Essence of the One
Hello Rumi Tuesday! What is love? Gratitude. What is hidden in our chests? Laughter. What else? Compassion. ~ Jalal id-din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. Enjoy this recipe for the Sweetest Dessert you will ever know... Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! What is love? Gratitude. What is hidden in our chests? Laughter. What else? Compassion. ~ Jalal id-din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. Enjoy this recipe for the Sweetest Dessert you will ever know... Read more
Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door. Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there. ~ Jalal id-din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. Do you have a daily spiritual practice? A practice is not something to beat you into submission. It's a key to unlock the door of the calling in your own heart... Read more
Losing a loved one or facing death yourself can be difficult and frightening. In this LIVE Webinar, Amany Shalaby, Ph.D., will be speaking on death as the “Preparation for Perpetual Living”, explaining the Sufi teaching about graceful dying and returning home with complete satisfaction, a sense of security and acceptance. Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! Love calls – everywhere and always. We’re sky bound. Are you coming? ~ Jalal id-din Rumi. Do you hear love calling you? Know Who calls... Read more
I was speaking with a friend who has struggled with finances - barely scraping by, bouncing in and out of debt, feeling like there’s never enough. I could relate. Holding each other in love, we dove into the depths of our hearts to explore what voices might be keeping us stuck in these patterns. We found powerful healing for patterns that had been woven into our fabrics from very early childhood... Read more
We think of self-love as being kind to ourselves, not thinking bad thoughts about ourselves or holding ourselves back from living fully and loving freely. This is important, but the efforts of respect, kindness, fullness and freedom often come about as an effort to compensate for a lack of self-love - something missing. What is the meaning of self-love as it pertains to the spiritual journey? Read more
Your Presence draws me out from vanity and imagination and opinion. Awe is the salve that will heal our eyes. ~ Jalal id-din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. Vanity and imagination and opinion are instruments of the mind to keep us bewildered and... Read more
Trauma is very real and all too common. It can have severe effects on physical, mental and emotional health. In this video, Dr. Rahima Susan Schmall, Ph.D., R.N., describes 3 ways in which Sufi Spiritual Healing helps people heal from trauma. If you are experiencing physical or mental illness from trauma, please do not give up. There are many systems and bodies of knowledge that may have answers for you. Read more... Read more
Sometimes our hearts are crying to be heard and our minds just do not want to listen. Yet, contrary to popular belief, the heart is the holder of wisdom, not the mind. The heart holds the knowledge of the truth of our existence, which is key to understanding the journey we are on and finding the way home. Join Samila Adelstein, USHS Co-President, for an exploration into the world of the heart’s deepest wisdom and beauty. Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! "Just because you can't drink all that falls, doesn't mean you give up taking sips of rainwater. If the nut of the mystery can't be held, let me at least touch the shell." -Jalal id-din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. My teacher and guide used to say, "Not eat the apple in one bite!" Once we get a taste of the sweetness, we can't help... Read more
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