TOWARD THE ONE, THE PERFECTION OF LOVE, HARMONY AND BEAUTY, THE ONLY BEING, UNITED WITH ALL THE ILLUMINATED SOULS, WHO FORM THE EMBODIMENT OF THE MASTER, THE SPIRIT OF GUIDANCE |
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ISSUE 13 ~ DECEMBER 2021
Sammy Award, Tarana Wesley 2021 Recipient
Pandemic Fund Merged with Mureeds' Emergency Fund
(Not So) Hidden Gems, by Ali Charles
Murshid Wali Ali's Care Fund
Remembrance, Makam Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras
Remembrance of Those Who Passed in 2021
plus, Connections
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Depiction of Yeshe Tsogyal
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Tarana Wesley ~
2021 Sammy Award Recipient
The Sammy Award is presented each year to a person who has given a "lifetime" of service on behalf of the Ruhaniat and the Message of Love, Harmony and Beauty. At the annual Jamiat Khas Leaders Retreat in November, held via Zoom, Tarana Wesley was honored as the recipient of the 2021 Sammy Award. We congratulate Tarana and offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for her service!
Please join us in honoring, thanking and celebrating Tarana's generous life of service! Ya Fattah! Ya Shakur! If you would like to reach out to Tarana, please email her: tarana.wesley@gmail.com
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The Mureeds' Pandemic Relief and Crisis Fund
Has Merged into the Mureeds' Emergency Fund
The Ruhaniat Mureeds Pandemic and Crisis Fund has merged into the Mureeds Emergency Fund - there are no longer two separate emergency funds. You may still apply for assistance from problems due to the pandemic to the Mureeds Emergency Fund - as well as for other emergencies. All unused donations to the Pandemic Fund have been moved to the Mureeds Emergency Fund and are reserved for mureed support only.
The mission of the Mureeds' Emergency Fund (MEF) is to provide funds on a one-time basis for a mureed who finds themselves in an unexpected situation for which a gift of $200 - $1,000, a small amount, can be enormously helpful. Challenging situations include, but are not limited to, accident, injury, travel-transporation emergencies, sudden illness, and threats or upset to basic survival needs such as food and shelter. The MEF Committee is to receive applications for emergency assistance from a mureed (or someone acting on their behalf) and to quickly respond, calling upon the Spirit of Guidance to inform the decisions made to gift funds received through the generous donations of Sufi Ruhaniat International mureeds and friends.
You may apply for assistance and donate to the Mureeds Emergency Fund at this link:
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(Not So) Hidden Gems
An Overview of Online Classes, Seminars and Other Recordings of Murshid Wali Ali Meyer
By Ali Charles
For more than a decade I have had the blessing of serving as Wali Ali’s videographer and webmaster. Initially, I took up working with a website set up by Samia (now Tawwaba) Bloch, Wali Ali’s esoteric secretary at the time. She had done wonderful work in setting up this site of Esoteric Studies on her personal Apple account, but it had reached the limit of a personal website.
The initial site contained:
- a set of audio seminars by Wali Ali with textual supplements, designed to be taken in series, introducing one to Sufi mysticism and practice
- audio recordings of the weekly Dharma Night classes
- a set of three multi-day audio seminars with Murshid Wali Ali and Imam Bilal, presenting the teachings of Physicians of the Heart prior to its publication.
Since then, Murshid Wali Ali has added a wealth of additional material in sequential class format, that will be presented herein with links to some web pages and videos of interest.
The Esoteric Studies are now part of the Ruhaniat website, as Wali Ali was head of the Esoteric School of the Ruhaniat. It can be found on the Ruhaniat website under the Esoteric School portal that webmaster Shafee Ballinger set up. Currently, this portal has descriptions and links to Wali Ali’s classes under “Courses for Everyone” and “Courses for Initiates”. Presumably, over time other courses and links to other Ruhaniat teachers and resources may be added to the Esoteric School.
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Murshid Wali Ali's Care Fund
Murshid Wali Ali Meyer's family has set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for financial support for his ongoing care. Your donations to this fund do not run through the Ruhaniat but go directly to his family. Thank you for your generous support.
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Makam Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras
January 1, 1950 - December 13, 2021
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Our beloved Teacher and Friend departed this world - on to a new adventure. Ya Salaamo. May God protect his secret.
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“Whomever will enter that Secret Garden of the Heart will be drunk with it, the perfume of Love.”
“Deal with the ego and desire in this life. You have to have submission to work the ego.”
“When we love one another, we treat each other with respect. What comes from the purity of our Heart? Love. Love for God even when you don’t know what you are doing. Just act like it. The love takes over.”
“Much more love. Always more love. What I want or don’t want doesn’t work in the plan of Allah. I just act as necessary, at what Allah gives me to do. Allah will make the plan for you. Just act with patience and thankfulness for whatever situation you are in. This is the key for humanity.”
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Ya Hazerati Mevlana Haq Dost!
Mariam Baker, Fakir-ul-Mevlevi
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In Loving Remembrance
of those who have passed in 2021
Ya Salaamo!
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Farishta Patricia Shuford |
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No photos available:
Padme Lexa Rollins
Shafiya Bernadette Haley
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To all people, known and unknown, who passed in 2021,
we offer prayers of peace, and comfort to those who love them.
to share and read remembrances of our beloved friends.
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Sappho, by Doyle Musawwir Wegner |
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Connections
virtual gatherings, recordings and online communities
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Ruhaniat Family Zoom Gatherings
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