    'Physicians of the Heart' CLICK TO VIEW
      Advance orders for limited hard bound edition are being accepted now.

Ya Rahman! Ya Rahim! Reciting and meditating upon the Qualities of Allah, the 99 Beautiful Names, is a central Sufi practice in our lineage -- opening the way to spiritual growth by way of attunement to the divine qualities living in us. As you may have heard, Murshid Wali Ali, Pir Shabda, Imam Bilal and Faisal Muqaddam and others have been meeting for the past several years to collaborate in the writing of a comprehensive guidebook to the Names, and completion is now in view. To find out more about the project and ordering the Special Edition, go here

Murshida Taj Inayat: The Teachings and Practices Of Hazrat Inayat Khan

An in-depth monthly study class ... by permission; open to mureeds only. Contact: Taj (Hurkalya@aol.com)     Read more.
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Oh, Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit will come to you
without shame.

Lakota Chief Yellow Lark - 1887




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