Date: October 25th 2008

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"When the heart acts, it touches everything in the universe."
-- Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti)
This year's Urs of Murshid SAM in the Bay Area, will be held Thursday, January 15, 2009 from 7-10 pm at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross, at 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd just west of the College of Marin. All are welcome!

Come, Come, Wherever you are ...
Sufi Classes and Talks to download and experience remotely

Pir Shabda -- rock background Murshid Wali Ali photo by Fatima

  • Talks by Pir Shabda Kahn, recorded at Sufi gatherings far and wide: GO.
  • Murshid Wali Ali's Dharma Night talks, mureeds' Gatha Classes, and (by enrollment) Wazifa Studies: GO.
  • View schedules for Shabda or for Wali Ali.

The 6th Annual Northern California Sufi Sesshin

  • Pir Shabda Kahn
  • Murshid Wali Ali
  • Murshida Taj Inayat
  • Sheikh Rahmat Moore
  • Gayan Long
Friday, January 2 - Sunday, January 11, 2009

Ten Days of Zikr, Dances of Universal Peace, and Meditation

Join us for ten days of Silent Meditation alternating with Zikr and Dances of Universal Peace, exploring this way to integrate active practice with meditation.

This potent practice combines the power and resonance of the Zikr Circle /Dance Circle with the profound calm and abiding insight of the meditative state. It is our goal that this integrative approach will move us toward a grounded balance of Serenity, Insight and Awareness.

The teachings and transmission of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Murshid Samuel Lewis will be woven into the context of the retreat.

Our retreat site, owned and operated by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, is a beautiful property on the Marin-Sonoma border, conveniently located right off Hwy 101, sheltered by rolling hills. It has a spacious Dance/Meditation Hall, dining hall and comfortable lodging in single or double rooms.   FLYER    ONLINE REGISTRATION

Mexico Sufi Camp 2009
with Asha Greer and Atum O'Kane, Jan 3-10 2009.

Come join us ... for a wonderful retreat on a beautiful beach where the jungle meets the sea. Mexico Camp provides a rare opportunity to dive deeply into spiritual practice within a supportive community while enjoying the natural beauty and serenity of the surrounding environment.

Mornings are spent exploring Sufi teachings, meditation, walking practices, dances, and discussion. Afternoons are free for swimming, hiking, boating, whale-watching, or just relaxing on the pristine beach, which is right at your doorstep. Evenings are devoted to Dances of Universal Peace and the Sufi practice of remembrance. GO

Join Pir Shabda Kahn and
Denise Kaufman in beautiful Bali
January 25 to January 31, 2009

We will stay in a wonderful guesthouse in Ubud, the emerald jewel of Balinese art and craft. The people of this tropical paradise have an embodied spirituality that is beauty manifested in every sense. A full complement of practices & all Balinese music programs

Optional 6 day Bali journey round the island will follow Feb 2-7
Solomon is our Bali tour guide for entire event Contact e-mail Journeys33@yahoo.com Space will be limited to 33 Flyer here.

Picture of a camera Got pictures -- from camp or other Sufi events? If you'd like to share them via this web site ...
just get a free account on Webshots.com or Flickr.com or Photobucket.com or Shutterfly.com etc, upload your best photos (a few dozen photos is perfect). Then send me the e-mail link they'll give you for sharing your photos, at photos@sufipaths.net

NEW Sufi community web site for 2008: "SufiPaths.net ... serving California's Bay Area, Sonoma County, and the region"
(formerly SufiSonoma.org)

Local Events Schedules: Santa Cruz: Go here and Go here    Sacramento: GO    Pir Shabda's Schedule: GO    Murshid Wali Ali's Schedule: GO

Southwest Sufi Community news GO
Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan GO
About Hazrat Inayat Khan / original lecture texts available GO


rocks crack apart
filled with passions
longing to have
a glimpse of you

soul grows wings
over-joyed with desire
flying in search of you

fire changes to water
wisdom becomes insanity
and my own eyes
turn out to be the enemy
of my sleep
as they long to see you

there is a dragon
devouring rocks and men
causing insanity
destroying peaceful lives
and calling itself love

please
don't imprison free souls
don't change laughter to cries
don't press us so hard
there is no one
but you to turn to

your love demands
nothing less than
my wounded heart
and my heart is filled
with nothing but your longings

the wine jar is boiling over
someone is drinking the wine
and making the harp play itself
the sonnets to your admiration

your love entered my house
saw me without you
put its hand over my head
and said pity on you

this love journey
is surely the hardest and
most twisted road i have taken
i began the journey but my heart
is still dragging behind
wrapped around your feet

-- Translation by Nader Khalili,
  "Rumi, Fountain of Fire",
   Burning Gate Press 1994.


 


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