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↓ NEWS (11/09/08)
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UPCOMING EVENTS ↓
Workshop with Murshida Mariam Baker
and Deborah Rae Thomson in the foothills (Nevada City area)
Friday, Dec 5th , 8 pm ($15-25) Zikr and Dances of Universal Peace (open) and
Saturday Dec 6th 1 pm ($33-50) Dances / Sufi Practices (by registration).
Contact: Majida Nuri 530/477-8646 or Subhana 530/470-0170.
Flyer here.
Thanksgiving Day Sufi Events:
-
Annual Joe and Guin Miller Memorial Walk in Golden Gate Park, SF
Info.
- Community Thanks Giving Potluck in Marin
Flyer.
The next SANTA ROSA DANCE CIRCLE & SUFI CLASS is Nov 17th.
Read Muiz' IMPORTANT LETTER about this ongoing class
here
Just released, a new web resource publishing the poetry of Pirani Ameena Begum Ora Ray
Baker, wife of Hazrat Inayat Khan and mother of Pir Vilayat, Pir Hidayat, and
the heroic Noor Inayat-Khan. See it here.
Gatha class with Murshid Wali Ali at
the Mentorgarden in SF: Nov 25th
Study of the esoteric papers of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Murshid
SAM's commentaries. Open to all mureeds. Pot-luck precedes.
Read more.
Dharma Night with Wali Ali
at the Mentorgarden Nov 18th
Dharma Night was originally offered by Murshid
Sam. He gave teachings and practices from the Dharmic traditions: the Hindu and
Buddhist paths. With his return to the Mentorgardem Wali Ali has been inspired to
reinstitute these evening classes. November 18th, December 9th
Sufi Zikr Circles led by Pir Shabda --
In Fairfax at the Semahane, once a month, 8 PM
Nov 19th, Dec 10th, Jan 14th
flyer here
This year's Urs of Murshid SAM 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.
With costs escalating and money tight, the cost to hold the Urs is about $1,500. The
event is sponsored by Golden Gate Sufi Circle, a non-profit group with a very limited
income stream. None of the presenters or promoters of this event are paid. All the money
goes for rent, ice cream, insurance, some flowers and incidental costs.
If you have a business or service, please consider being a business community sponsor
to help defray the costs of this year's Urs. With your $50 (or more) donation, we'll put
your name as a "business community sponsor" on a large, readable list at an entrance
table at the Urs, and you can put out a (reasonable) number of brochures or business
cards on the table. I've started the ball rolling with a $101 donation in the name of my
real estate finance company, Friedman Financial. With all of us helping, we can easily
come up with the needed funds. Send your tax-deductible donations now to: GGSC, PO Box
559, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
Please write "for SAM's Urs" on the memo line of your check ... if you must put your
donation on a credit card, send it via PayPal to ggsc@suficircle.org.
Please email me at halim@jahnur.com to let me know
your name, phone and/or website or email for the list.
In the Love of the One,
Halim in Sonoma
Northern California Sufi Sesshin 2009, January 2nd - 11th
... a ten day retreat led by Pir Shabda, Murshid Wali Ali, Murshida Taj Inayat,
Sheikh Rahmat Moore and Gayan Long, with
meditation, dances
and zikr to start the New Year!
FLYER
ONLINE REGISTRATION
♥ Then you could join Pir Shabda Kahn & Denise Kaufman in Bali - Jan
25th to Jan
31st,
2009 GO
Optional 6 day Bali journey round the island with Solomon will follow Feb 2-7
Sufi Presentations at CIIS in San Francisco (with appreciation to
Karim Baer!).
- Introduction to Rumi and Classical Sufism, public series with Imam
Bilal Hyde
Nov 11, 18, & Dec 2 & 9
also Half-day Intensives Sat & Sun, Nov 22-23. For info
info.
(More Events with Imam Bilal
here)
- A Naked Heart: Portal to Reality with Taj Inayat and Gayan
Macher.
Saturday Dec 13th, 10 am - 5 pm.
info
- The Rumi Concert: Two Unique Evenings Featuring Coleman Barks,
Zuleikha, Glen Velez, David Darling (cello), Jai Uttal, Rahim Alhaj
info
- More CIIS Public Programs
*** Recordings available from Faisal Muqaddam's presentations at CIIS, Oct 08
info here.
2009 Mexico Sufi Camp with Asha Greer and Atum O'Kane is Jan
3rd-10th.
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. Deluxe accommodations at an oceanfront retreat, located in a fishing
village an hour and a half north of Puerto
Vallarta. Register now ... GO
More coming events
- Join Pir Shabda Kahn & Denise Kaufman in Bali - Jan 25th to Jan
31st,
2009 GO
- Feast for the Senses
Morocco Tour, including the Sacred Music Festival in Fez; w/ Hamida
Dides, 5/23-6/04/09
More out-of-town camps, retreats etc on the Pilgrim's
Calendar
Sufism in the News
- Hindus in a Gujarat village have renovated a shrine dedicated to Sufi saint.
"Ram and Rahim will stay together here. And we love our Muslim brothers" ...
more
- Nimatullahi Sufi poet Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh: 1926 - 2008: obituary.
Like grapes, we have always accompanied the vat.
From the view of the world, we have disappeared.
For years, we boiled from the fire of love
Until we became that wine which intoxicated the world.
-- Sufi poet Dr.Nurbakhsh
- 'The other Islam: Sufism and Global Harmony'
author interview: a broad view of Sufi influence
in today's Islamic world.
- Report on ELIYAHU MCLEAN's interfaith Peace work in Jerusalem
here.
- DVD Review: Sufi Soul -- The Mystic Music Of Islam:
Blogcritics.org article.
- New Sufi Music/Video Channel!
Hear it
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If your cup is small, a little bit of salt will make the water salty. If your heart is small,
then a little bit of pain can make you suffer. Your heart must be large.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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the purpose of one's life and to know how to accomplish that purpose." -- Hazrat
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