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What's New on Ruhaniat.org, April/May 2012

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  • Read the Daily Bowl of Saki here.
  • Share in the recordings and videos of the music and remembrances at the spectacular recent memorial for Solomon Kahn, son of Tamam and Pir Shabda and friend to many of us, whose earthly life ended last January. A remarkable being indeed!
  • Hear the teachings of Murshid Samuel Lewis in his own inimitable voice and style: five new Murshid Sam Gems are now posted on our site. These are brief excerpts from taped talks which exemplify, in clips just a few minutes in length, the truth and power of his words and his being.
  • Heather Hoppe writes that she is redoing the website for Murshida Vera Corda, and would like to add more photos. If you have any photos of Murshida Vera and are willing to have them used (with credit) on the website, please contact Heather.
  • The fund drive to honor the heroic Noor Inayat Khan with a memorial in London, at a park near the place she and her family lived, has succeeded -- with our help -- in raising enough to complete the work! Photos and a full report here.
  • "The Ruhaniat -- this unbelievable assemblage of people who embody the living transmission of love, harmony, and beauty -- is one of the things I find myself longing to sustain." Read this letter from Katie Hamida about financial support for the Ruhaniat. How to contribute? Click here.
  • SRI Camps and Retreats: make your plans to now to get away, to be with your community and deepen your practice this Spring or Summer at one of these events. Our new one-click calendar (select the "Calendar" link at the top of this page) lists dozens of Ruhaniat events all over the world where you can refresh your spiritual connections with meditation, dances, zikr, Sufi teachings and much more.
  • Can you help? New ways to give back to our spiritual family are posted on the Volunteer Service Opportunities page. Current needs include translators (many languages), graphic arts, video editing, web technology, letter-writing, and publicity skills among others.
  • The Sound Journal is online and free, with stories of travel, inner and outer, by Amina Meyer Mousa, Sharon Shafiya Majid Mijares, Bahauddin Andy Alpine, Laurel Marks, Tamam Kahn and other beloveds.  "Such lovely sensitivity and grace in these stories. So nice to read replenishing tales for the soul!" says one comment.
  • You can now purchase the large format soft-cover version of Physicians of the Heart, a Sufi View of the 99 Names of Allah, from the SRI here."This book takes you into the heart of the mystery of these sacred Names. It is a vehicle for understanding the infinite nature of God, and for discovering the divine potential in every soul." -- Murshid Wali Ali Meyer. List price is $36.95, our price $33.00 with free US shipping.
  • Click here to hear recent Sufi talks by Pir Shabda Kahn. Also visit marinsufis.com for teaching schedules, links and more recorded classes from Pir Shabda
  • There are more online class offerings from the head of the SRI Esoteric School, Murshid Wali Ali Meyer, at WaliAli101.org (or use the menu links on this page to go there). Some of these are free, prices for most of the rest are being reduced. Read the recent update here.
  • For more recorded teachings check at the top of this web page in the "Audio/Video" tab. For our senior teachers' online schedules, information and downloads, see the 'Links' tab


 

 

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Welcome to the Ruhaniat

Audio: The Sufi Invocation and the Bismillah Get Adobe Flash player 

Beloved Ones of God, we welcome you to this portal of the Sufi Ruhaniat International and the Path of Sufism.  In the words of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, “Sufism has never had a first exponent or a historical origin.  It existed from the beginning, because human beings have always possessed the light which is their second nature".

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Murshid Samuel Lewis' Living Stream

Downloadable talks and writings of our founding teacher now online!

Announcing a digital archive of recorded talks and nearly every piece of writing, from this most prolific spiritual guide, Sufi master, Zen teacher, Hindu guru, author, scientist, poet, horticulturalist, originator of the Dances of Universal Peace, and source of blessing to many all over the globe. This online archive is the result of over twenty years of work, of many, many hands and hearts, collecting, organizing and preparing over twenty file boxes of written material, scanning, then typing, and correcting. Dozens of cassette tapes were organized, digitized and written summaries and indexes added. Profound gratitude to all who contributed!

Follow this link to get there: murshidsam.org

 

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Ruhaniat Publications, featuring 'In the Garden', now online

Ruhaniat Publications, featuring our new edition of the 1975 classic In the Garden, are now available online from Self & Soul Center bookstore. This small book is a perfect way to meet Murshid SAM for the first time, or go more deeply into his transmission.

Other books available for purchase are:

  • The Gift of Life: Aphorisms & Poems by Pir Moineddin Jablonski
  • Siva! Siva!: Crescent and Heart, by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis
  • Sufi Vision & Initiation, by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis
  • The Bowl of Saki with Commentary, by Hazrat Inayat Khan & commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis
  • The Sufi Book of Life, by Neil Douglas-Klotz
  • Cities of the Soul, by Raphael Rodney Birney
  • Wisdom Comes Dancing: Selected Works of Ruth St. Denis, edited and introduction by Kamae A. Miller

CDs available for purchase:

  • Saladin: An Epic Poem, by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, read by Wali Ali Meyer and accompanied by musicians Allaudin Ottinger & friends
  • Meeting the Teacher: An Introduction to Murshid Samuel Lewis on the Inner and Outer Planes, a talk by Pir Moineddin Jablonski

CONTACT: selfsoulcenter@gmail.com, telephone 618-618-0013 (Pacific Standard Time); or click on 'Book Stores' above.