One of our long time community members, Maryam Hand, has written a book of poetry called Piercing the Veil. We're overjoyed to report her book won Semi-Finalist in the Finishing Line Press 2015 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition! To celebrate, Maryam offered this poem to share with you today. Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! Your old life was a frantic running from silence. The speechless full moon comes out now. In my meditation this morning, I saw a persona of my younger self, the image she portrayed and who she chose to be. I realize in this moment, she was living just outside of myself. When I looked at her, I didn't like her. Read more
How Do You React to Change? We can fight change. We can welcome change. We can accept change. The challenge is to know which of these we are actually doing. And, are we doing more than one? What makes it so tricky is knowing where to look to find our answers. While it’s easier to look at our actions, the answers usually lie in the choices we make before the action and what is behind those choices... Read more
A great silence overcomes me, and I wonder why I every thought to use language. ~ Jalal ad-din Rumi - Tawhid (Unity) is the Very Meaning of Annihilation in the Presence of the Eternal Divine Subsistence. The realization of Divine unity is when the [seeker] is consumed in the One and Only, and does not turn [his attention] to other than Him or to himself. The language in this state is other than words. Read more
Twice a year we welcome new students into our Masters of Divinity program at The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism. Words like University and Masters degrees describe the academia side of the program, which is exquisite. Yet the heart of the program for me is the Spiritual Healing and the mystical experience of Sufism, which are hard to describe in words. We hope this video will give you a feel beyond what words can describe. Read more
But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you. ~ Jalal ad-din Rumi -Translated by Coleman Barks. Brothers in God Know, my picture, that you carry the face of your God, and from this face you carry many deep things. If He wants to show you His face, you need to give everything for this truth because when you give, you give to His... Read more
It's hard to deny that there are unseen influences that affect us 3-D human beings. But what are the unseen realms, and can understanding them help us to resolve conflict? Find out in this interview, as Nura Laird, M.Ed., discusses 5 underpinnings of mystical Sufism and the 3 principles of peacemaking that make up the foundation of Peacemaking that she and Dr. John Abd al-Qadr Davies teach at The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism. Read more
There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. ~ Jalal ad-din Rumi -Translated by Coleman Barks. The Soul as an Image of Life in Human Beings My dear son and daughter, be it known to you that the soul is an image of life. Life cannot be defined or recognized except through its images which manifest themselves... Read more
The Sufi path is about finding and knowing God through your own experience. The mind and the imagination have limitations, while God extends is beyond human perception. So how can we as humans experience God? Is there a right or wrong way? Read more
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. ~ Jalal ad-din Rumi -Translated by Coleman Barks. The Love When you find the love, you find yourself. The secret is in the love. You are the love, not another. Everything is in the love, and everyone needs the love. If you... Read more
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