Columbus Sufi Circle: A chance to understand others

The Three Sufi Purposes

To realize and spread the knowledge of unity, the religion of love and wisdom, so that the bias of faiths and beliefs may of itself fall way, the human heart may overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences may be rooted out

To discover the light and power latent in humankind, the secret of all religion, the power of mysticism, and the essence of philosophy, without interfering with customs or beliefs

To help bring the world's two opposite poles, East and West, closer together by the interchange of thought and ideals that the universal brother-sisterhood may form of itself, and people may meet with people beyond the narrow national and racial boundaries.

Monday, February 18, 2008

A chance to understand others

"We often suffer because we do not understand. Understanding is a great thing, once we understand,we can tolerate." Hazrat Inayat Khan

My friends, an opportunity to work on cross-cultural understanding is beginning soon at Scioto Educational Foundation. SEF is looking for Americans who would like to meet with a non-native speaker of English for an hour or so every week for conversation. There are several purposes for this program - to welcome a guest to this country and help them feel at home, to learn about another culture and represent your own, to make a friend - " to understand" ... and "tolerate".

Reminder: If you would like to participate, and I hope you will, please fill out the form and send it to hilal1001@sbcglobal.net

http://www.sefohio.org/resources/ConversationPartner.doc

We will have a party for partners to meet each other on March 1 at SEF