June 2019 Message

Beloved Family,

Since our last letter I have had the pleasure of teaching on Kauai, sometimes called the Garden Isle. What a joy to offer the Message in such a place of beauty!

And I just returned from Lama Mountain and Murshid Sam’s Dargah where some 65 pilgrims enjoyed the Jamiat Aam Gathering. Murshida Asha regaled us with stories from the early days of Lama and Murshid Sam’s visits there, Murshida Mariam connected us with the Divine Feminine and the flow between Murshid Sam’s and Murshida Vera’s Dargahs. Murshida Darvesha brought the “clear sky” of understanding the Nature of Heart Mind and Being and Sheikh Gayan gave us profound teachings all through his storytelling style with his Djembe.

We joyfully empowered Waduda Wendy Welsh, our Ruhaniat treasurer as a Khalifa. And please welcome new mureed Sean Regner - picture below

Thanks to the hard work of Inayat Tal, the video of my Raga Concert, April 20, 2019, at the Garden of Allah is now up on YouTube. <https://youtu.be/jIwoG4BpC6E>

I leave for our Annual Russian Ruhaniat Summer Camp June 15 and will be joined by Murshid(a)s Halima and Abraham!

And naturally, I look forward to sharing the Mendocino Sufi Camp with many of you in July. If you haven’t registered yet and intent to join us either full time or part time, please do.

One more exciting first for me is that I will be leading a weeklong retreat in Spain along with Sheikha Laksmi Tamariz from Cuenca, Ecuador.

Sending all love as we approach the Summer Solstice,

Shabda

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Wazifa Practice - Recite 101x YA QADIR, YA MUQTADIR

68. Ya Qadir (yaa ḲAA-dir)

Al-Qadir is the expression of all the purpose and all the strength and will in the universe as one power. Nothing is unconnected from this divine power. Through awakening to it, the traveler on the spiritual path realizes that there is a path and a specific destination. Al-Qadir gives a definite meaning and a real purpose to everything in life.

Al-Qadir also means unlimited capacity, and that every person has that capacity. Such a realization gives you a sense of value, power, and spaciousness, as well as a confidence that all things are possible. You are inherently able to receive and contain anything that may come, and to regard it as a divine gift. Al-Qadir expresses omnipotence, power, endurance, and proportionality. It is the power to both manifest and contain manifestation.

Invocation of Ya Qadir is an antidote to feeling worthless and powerless and offers relief to those who believe that they are living wasted lives. We recommend that it be combined with Ya Muqtadir
(69).

69. Ya Muqtadir (yaa muk-TA-dir)

Al-Muqtadir is the one who places you on a particular path to God and enables you to firmly put your feet on that path, and keep going on that path, step by step. It brings the ability to actualize the divine purpose in your life. The power that is guiding you has put you in this very specific situation, here and now. There are no mistakes, and nothing is ever wasted or lost. Each soul is unique, with a unique purpose in life. That is the meaning of al-Muqtadir.

To realize its meaning, each person needs to recognize al-Qadir (68) and lovingly engage his or her will to fulfill it. The lover thus makes use of whatever power the beloved has granted and uses that power in the wise and beautifully proportioned way present in its very nature. To accomplish this, repetition of Ya Qadir, Ya Muqtadir is recommended. One of the root meanings of qadara is beautifully proportioned to get the right fit, as in cutting leather.

To hear the pronunciation: Ya Qadir ~ Ya Muqtadir

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TEXT and COMMENTARY to STUDY

This month we begin working with the text: Gatha-Pasi Anfas: Breath Series II with Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti). Read Numbers 1-2 pages 1-10 Click here to download the document.

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