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 10 ~ JULY 2021
The Nature Devotion Practice, by Mirabai Wolf Willow
In Remembrance, Murshida Khadija Goforth
Murshid SAM Archive, selected reading
Texts from Jamiat Aam Service of Universal Peace
New Books in the Ruhaniat Bookstore
Ruhaniat Mureeds Pandemic and Crisis Relief Fund
plus, Connections, Kinship Ray news and more
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"Feel the bliss of your own flowering."
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The Nature Devotion Practice
by Mirabai Wolf Willow
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It started with a wonder.
It always starts with wonder.
I wonder what would happen if I befriended some aspect of nature,
took it into my consciousness and followed it daily
through four seasons
to see what it would teach me?
Would my life be changed by this?
Where would it lead me?
I wondered.
And what would it be like to share this journey with others?
Could we inspire and delight each other as we went along?
"There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader."
Guided by Hazrat Inayat Khan’s third Sufi Thought, and inspired by the spirit of guidance, the call went out...CONTINUE READING
photo below of Mirabai from Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Watch a video of Murshid Wali Ali Meyer, Halim Friedman, Vakila ter Veld Friedman, Nizamuddin Robinson, and Magdalena Goldman as they read the Ten Sufi Thoughts by Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Three Purposes of the Sufi Movement. Filmed by Shakur Linkenhoger at the Mentorgarten in San Francisco.
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In Remembrance ~
Murshida Khadija Goforth
born November 23, 1949, died May 13, 2021
Ya Salaamo to our beloved friend and teacher. We are forever grateful for her life and service that touched so many people. Alhamdulillah for a life well lived!
Origins and Futures, is a short video filmed earlier this year featuring Murshida Khadija and her mureed, Gayatri Kira Kull, as they discuss the history and future of the Northwest Sufi Camp. Poignant and beautiful. Ya Hayyo Ya Qayyum!
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From the Murshid Samuel Lewis Archives
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Excerpt from Ryazat: Esotericism - Githa with Commentary Series II Number 5 - by Hazrat Inayat Khan with Commentary by Murshid Samuel Lewis
The Attainment of the Inner Being by Fikr
GITHA: Our inner being is our soul, and our outer being is our body. These two poles of our being are linked by the breath, and if there is any way of experiencing life distinctly through the physical body and experiencing life clearly through the existence of the soul, it is Fikr.
TASAWWUF: The nature of the soul is studied by Sufis in their metaphysics although more important than such study is the realization which comes through direct and indirect experience. The soul is the eternal part of us which is clothed by vehicles, these vehicles being made of materials borrowed from the various planes where the soul has manifested.
According to the Bible, when we are born the breath of life enters our nostrils and the body becomes, so to speak, a living entity. Nevertheless we do not “live” in all of our body... CONTINUE READING
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Texts from the 2021 Jamiat Aam
Service of Universal Peace
Upon request, the Siraj Circle ( see members) would like to share the entire Service of Universal Peace as presented at the 2021 Jamiat Aam - please see the linked documents:
2) Litany, the poem that inspired the service 3) Letanía, the Spanish version of the poem
Kinship Ray Newsletter
The Kinship Ray group has put together a newsletter highlighting all of the great work being done to bring equity and social justice to the earth and our beloved community.
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Peregrine falcon fledgling in first flight - photo by Pir Shabda Kahn |
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Ruhaniat Mureeds Pandemic & Crisis Relief Fund
A Report from the Committee
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Dear Friends,
The Mureed Pandemic and Crisis Relief Fund committee would like to update you on the financial grants given in just over 14 months. Also, we wish to thank everyone who gave recent donations to help keep the fund going.
The fund has received over $42,000 in donations. This is all from mureeds giving to help other mureeds.
Alhamdulillah! Financial grants totaling over $37,000 have been awarded to 55 mureeds in the USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, India, Germany, Canada, and the Czech Republic.
We were very pleased to be able to offer a grant to a Ruhaniat mureed, Tahir Hussain Chishty, who lives just steps away from Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Dargah in the Nizamuddin Basti neighborhood of New Delhi, India. The grant enabled Tahir, with help from his family, to provide 170 hot fresh meals a day to the poor for 4 weeks when all other support was cut off to the area due to the pandemic. As the conditions improve, regular langar (free meals) will be distributed once again from the Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya to feed the poor. |
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Questions?
Write to Tarana Wesley:
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Thanks to the continuing generosity of our Ruhaniat family there is a balance of just over $5,500 in the fund which will be used to help mureeds who are facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic or other crises such as fire.
Ma'shallah and Ya Shakur!
Wakil Matthews, Rahimah Sweeney, Pablo Iturralde, and Tarana Wesley
Ruhaniat Mureed Pandemic & Crisis Relief Fund Committee members
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Tahir writes:
"Ya Shakur the help comes - I am very very thankful to you and entire Ruhaniat Family...I am so blessed when I said to my people that Pir Shabda is helping us every day that one puts the smile on our faces and lots of Duas comes straight from the heart. This is truly I am telling you all much much much love and respect..."
Photos above: Ruhaniat mureeds Rashida Begum and Tahir Hussain Chisty (mother and son) prepare meals to distribute in the Nizamuddin Basti neighborhood of New Delhi, India
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This book is a follow up to Mansur's book Murshid and is organized in three parts. Part 1: 366 Vignettes; Part 2: Murshid's last letters to Mansur; Part 3: Seo San's text for Zen Buddhism, edited by Murshid Sam and Mansur and annotated for the lay reader. |
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The author brings together major Sufi ideas about the spiritual path and our inner being. Following the pattern of classical Sufi handbooks, readers can dive into the wellspring of practical wisdom and art of living drawing from the great Sufi masters of the golden age to modern and universal Sufism.
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Listen
by Tasnim Terry Fearing, Utah, USA
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This morning you were here again
Like the perfect mornings of my
Imagination – a kiss
From my eternal summer solstice
Down through the blue-eyed junipers
On the back of misty waterfalls
You came
So quiet – like each step of the yearling doe
Harvesting the fallen mulberries
Outside my cabin
It was her breath that woke me
Not her perfect footfalls
Or, was it you my heart.
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Your donations help us to answer the continuing call of our mission. We are grateful to our donors, volunteers, teachers, the Murshids' Circle and the Board of Trustees, who help us in our work and service. Thank You!
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Connections ~ virtual gatherings, recordings and online communities
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Saturday, July 10
11:00 am PDT, USA * UTC-7
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Ruhaniat Family Zoom Gatherings
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