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EVENTS COMING UP:
- The Urs of PIR MOINEDDIN JABLONSKI
will be celebrated at the Mentorgarden Feb 27th:
Flyer
- The Tongue of the Nightingale: Arabic class with IMAM BILAL, starts March 8th.
Read more.
- 2010 JAMIAT AHM gathering of the Sufi Ruhaniat International: Arcata, CA April
8th - 11th. Read more.
- Open meeting of the FEDERATION OF THE SUFI MESSAGE April 28th - May 2nd in the North Bay area
Info and online registration
- CAZADERO CAMPOUT is June 4th-6th. Muiz Brinkerhoff will lead our campout this year.
Info and online registration
- SUFI ORDER IN THE WEST, summer Mountain Camps in Colorado June 21-27: read more
- MENDOCINO SUFI CAMP is July 18th-25th, featuring Murshid Saadi. YOUTH CAMP is July 13th-17th
and the SILENT RETREAT is July 25th-29th.
Info and online registration
- EAST BAY CAMPOUT will be August 27th-29th. More info to follow.
- Schedules for Pir Shabda & Murshid Wali Ali
The 2010 Sufi Ruhaniat International Jamiat Ahm
In the recent Tunisian movie 'Bab' Aziz',
an old, blind dervish and his granddaughter make their way on foot across the desert, guided only
by Allah, to a distant Sufi gathering or jamiat. In our world we are blessed to
have a far more convenient annual opportunity to gather with other mureeds on this path, for
what is called the Jamiat Ahm. This year we will gather in Arcata,
April 8th-11th, for ENLIVENING PRACTICE, A Gathering for
Mureeds, and Guests by Invitation, with Pir Shabda Kahn, Murshida Taj Inayat, Murshid Wali Ali
Meyer and more! A heart-warming and joyous time is anticipated.
Flyer and registration form
 Sufi Workshop in Nevada City with
Murshid Allaudin Ottinger
April 10th - 11th.
Info here
ALSO IN APRIL: Karim (email) writes ...
Dear Friends, April 15-17 is a big weekend for us
at CIIS with:
April 15: Love Poems of Rumi & the 6th Dalai Lama with Coleman Barks,
Zuleikha, Glen Velez, David Darling, and Yungchen Lhamo
April 16: Solo Percussion Concert with Glen Velez
April 17: Frame Drum workshops with Glen Velez
April 17: Movement workshop with Zuleikha
April 17: Evening Zikr Practice with Allaudin Ottinger
April 18: Workshop with Allaudin Ottinger
Look forward to seeing you there, Karim. read more
Wazifa Project News: Book publication anticipated for Summer 2010;
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
Untold: A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammad
by Tamam Kahn:
Limited Hardcover edition
Coleman Barks writes: "Untold... is a riveting hen-house of delight, a book based on subjects our
society finds endlessly
confusing: marriage, matriarchy, and Muhammad. Finally, we get to meet the first women of Islam."
Beyond Vocal Zikr: Hosh Dar Dam (Awareness of Breath)
A Collaboration by
Imam Bilal Hyde and Sheikh Muiz Brinkerhoff
A series of six advanced Sunday Morning Classes
Imam Bilal and Sheikh Muiz will offer a combination
of vocal Zikr with movements and certain Dances of
Universal Peace, with silent breath concentration,
and Divine Light visualization, exploring levels of
ecstasy, illuminated in the Treasure House of the
Heart of Divine Love.
Class will be held on Sunday mornings: 24 Jan, 28 Feb, 21 Mar, 25 Apr, 23 May, and 27 Jun 2010
(to be followed by a 2nd series Sept - Feb)
Location in Santa Rosa to be determined by the number of
people interested in committing to attending the series.
$200
(Payable in advance, or in two installments)
Please contact Muiz (muiz@sonic.net) as soon as possible if you
are interested in this series of classes. Flyer
Murshida Taj Inayat: The Teachings and
Practices Of Hazrat Inayat Khan
An in-depth monthly study class.
Nov 21, Dec 19, Jan 16 ... further dates to be announced.
Contact: Zarifah.
Read more.
SUFI ORDER IN THE WEST, summer Mountain Camp in Colorado
- June 21 to 23 Leaders Training with Pir Zia and other faculty and Retreat Guide
Training with Aziza
- June 21 to 23 Proposed Community Camp for all mureeds and inquirers
- June 24 to 27 Silent Retreat with Pir Zia and Aziza
Community Camp will happen at the same time as the Leaders Training, details TBA.
The Shambhala site offers an ongoing children's camp. Camp is 2 hrs from Denver
airport. There is a proposal to have a purely community gathering day, possibly June 20th,
without much
structure. For West Coast people who haven't attended a camp for many years, this would
provide an opportunity to reconnect with Sufi family. Please let us know if interested in the
extra day. Contact: Junaid and Fehrunissa Moore, moorepeace@gmail.com
or fehrunnisa@gmail.com.
Pir Zia, "the spiritual leader of the Sufi Order Interational, and
dedicated to Green Hermeticism, the ecologically-oriented revivification of Hermetic and alchemical
wisdom. He is dedicated to cultivating awareness of the unity of existence and the qualities of heart
that naturally arise from this awareness: nobility of character, genuine civility, and creative
optimism."
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.
ONLINE SUFI MUSIC DOCUMENTARY! Zahir writes, "Here's a link to a Sufi Soul Documentary
that crosses many cultures.
The theme is music and dance as Divine Prayer. It runs 49 minutes, so you may have to let it
"buffer up" before viewing. Love and Peace, Zahir
View film.
(From travel and culture writer William Dalrymple comes this well done and moving documentary
on Sufi music and body-prayer / dance all over the East. There are just a few glimpses of
fundamentalism. I watched this video all the way through and I recommend it. )
Sufism in the News
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He
experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of
optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one
issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach
the attainable measure of peace of mind."
-- Albert Einstein, 1950 (from a letter to a man whose son had just died from polio)
Thanks to Siraj al-Haqq
for the corrected version
Content: mostly by Shaffee. Color art at top:
Fatima Lassar.
Magic by the World Wide Web.!
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"In a few words, Sufism means to know one's true being, to know
the purpose of one's life and to know how to accomplish that purpose." -- Hazrat
Inayat Khan
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