Sufi Movement International of the USA

Teachings

Federation of the Sufi Message held from April 28-May 2, 2010 in Petaluma, CA. Click http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=371843641 to view the podcast summary and listen to the recordings from the browser page. (If you have iTunes installed on your computer you can listen to and download the recordings from iTunes and subscribe to the podcast. You must have iTunes installed on your computer to subscribe to this podcast.)

Visalat Day Celebration 2010 (5th of February, 2010: 83rd Urs of Hazrat Inayat Khan), a video of the celebration held at the Sufi Temple in Katwijk, Holland. Click to view a 38-minute video at http://vimeo.com/11926926 with talks by Murshid Karimbaksh Witteveen and Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan.

Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan, Co-President and General Representative International Sufi Movement
- Book — An Introduction to the Message in Our Time. This a book, which is available for purchase online. This book is written with great clarity and it provides the essential substance the Sufi Message. It subtly highlights the universal quality of the Message for it articulates the connections between the Message of universal Sufism and Hinduism, Yoga, Zoroastrianism, and other spiritual and religious traditions. Click the Preview Book link here or on the main page linked above to read the first 15 pages.
- Lecture — Message to the Federation Meeting, a brief address from Europe by Skype to the Federation of the Message on April 30, 2010, IONS Conference Center in Petaluma, California. This link takes you to the ISM web site where you can watch a video, listen to a recording (approximately 10 minutes) or read a transcript of the lecture.
- Article/Lecture — The Message in Our Time, a lecture given at the Mysticism of Sound Conference, 24 October 2007 by Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan. This is available as a 3-page article extracted from the Spring, 2008 issue of Heart To Heart, the Sufi Movement In Canada newsletter. This is a downloadable PDF file (128 KB).
- Book — Spiritual Liberty, a 107-page book of Sufi teachings. This is a downloadable PDF file (848 KB) suitable for reading online or for printing.
- Article — Art of the Personality
- Article — About Sufism

Murshid Karimbaksh Witteveen, Co-President and General Representative International Sufi Movement
Murshida Rabia Ana Perez-Chisti, National Representative Sufi Movement International - USA
- Speech — Centennial Urs Celebration of the Sufi Message given by Hazrat Inayat Khan (PDF, 212 KB) given February, 5, 2010
- Interview — In January, 2008, Murshida Rabia was interviewed by Ryan Rominger, PhD over a three-week period as part of a graduate-level class on emotions at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected MP3 audio file.
  - Part 1: Introduction and the first week's interview. Murshida Rabia talks about her introduction to Sufism to lead into a discussion about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 43 minutes)
  - Part 2: The second week's interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog with Ryan about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 35 minutes)
  - Part 3: The third week's interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog with Ryan about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 40 minutes)
- Interview — On May 14, 2007 the Marin, California radio station KWMR (http://www.kwmr.org/) broadcast an interview of Murshida Rabia by Wendy Salaam on Wendy's program Sufism: The Heart of Islam. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected audio.
  - Part 1: Introduction and the first half of the interview. Murshida Rabia talks about her introduction to Sufism and about Hazrat Inayat Kahn, his Sufi message and the Inayati orders. Murshida Rabia then discusses wisdom, Tawhid (Unity) and Sufism. (approximately 28 minutes)
  - Part 2: The second half of the interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog about Sufism with Wendy Salaam and discusses topics such as pluralistic religious studies, the mysticism of sound, sacred languages, sacred aspects of nature and about working with teachers and students. Murshida Rabia extends a wish for each to perform some service as 'a secret gift for the Beloved'. (approximately 27 minutes)
- Interview — On November 4, 2006 Murshida Rabia was interviewed on the Persian News Network (PNN) by Dr. Mehri Pirooz. Dr. Mehri Pirooz translated the presentation and discussion into Farsi during this satellite broadcast. The available streaming audio files are from the English audio portion of the televised show. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected audio.
  - Part 1: Introduction and Murshida Rabia talking about Tawhid (Unity). (approximately 16 minutes)
  - Part 2: Murshida Rabia dialogs with and answers questions from Dr. Pirooz. (approximately 30 minutes)
  - Part 3: Murshida Rabia answers questions from two callers and Dr. Pirooz closes the show. (approximately 10 minutes)
- Article — Love: Human and Divine from Toward the One, Volume 5, Spring 2004
- Article — Heart from Winter 1997 Caravanserai publication

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