Beloved Family,
Greetings of the Heart as humanity slowly tries to reimagine itself and find wise ways of carrying on! Prayers and blessings of support to the large sections of humanity who are suffering.
It has been a delight meeting with some 300 folks in our worldwide family every other Saturday. Even though we are not singing and dancing in our usual manner, in another way I feel this has all brought us closer.
On our last Ruhaniat Family ZOOM GatheringI spoke about "Coherence" "Resonance" "Cooperation" "Entrainment" is what is being called forth for the worldwide community of Lovers of Love.
One way to understand coherence as a scientific phenomenon, is that when systems - energy - molecular movement - are in harmony and rhythm, they have the ability of organizing their same elements that are out of harmony. Science has demonstrated that when you place "coherent water", where all the molecules are dancing in rhythm, next to "incoherent water", the coherent water transforms the incoherent water!
So when enough of humanity have our "hearts in rhythm" dancing to "loving-kindness and compassion" it will automatically support that change worldwide. The studies on large groups of meditators positively affecting behavior in a locality bear this out.
I believe this opportunity for us to affect change has been accentuated by our worldwide pandemic.
Naturally, I have NO travel in my schedule, so meeting on line becomes all the more precious.
I am very grateful we now have a Ruhaniat Mureeds Pandemic Fund, funded by mureeds for mureeds. We have raised over $35,000. and distributed around $12,000 To either support the fund or request funds simply go to the Ruhaniat website.
And please don't forget the Ruhaniat General Fundto sustain the organ that supports this all happening. Whenever you do donate, please be sure to write in the memo line what your intention is.
I have been sending out texts through the vehicle of regular letters to mureeds for close to 20 years. It’s my feeling that less than 20% of you actually read the texts. I want to encourage you to make this part of your practice.
Much love,
Shabda
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Upcoming Invitation
May 30th Ruhaniat Family Holding Hands in Virtual Space VI
Previously Recorded Virtual Events and Teachings
Previous Ruhaniat Family Holding Hands in Virtual Space
Previous Letters can be found in Pir Shabda's Blog
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Wazifa Practice
Recite 101x
YA JABBAR
9. Ya Jabbar (yaa jab-BAAR)
Al-Jabbar is an expression of divine power that allows you to accomplish things or to act in the world. It is a healing strength. It carries the root meaning of setting a broken bone to heal it. Al-Jabbar means the strength to continuously heal all things all the time, the strength to heal brokenness. It is compelling, but only in the sense of stabilizing you in a consistent direction of movement.
When recited, Ya Jabbar empowers the sincere practitioner with an enduring strength so that nothing can shake you. Through embodying this quality your existence becomes unified. It is the mender of our fractured existence.
To hear the pronunciation: Ya Jabbar
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TEXT and COMMENTARY to STUDY
This month we begin reading and practicing the lessons on meditation from the Githa
Dhyana: Meditation, by Murshid Samuel Lewis
Read the Introduction and Series 1: Numbers 1-3[A], pages 1-11
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LOCAL BIRDS
Kildeer
Kildeer
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Northern Harrier
Osprey with striped bass
White-tailed Kite carrying prey
Red-tailed Hawk in dive for prey
Red-tailed Hawk with its catch, a large gopher snake
Red-tailed Hawk darshan
Dignified Raven
Scrub Jays look like they're dancing
But they are actually battling
Downy Woodpecker
Male Golden Oriole