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Events are listed chronologically.
- December 2017 - Universal Worship Service Sermon by Murshid Siraj Khabir Kitz. Cherags in attendance: Gemma Erickson and Batina VanDam-Hinds.
- December 2014 - A Celebration of Rumi
- September 2013 - Wazifah Intensive Silent Retreat
Guided by Murshid Wali Ali, assisted by Tawwaba Bloch - March 2013 - Mindfulness Meditation,
The Four Immeasurables, Eight Verses for Training the Mind
Johnson County Community College, Asian Lecture Series - January 2013 - Elemental Breaths and Qualities of the Elements
Johnson County Community College, Center for Innovation and Excellence - Fall 2012 - Alchemy of Happiness
- Spring 2012 - Suggestion, Impression, Belief
- Spring 2011 - The Art of Personality | Training the Ego
- Fall 2010 - Divine Forgiveness
- Spring 2010 - Mystic Relaxation
- February 2010 - Visalat Day
- Fall 2009 - Path of Initiation
- Summer 2009 - Judgement and Understanding
- Spring 2009 - What is a Sufi?
- Fall 2007 - Mysticism of Silence
- Retreats and Special Events in 2007
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Universal Worship -December 2017
Listen to the sermon by Murshid Siraj Khabir Kitz
Siraj Kitz begins the service with compliments to the cherags and others for preparing a beautiful altar.
Sermon by Murshid Siraj Khabir Kitz. Cherags in attendance: Gemma Erickson and Batina VanDam-Hinds.
A Celebration of Rumi -December 2014
Listen and read offerings by Murshida Nuria during the events.
Poems shared, Friday evening, December 12, 2014
Play Audio (10:52 )
Poems and Zikar Practice, Saturday evening, December 13, 2014
Play Audio (12:36 )
References
- Rumi: The Big Red Book by Colemen Barks
- Sufi Message Volume X, Nr. 5, Jelal-ud-din Rumi
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Wazifah Intensive Silent Retreat -September 2013
Guided by Murshid Wali Ali, assisted by Tawwaba Bloch
A five day/six night immersion in silent contemplative wazifah practice under the guidance of Murshid Wali Ali Meyer, assisted by Tawwaba Bloch.
Lake Doniphan Retreat Center, north of Kansas City, Missouri
Photos by: Mudita Sabato and Stephanie Nuria Sabato
Video by: Stephanie Nuria Sabato
Music: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, The Peddlers on iTunes
Mindfulness Meditation & The Four Immeasurables
March 2013
View Text: The Four Immeasurables & Eight Verses on Mind Training
Play Audio (44:36 )
The Four Immeasurables
May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness.
May they be free from suffering and the root of suffering.
May they not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering.
May they dwell in the great equanimity
free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.
Elemental Breaths and Qualities of the Elements
January 2013
Play Audio (23:40 )
Hazrat Inayat Khan teaches: All that exists lives on its own element, springs from its own element, and returns to
its own element. So earth to earth, water to water, fire to fire, and air to air.
Purification means to make a certain object itself; nothing added, nothing foreign
attached to it which does not belong to it. These two rules make one understand
the process by which the mind could be nourished and purified. The mind is
nourished by thoughts and impressions that are harmonious and productive of
beauty and which result in satisfaction.
The first thing in purifying the mind is to be able to discern the foreign element
there. As all that is foreign to the body does not agree with the body, making it ill,
so all that is foreign to the mind disturbs the peace of the mind, and it is that which
proves that it does not belong to the mind: Such things as worry, anxiety, fear,
sorrow, or any sort of disturbance that takes away the tranquility of the mind,
preventing it from experiencing that joy and peace for which it longs and in which
alone is its satisfaction.
The Alchemy of Happiness
Fall Retreat 2012 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Note: Due to weather conditions the class was held in the kitchen/dining hall; therefore, ambient background noise will be heard on these recordings.
Session 1: In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Thoughts have prepared for us that happiness or unhappiness which we experience. The whole of mysticism is founded on this.
Play Audio of Musical Meditation (6:08)
Play Audio of Session 1 (43:20)
Session 2: In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Whatever one makes of oneself, one becomes that. The source of happiness or unhappiness is all in man him self.
Play Audio of Session 2 (1:08:08)
Session 3: In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: To some souls that peace comes when asleep; but for the God-conscious that peace becomes his home.
Play Audio of Musical Meditation (2:18)
Play Audio of Session 3 (1:06:03)
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Suggestion, Impression, Belief
Spring Retreat 2012 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
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Session 1: The Power of Suggestion In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: From morning till evening we are impressed by suggestions coming to us automatically in different forms. The importance does not lie in receiving suggestions or in rejecting suggestions; it lies in understanding what will benefit us and what will be detrimental.
Play Audio of Session 1 (1:19:30)
Session 2: Assuring Success In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: When a man says, "I cannot," he has made a suggestion to himself, he has weakened his power of accomplishing what he could otherwise have accomplished. To admit to oneself, "I have no force, I have no power, I have no thought, I have no intelligence," only means working against oneself.
Play Audio of Session 2 (1:18:25)
Session 3: Ennobling the Soul In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Story of Ayaz is an example of modesty together with suggestion.
Play Audio of Session 3 (1:19:11)
Session 4: Hope, Effort, Belief Faith In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: We are able to do anything if we choose to make the effort. The difficulty is that often we do not choose to make an effort. Why not? Because we do not believe.
Play Audio of Session 4 (1:03:17)
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The Art of Personality | Training the Ego
Spring Retreat 2011 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Day 1: The Sense of Beauty and Sincerity In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: There are two things needed in the development of personality: the sense of beauty and the preservation of sincerity.
Play Audio of Singing Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan(Length 2:23)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 33:15)
Play Audio of Session 3 (Length 38:19)
Day 2: The Jarring Effect of the Ego on Another In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Those who know the right manner of developing personality know that the first lesson in life is to efface that ego as much as possible.
Play Audio of Session 1 (Length 34:03)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 43:42)
Day 3: What Is the Ego? In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Know thyself and thou wilt know God, said the great Sufi philosopher Ali. To know the self is the most difficult thing in the world....
Play Audio of Session 1 (Length 43:36)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 39:20)
Day 4: What the Ego Needs and Does Not Need? In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: In order to train the ego it is necessary that one should distinguish what is the right of the ego and what is not its right.
Play Audio of Session 1 (Length 45:39)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 29:47)
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Divine Forgiveness
Fall Retreat 2010 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
This retreat focused on the various attributes of Divine Forgiveness which leads to liberating freedom from all conditions which arise in our inner and outer world that invoke the need for forgiveness.
Play Audio of Day 1, Session 1 (Length 55:01)
Topics: Purification Breaths and the Practice of Zikar
Play Audio of Day 1, Session 2 (Length 61:55)
Topics: Meditations on the Prayers. Wazifa's Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur
Play Audio of Day 2, Session 1 (Length 58:36)
Topics: Purification Breaths. Wazifa's Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur
Play Audio of Day 2, Session 2 (Length 51:06)
Topics: Injustice in Justice. Wazifa's At-Tawwab, Al-Afuw
Topics: Wazifa's At-Tawwab, Al-Afuw continued.
This video includes the first 53 minutes of the second session. Please listen to the audio file to hear the remainder of the session.
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Mystic Relaxation
Spring Retreat 2010 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Day 1: Mystic Relaxation (1) In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Mystic relaxation is of the greatest importance, for the whole spiritual culture is based and built upon this one subject; and yet there is so little spoken and written about it.
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 51:55)
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 56:07)
Day 2: Mystic Relaxation (1) continued In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: How does one relax the mind? The method for relaxation of the mind is first to make the mind tired. One who does not know the exercise for making the mind tired can never relax one's mind.
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 58:36)
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 51:06)
Day 3: Mystic Relaxation (2) In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Mystic relaxation is really the same as meditation. Very often people are puzzled about the word meditation because it is used by so many people who sometimes have very different ideas about it. By calling it mystic relaxation the meaning becomes simple and cleas.
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 46:14)
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 56:25)
Day 4: Mystic Relaxation (2) continued In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Concentration is the beginning of meditation; meditation is the end of concentration. Once concentration is fully acquired, it is easy for a person to meditate.
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 47:47)
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 46:41)
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Visalat Day, February 5th, Kansas City 2010
In Remembrance of the 83rd Urs of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Part 1: Teachings and Introduction to the Practice of Zikar:
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 39:32)
Part 2: The Practice of Zikar:
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 43:08)
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Path of Initation
Fall Retreat 2009 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Day 1, The Path of Initiation In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: But in point of fact initiation only means a step forward, a step which should be taken with hope and courage, for without courage and hope it would be most difficult to take any forward step.
Play Audio of Session 1 (Length 1:04:48)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 50:24)
Day 2, The Path of Initiation In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The word initiation is interpreted by different people in different ways. By some it is considered to be a kind of attachment to a certain secret order, but what I mean by initiative is taking a step forward on a path unknown to oneself.
Play Audio of Session 1 (Length 1:07:00)
Play Audio of Session 2 (Length 1:30:07)
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Judgement and Understanding
Summer School 2009, Katwijk, Netherlands
LECTURE: Judgement and Understanding
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The Lecture begins with the playing of the Singing Bowl, followed by silence.
Play Audio of Lecture (Length 44:50)
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What is a Sufi?
Spring Retreat 2009 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
Outline of Practices and Readings References
Day 1, Sufi Point of View
Play Audio of Day I (Length 1:12:47)
Day 2, What is a Sufi?
Play Audio of Day 2 (Length 30:42)
Due to technical difficulties, audio is not available for the Meditation Session: The Elemental Breaths
Day 3, Sufi Manner of Sympathy
Play Audio of Day 3 (Length 1:05:22)
Day 4, Spirituality is the Natural Nobleness
Play Audio of Day 4 (Length 56:19)
Day 5, Personal Power
Play Audio of Day 5 (Length 1:01:51)
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Mysticism of Silence
October 26, 2007
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Play Audio of Lecture Mysticism of Silence (Length 1:12:47)
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Retreats & Special Events
- July 2007 | Katwijk, Netherlands | Universal Worship
- August 2007 | Retreat in Columbia, MO
- September 2007 | Retreat in Minneapolis, MN - Coming Soon!
- October 2007 | Ozark Fall Camp, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
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