Sufi Movement International of the USA - Schedule of Events and Classes

Schedule of Events and Classes

Personal Retreats | Monthly classes | Seminars | Special Events

Murad Hassil is a center for the study and practice of the Sufi tradition as taught by Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan. In keeping with the Sufi tradition, the Center also offers spiritual practices and insights from many paths.

Come whenever you can. Your presence, dedication, and collective prayers bring blessings to our activities and transform us into a community of Lovers. We look forward to seeing you.

Donations invited for all classes.

All funds support the work of the Sufi Message. Please give generously. Additionally, we accept donations for maintaining the center and spreading the Sufi Message. Send checks made out to Sufi Movement International - USA to Dr. Ana Perez-Chisti, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1063 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, CA 94303.

We now can receive donations through the PayPal web site from your credit card or directly from your bank. Send an e-mail message to the center (SufiMovementUSA@gmail.com) for more information.

Personal Retreats

The practice of enclosure (Khilvat) has always been a part of the mystical Sufi tradtion for the purpose of gaining insight into the language of the heart. The teaching that arises from the experience of divine communication is one that is deeply healing and balancing to the mental, emotional, and physical nature of our being.

A studio living space with kitchen and bathroom is available for short-term personal retreats at $85/day. During a personal retreat, Murshida Rabia gives practices for the entire day and personally assists in those practices morning and evening and supplies one hot, vegetarian meal midday. There are other arrangements available for longer retreats.

Contact Murshida Rabia at anarabia@earthlink.net for information.

Monthly Classes

Two-year Cherag Training
starting Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 11am
Monthly classes for mureeds in preparation for ordination as Cherags and also for chaplaincy, pastoral counseling, and hospice work. The material in the two-year program has two aspects:
1. esoteric studies based on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan and his philosophy of the Unity of Religious Ideals
2. scriptural study: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other world religions
Taking this training requires a two-year commitment. (This involves 10 months of classes with a summer break and holidays respected.) This training is available for students to attend locally. Resources and arrangements will be available for non-local students to participate.

Fees: Sliding scale

Contact Murshida Rabia at anarabia@earthlink.net for information.

Esoteric Studies Classes
starting Spring 2010
Monthly classes for mureeds focusing on esoteric studies based on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Gathas, Githas, Sangathas, and Sangithas.

Contact Murshida Rabia at anarabia@earthlink.net for information.

Seminars

Sufi Mysticism, December 20, 2009, 11am
Cultural Integration Fellowship in San Francisco
2650 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA
With Dr. Ana Perez-Chisti
Contact 415/668-1559 or visit www.culturalintegrationfellowship.org.
Winter and Spring Quarters 2010 at The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto
With Dr. Ana Perez-Chisti
Contact her at ITP at 650/493-4430 X 273 or visit www.itp.edu for information about classes, seminars, workshops and programs.

Special Events

April 28 - May 2, 2010
The Annual Meeting of the Federation of the Sufi Message
River of Guidance through the Streams of the Message
This year's meeting will be hosted by SRI at the IONS Retreat Center on the Marin / Sonoma Border near San Francisco, CA.
Contact Murshida Rabia if you'd like to attend as an SMI-USA representative.
July 15th - 25th, 2010
International Sufi Movement Summer School
A Message of Spiritual Liberty
Universel Murad Hassil, Katwijk, Netherlands
Pir-O-Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan and experienced Sufi teachers
For more information, please download SMI_SummerSchool_2010.pdf (<1MB) or contact the General Secretariat by e-mail: sufihq@xs4all.nl or by fax: + 31 70 361 486.

"External remedies do not suffice:
we must begin with making peace in ourselves."
Pir-O-Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan

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