Sohbet

Just a quick reminder that we will meet this Tuesday at 6:30!

Sohbet
"Mystical conversation on mystical subjects"
from The Essentail Rumi by Coleman Barks p. 76

We will gather at the Shalem Center
881 High Street, Suite 206. Worthington, OH 43085

On the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month
March 10 & 24, April 14 & 28, May 12 & 26
from 6:30-8:00.

We will begin with the prayers of Hazrat Inayat Khan, followed by the
elemental breaths and a 20 min. meditation. Then we will focus on the
'gathas,' sacred writings from Inayat Khan with commentary by Samuel Lewis. These
will be accompanied by wazifas, ryazat and sohbet.

For more information,
please contact Aatoon Nina Massey at 614-949-6197

Dances in Delaware!!

Join Us This Sunday!

Dances of Universal Peace

Sunday, March 15, 2009
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
~hosted by~
Unity in Community
74 Wootring St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Directions can be found at:
www.UnityDelawareOhio.org


Facilitator:
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Reed, director of the Shalem Center
Joining with Pam Spence and other musicians and dance leaders

This event is open to the public.
Free will offering will be taken.

For more information:
Contact Pam at: shafiya_yaya@yahoo.com

We invite you to a special event. Pam Spence has worked to bring this offering to Unity in Community in Delaware and we look forward to this Sunday.

We like to think of this as an "interspiritual event" --- meaning we join together to experience (not think about or talk about) chants, prayers and/or movements from various spiritual streams.

Samuel Lewis, the Sufi teacher who founded the Dances of Universal Peace in the 1960s, held a vision that if people could "eat, dance, and pray together" across the differences (and WITH the richness of diversity) of our religious orientations, then this kind of experiential spiritual practice was one way (a mystic's path) to peace.

The Dances of Universal Peace (www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org)
are simple, meditative and joyous circle dances that celebrate the variety of religious traditions on earth. All chants and melodies and simple movements will be taught. No particular musical skills or movement skills are needed. All that is asked is you come with open and willing minds and hearts.

Everyone is welcome! It doesn't matter what your particular religious tradition or background is. All paths are welcome! Children are welcome to join the circle as they wish.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Rev. Elizabeth A. Reed, Ph.D.
Director, Shalem Center
www.shalemcenter.org

Certified Dances of Universal Peace Leader and Mentor

Zikr Allah, new date and time: Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm

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Just as staying at home is easy for some,

traveling comes easy to others.

Each of us was made for some particular work,

and the desire for that work has been placed in our hearts.

How should hand and foot be set in motion without desire?

If you see your desire leading toward Heaven,

unfold your wings to claim it;

but if you see your desire bends to the earth,

keep lamenting.

The wise weep in the beginning;

the foolish beat their heads at the end.

Discern the end from the beginning

so that you may not be repenting

when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

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Hamchonânke sahl shod mâ-râ hazar
sahl shod ham qawl digar-râ safar
Har kasi-râ bahr-e kâri sâkhtand
mayl-e ân-râ dar delesh andâkhtand
Dast o pâ bi mayl jonbân kay shavad
khâr o khas bi âb o bâdi kay ravad
Gar be-bini mayl-e khvod su-ye samâ
par-e dawlat bar goshâ hamchon homâ
Var be-bini mayl-e khvod su-ye zamin
nawheh mi kon hich ma-neshin az hanin
`qelân khvod nawh-hâ pishin konand
jâhelân âkher be-sar bar mi zanand
Ze ebtedâ-ye kâr âkher-râ be-bin
tâ na-bâshi to pashimân Yawm-e Din

-- Mathnawi, III:1616-1623
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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Brothers and sisters, if you see your desire leading toward Heaven,unfold your wings to claim it, come sing zikr with us,

7:00 pm on Friday, March 6 at Zawiyya al Mu'min, 1000 Urlin Ave., Apt. 1507.

If you have any questions call Hilal at 614-446-3337 or e-mail hilal1001@sbcglobal.net

Sufi Poetry, also March 4 on OSU campus

Sufi Poetry Night March 4

Join the Middle East Studies Center for an evening of Sufi poetry recitation at 7 p.m. Wednesday (3/4) in 10 Page Hall. What Sufism means and how it is practiced will be discussed. The recitation features poems in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. English translations will be read with the original. Read more >

Students for Dialogue presents a Women's Day lecture

SFD (Students for Dialogue)
proudly presents
Women's Rights in Islam
by Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin

This week on WEDNESDAY we are hosting Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin to give a speech titled "Women's Right in Islam".
In recognition of March 8th Women's Day, Dr. Mobin-Uddin will talk on this interesting topic.

Dr. Mobin-Uddin is not only a wonderful speaker but also mother of three, pediatrician, children's author and former president of CAIR (Council of American-Islamic Relations).

Room: Campbell Hall 200
Time: 5:30 pm March 4th Wednesday

For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day
http://www.asmamobinuddin.com/
http://sfd.org.ohio-state.edu


Peace

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