Rumi's Urs, December 16, 2017; A Celebration of the Wedding Night of Mevlana Jelaluddin

  
Celebration of the Urs 
 Mevlana Jelaluddun Rumi

 December 16, 2017, 7:00 pm

Covenant Presbyterian Church

 2070 Ridgecliff Rd. Upper Arlington

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we came whirling
out of nothingness
scattering stars
like dust

the stars made a circle
and in the middle 
we dance

every atom
turns bewildered

and it is only God
circling Himself
 
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Rumi: Fragments, Ecstasies,
Daniel Liebert, 
(New Lebanon, New York:
 Omega Publications, 1981) pp. 13-14.

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 Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle

 December 16, 2017, 7:00 pm

Covenant Presbyterian Church

 2070 Ridgecliff Rd. Upper Arlington

 Celebration of the Urs of Mevlana Jelaluddun Rumi

The Wedding Day of the great Sufi poet and teacher.

Mevlana died on December 17 in 1273 in Konya, Turkey

His Union with the Beloved is celebrated around the world.

We will read poetry,sing, dance, share sweets

No experience needed,

bring a sweet to share if you like.

Please contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net

Silent Zikr, Saturday November 25

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Now let us be silent
So that the Giver of Speech may speak.
Let us be silent
So we can hear Him calling us
secretly in the night.

-- from Ghazal 1713, Version by Jonathan Star
"Rumi - In the Arms of the Beloved "
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New York 1997

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Why silent Zikr?

The very essence of the self is the illusion that we can ‘do’..

That illusion is the single source our separation and alienation.

The goal of zikr is to pass through the veil of separation and dissolve into The One.

But whatever ‘doing’ we engage in necessarily prolongs the illusion of a ‘doer’. There is nothing the self can ‘do’ to cease its ‘doing’.

So let us now begin the silent discipline of ‘not-doing’,

and hope to receive at last the gift of ‘non-doing’.

(Frank Parmir)

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We're going to do (or not do) a different sort of zikr this month.

Please join us starting at 7:30 on Saturday, November 25 at 1000 Urlin Ave. Apt. 1809

Likely followed by dessert and tea, you are welcome to bring something or nothing.

Contact Hilal for more information at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net

 

Zikr, Saturday, October 28

Zikr Allah; Saturday, October 28, 2017, 7:00 pm

Zawiyya al Mu’min,1000 Urlin Ave. Grandview 43212

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O God, make our stony hearts soft as wax;
make our wailing sweet and the object of Your mercy.

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Ay Khodâ sangin del-e mâ mum kon
nâleh-ye mâ-râ khvosh o marhum kon

-- Mathnawi II: 1992
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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Since many beloveds will be with Saadi and Natalya this weekend I ask that you call or email if you plan to come to Zawiyya al Mu’min on Saturday evening

hilal1001@sbcglobal.net 614-446-3337

Zikr on September 30, 2017. Rumi is 810!!! .... this love that's been with me since birth

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"I Am Not This"

I am not this. Your beauty closes
my eyes, and I am falling into

that. You cut the umbilical with
this love that's been with me since

birth. My mother saw your mountain
reflected in my face, you that lift

coverings, you that bring death. We
agreed on this before creation. I've

been so hidden. Ask my body who I
am. It says "solid ground." Ask my

soul. "Dizzy as the wind." Neither,
I stand here facing Shams of Tabriz.

Ghazal (Ode) 1688, from the Divan-e Shams
-- Version by Coleman Barks, with Nevit Ergin
"The Glance"
Viking-Penguin, 1999

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Zikr Allah - All welcome!

Chanting, singing, poetry, sohbet, sweets.

September 30, 7:30 pm

1000 Urlin Ave., Apt 1809

Grandview Heights OH 43212

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for information

Reminder: Firdousi workshop, zikr; appointment times available

Stages of the Heart: with Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick on July 29, 2017

An All Day Seminar on Stages of the Heart

and an Evening Zikr

With Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick

July 29, 2017

Seminar 9:30 – 4:30, $50

Zikr 7:30 until around 10, $10 offering suggested,

 both for $55

  Summit Chase Suite 100

1000 Urlin Ave. Grandview Heights OH

Sheikh Firdousi is a powerful leader of Sufi zikr,

the practice of remembering our Unity with the One.

He is also a healer, his work is described on his website,

some appointments may still be available;

 on Friday 7/28; Sunday 7/30,Monday 7/31

http://www.nirodhakarmahealing.com/  

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for more information or for appointments   

   

    As a kindness to others please take Friday appointments if you can. Later ones may fill fast. 

Appointments available 

Friday, July 28

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Sunday, July 30

11:00 ____________

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4:00  ______________

Monday, July 31

11:00 _____________

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4:00   _______________

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Stages of the Heart: with Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick on July 29, 2017

An All Day Seminar on Stages of the Heart

and an Evening Zikr

With Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick

July 29, 2017

Seminar 9:30 – 4:30, $50

Zikr 7:30 until around 10, $10 offering suggested,

 both for $55

  Summit Chase Suite 100

1000 Urlin Ave. Grandview Heights OH

Sheikh Firdousi is a powerful leader of Sufi zikr,

the practice of remembering our Unity with the One.

He is also a healer, his work is described on his website,

some appointments may still be available;

 on Friday 7/28; Sunday 7/30,Monday 7/31

http://www.nirodhakarmahealing.com/  

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for more information or for appointments          

Advance Notice -Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick, July 29, 2017

Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick

in Columbus, Ohio

July 29, 2017

Seminar and Zikr

Details to follow.
Save the date!!

 

The Beloved takes care of his lovers- Zikr Allah, March 25, 2017, 7:30 pm

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You are the sky and I am the earth
astonished at what you grow inside my heart.
Dry-lipped and thirsty, only the grace of your rain
can turn the earth into a rose garden.
By you it is pregnant and only you know its burden.
It twists, it turns and sighs until
it gives birth to divine longing.

The Beloved takes care of his lovers
and feeds them generously.
Sometimes he ties them with the cord of reason
and sometimes he sets them free to dance.
Look at the meadow bursting with flowers
unable to contain its joy.
Look at the power of the Divine One
turning senseless dust into a sublime painting!
All we see is a veil of this never setting Sun,
this ancient Sun that will one day silently reveal
everything that has been planted.

       -- Ghazal 3408, Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
          and Maryam Mafi
          Rumi: Hidden Music
          HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001

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Zikr Allah, Remembering the Beloved

Join the Columbus Sufi Circle, Saturday, March 25, 7:30 pm
1000 Urlin Ave. 1809, Grandview Heights OH 43212

Everybody is welcome, we will sing, chant, read poetry, eat sweets.

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net