The Role of Desire in Spiritual Transformation: A Sufi Perspective Religious traditions in the East and in the West have often portrayed desire as a sin or as an obstacle to spiritual growth that must be suppressed or transcended. However, in the words of Pir Zia: From a Sufi perspective, the whole universe is a […]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Universal Worship service, Batina and Wahhab Sheets, Daania Kester, Amina Thulien, and Suhrawardi Gebel will offer a service on the theme of Universal Worship past, present, and future.
Alia Yager, Shafayat in the Healing Activity, will give a Healing Class on types of magnetism, with practices for each type.
Malika and Sharif Sharon will present a class on Kinship. A description will follow.
Lets come together in celebration Sama You are invited to bring your musical offering, a poem or reading to add to our community gathering. We will be celebrating Pir Vilayat’s urs (June 17th) the summer solstice, June 20th and Junetheeth in-between. Email me at DaaniaRebecca@gmail.com the type of offering you will share and I’ll coordinate […]
The topic will be "An Open Mind, An Open Heart" and will be based on Sufi teachings, poetry and music, with participation through prayers and practices.
Batina Sheets will lead us in two zikrs from Atum O'Kane.
The class will be on mystical poetry. If inspired( optional), please bring a poem to share, from any tradition. English or English translation. Some Sufi poets are Rumi, Hafiz, Sanai, Yunus Emre, Ibn al Arabi, Mahmoud Shabestari, Amir Khusrau, and Rabia of Basra but there are many more. All other religions/traditions have their own mystic […]
The topic will be Forgiveness from both secular and Islamic and Sufi standpoints.