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Subject: (GGSCMail) Autumn/Winter Sufi events | Noor Memorial in London
Date: October 30th 2011

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"When the heart acts, it touches everything in the universe."

-- Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti)
WELCOME NEW SUBSCRIBERS from 2011 Mendocino Camps!    ABOUT THIS EMAIL LIST
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The Noor-un-Nisa Project
How you can help

Photo of author Shribani Basu at Gordon Square

Golden Gate Sufi Circle is cooperating in the fund-raising for a memorial statue in London in honor of Noor Inayat Khan, heroic daughter of Hazrat Inayat Khan, who gave her life as an agent behind enemy lines during WWII.

GGSC's goal is to raise $8,008 for the project, and as of now we are over 75% of the way there. U.S. contributions through GGSC, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are considered tax exempt charitable donations. (UK donors go here.)

For any questions, please send an email to
roger.pritchard@mindspring.com. Roger has generously volunteered to coordinate this effort for the GGSC. Please
donate whatever you can now.


CLICK TO VIEW Physicians of the Heart, a Sufi View of the 99 Names of Allah, now available for immediate shipment. Now is a great time to order your copy of the special hard-bound first edition. Visit book website here.
"This book takes you into the heart of the mystery of these sacred Names. It is a vehicle for understanding the infinite nature of God, and for discovering the divine potential in every soul."
   -- Murshid Wali Ali Meyer
UPCOMING SUFI EVENTS FROM GGSC ...

♥ Annual "Joe Miller Walk" on Thanksgiving and Christmas days, through Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
♥ The Music of Life: Manifesting a Rhythmical, Melodic and Harmonious Life through Sufi Practice. A weekend in Santa Cruz with Pir Shabda Kahn and special guest Tamam Kahn: December 9, 10 & 11. Flyer here.
♥ Many Solstice, Holiday and New Year events are planned for this year. See your local Sufi schedule.
♥ Registration is open for the 2012 Northern California Sufi Sesshin. Pir Shadba, Taj Inayat, Rahmat Moore and Gayan Long will once more lead us in a January retreat of up to 10 days, alternating silent meditation with Zikr and Dances of Universal Peace, offering a deep and joyous way to begin the year. Dates are January 6th - 15th 2012. Info and online registration here.
♥ Mexico Sufi Camp Jan 2 - 9 2012 with Asha Greer and Atum O'Kane   Flyer here. Space is limited, register early!
♥ The annual Bay area celebration of the Urs of Murshid SAM will take place at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (map), between Novato and Petaluma, the evening of January 15th 2012.
♥ Pir Shabda and Murshida Taj will lead a pilgrimage to the shrine of Hazrat Inayat Khan in India next February, with a rich celebratory program in store to honor our founding teacher's urs (anniversary of the day he rejoined the Beloved in 1927). You are invited to accompany this group, to experience the unique depth of attunement to be found at his Dargah and to help carry on his mission of harmonizing East and West.
♥ Winter California Quarterly Dance Retreat, Jan 14-16, 2012 in the Santa Barbara Mountains. A concurrent youth retreat will be held as well. Info and registration here.
♥ SOME 2012 CAMP DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR:
  • North Bay All-Bay Area Camp-out at Cazadero June 1-3 2012
  • Mendocino Youth Retreat July 11-14 2012
  • Mendocino Sufi Camp July 15-22, 2012
  • Mendocino Silent Retreat July 22-26, 2012
♥ For 2011 Mendocino camp photos go here.
♥ Hear recorded 2011 Sufi Sesshin talks by Pir Shabda Kahn, Murshid Wali Ali Meyer, Murshida Taj Inayat, Sheikh Rahmat Moore, and Gayan Long: GO
♥ The poetry issue of The Sound Journal from GGSC, now a free online publication. Read it, contribute to it!
MORE EVENTS INFORMATION:
  • View the complete Ruhaniat Events Calendar on Ruhaniat.org
  • Visit SufiPaths.net for NEW and ongoing classes and other events in the Bay Area and the North Bay.
  • For other West Coast localities and schedules for Pir Shabda and Murshid Wali Ali Click here.

More links to visit:

  • Hear bite-sized teachings of Murshid S.A.M in his own voice: a new collection of Murshid Sam Gems on Ruhaniat.org
  • RUHANIAT PUBLICATIONS now available online here. Now featured: the new 2010 edition of the classic In the Garden with Murshid SAM.
  • ONGOING: Schedules for Pir Shabda & Murshid Wali Ali and also for Khankah SAM & the Mentorgarden in S.F.
  • SufiPaths.net ... serving California's Bay Area, Sonoma County, and the region with news, event announcements and much more.
  • Ruhaniat.org The Ruhaniat is the parent organization of GGSC, the living stream of Sufism founded by Murshid Samuel Lewis and now headed by Pir Shabda Kahn. Our Internet vehicle is being co-created by Sufi brothers and sisters around the world. Offering content for newcomers and old hands alike, we hope that this will become an ever more useful planetary tool for unfoldment. Visit the audio and video selections and the teachings of Murshid SAM. See what's new on Ruhaniat.org
  • Opening of the Heart: Read a new translation of AL FATIHAH from the Qur'an by Imam Bilal Hyde (If the image that this link displays is too small, try clicking on it)

MORE LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULES: SufiPaths.net ... serving California's Bay Area, Sonoma County, and the region
Santa Cruz: Sufi/DUP website; Santa Cruz Sufi events page ... AND search on Facebook for "Santa Cruz Sufi Caravan"
Sacramento: GO    Pir Shabda's Schedule: GO    Murshid Wali Ali's Schedule: GO
San Francisco: the Mentorgarten and Khankah SAM Online GO    Humboldt County: Garden of the Heart Sufi Community
Sierra Sufi Circle: Nevada City area events email for info

Southwest Sufi Community news GO
Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan GO
About Hazrat Inayat Khan / original lecture texts available GO
Writings and recordings of teachings of Murshid Samuel Lewis GO


FROM THE BOWL OF SAKI: True self-denial is losing one's self in God. -- Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Commentary from Hazrat Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti):
This is not to say "I am" or "I am not," it is to give no thoughts to self but all to God. Let one say, "What would God have me say, what would God have me think, what would God have me do?" But even this is unnecessary for there is always a feeling of ease if not of joy, when one practices Darood -- to harmonize all action, speech, and thought with the breath. This is easy, simple, and sufficient, and for it no knowledge of metaphysics is necessary.

Commentary on The Bowl of Saki of Hazrat Inayat Khan
by Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti
(c) 1978 Sufi Ruhaniat International, 410 Precita Avenue, San Francisco CA 94110


 


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