Murshida Stephanie Nuria Sabato
Meditations on The Message is a Meditation Retreat that focuses on the teachings of
Hazrat Inayat Khan. The classes below focus on a body of teachings on The Manner of Friendliness. The teachings are supported with supplemental readings, meditations, and breath practices, which are all aimed at the development of mastery over the limitations of one's own personality and character, and the softening of the self-cherishing ego.
Classes Offered in 2013
- January 30 - Elemental Breaths & Qualities of the Elements
Johnson County Community College, Center for Innovation and Excellence - February 9 - Adab (Respect 1)
- March 13 - Mindfulness Meditation, The Four Immeasurables, Eight Verses for Training the Mind, Johnson County Community College, Asian Lecture Series
- May 25-28 - Divine Manner, Lake of the Ozark Retreat, Missouri USA
- July 13 - Adab (Respect 2)
- October 12 & 13 - Spiritual Health: Body, Heart, Soul
Elemental Breaths & Qualities of the Elements
January 30, 2013
Play Audio (23:40 )
In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: 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.
Adab (Respect) (1)
February 9, 2013
In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: "There is no one in the world who does not deserve some respect, and he who respects another, by doing so respects himself, for respect creates respect, disrespect re-echoes in disrespect."
Outline of Practices and Reading References
Play Audio of Part 1 (16:25 )
Play Audio of Part 1 (16:25 )
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Mindfulness Meditation & The Four Immeasurables
March 13, 2013
Click View Four Immeasurables & Eight Verses on Mind Training
Play Audio of Part 1 (44:36 )
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.
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Divine Manner
Ozark Spring 2013 Camp
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri USA
May 25, 26, 27, 28, 2013
In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
The soul with divine manner is therefore sober compared with the drunken man of the world: it is this soberness that produces in him that purity which is called Sufism, and it is through that purity that God reflects in his mirror-like soul.
Outline of Practices and Reading References
Play Audio - May 25 - Refelections of Ancestors (1:06:39)
Play Audio - May 26 - The God Ideal, Divine Manner (1:21:56)
Play Audio - May 27 - All-Camp Presentation (13:06)
Play Audio - May 27 - The Privilege of Being Human (1:02:13)
Play Audio - May 28 - Review, Discussion, Practice (1:03:37)
Adab (Respect 2)
July 13, 2013
In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan: People seek to disguise the true nature of the ego by diplomatic language and by good manners, but this does not really hide the ego.
Outline of Practices and Reading References
Play Audio of Part 1 (29:55)
Play Audio of Part 2 (30:35)
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Spiritual Health: Body, Heart, Soul
Ozark Fall 2013 Camp
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri USA
May 25, 26, 27, 28, 2013
In the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
Let us see to it that our hearts and minds are tuned to the higher vibrations, so that only those things that are good, pure, holy, and of good report can enter and dwell there.
Outline of Practices and Reading References
Play Audio-Oct 12-Divine Health & Balance 1 (1:12:58)
Play Audio-Oct 13-Divine Health & Balance 2 (1:22:04)
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