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Golden Gate Sufi Circle
PO Box 559, Sebastopol, CA 95473
ggsc@goldengatesufi.org

   January 2012

   

   

"When the heart acts, it touches everything in the universe."
-- Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti)

New video by author Shrabani Basu

The Noor-un-Nisa Project
How you can help

Photo of author Shribani Basu at Gordon Square

Golden Gate Sufi Circle is cooperating in the fund-raising for a memorial statue in London in honor of Noor Inayat Khan, heroic daughter of Hazrat Inayat Khan, who gave her life as an agent behind enemy lines during WWII.

GGSC's goal is to raise $8,008 for the project, and as of now we are over 75% of the way there. U.S. contributions through GGSC, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are considered tax exempt charitable donations. (UK donors go here.)

For any questions, please send an email to
roger.pritchard@mindspring.com. Roger has generously volunteered to coordinate this effort for the GGSC. Please
donate whatever you can now.

UPCOMING SUFI EVENTS FROM GGSC ...

♥ The annual Bay area celebration of the Urs of Murshid SAM will take place at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (map), between Novato and Petaluma, the evening of January 15th 2012.
Details here on SufiPaths.net
♥ Winter California Quarterly Dance Retreat, Jan 14-16, 2012 in the Santa Barbara Mountains. A concurrent youth retreat will be held as well. Info and registration here.
♥ SOME 2012 CAMP DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR:
  • North Bay All-Bay Area Camp-out at Cazadero June 1-3 2012
  • Mendocino Youth Retreat July 11-14 2012
  • Mendocino Sufi Camp July 15-22, 2012
  • Mendocino Silent Retreat July 22-26, 2012
  • East Bay Sufi Camp-out Labor Day Weekend, Aug 31-Sept 3, 2012
♥ For 2011 Mendocino camp photos go here.
♥ The Winter issue of The Sound Journal, now a free online publication. Read it, contribute to it!

CLICK TO VIEW Physicians of the Heart, a Sufi View of the 99 Names of Allah, now available for immediate shipment. Now is a great time to order your copy of the special hard-bound first edition. Visit book website here.
"This book takes you into the heart of the mystery of these sacred Names. It is a vehicle for understanding the infinite nature of God, and for discovering the divine potential in every soul."
   -- Murshid Wali Ali Meyer
MORE EVENTS INFORMATION:
  • View the complete Ruhaniat Events Calendar on Ruhaniat.org
  • Visit SufiPaths.net for NEW and ongoing classes and other events in the Bay Area and the North Bay.
  • For other West Coast localities and schedules for Pir Shabda and Murshid Wali Ali Click here.

More links to visit:

  • Hear bite-sized teachings of Murshid S.A.M in his own voice: a new collection of Murshid Sam Gems on Ruhaniat.org
  • RUHANIAT PUBLICATIONS now available online here. Now featured: the new 2010 edition of the classic In the Garden with Murshid SAM.
  • ONGOING: Schedules for Pir Shabda & Murshid Wali Ali and also for Khankah SAM & the Mentorgarden in S.F.
  • SufiPaths.net ... serving California's Bay Area, Sonoma County, and the region with news, event announcements and much more.
  • Ruhaniat.org The Ruhaniat is the parent organization of GGSC, the living stream of Sufism founded by Murshid Samuel Lewis and now headed by Pir Shabda Kahn. Our Internet vehicle is being co-created by Sufi brothers and sisters around the world. Offering content for newcomers and old hands alike, we hope that this will become an ever more useful planetary tool for unfoldment. Visit the audio and video selections and the teachings of Murshid SAM. See what's new on Ruhaniat.org
  • Opening of the Heart: Read a new translation of AL FATIHAH from the Qur'an by Imam Bilal Hyde (If the image that this link displays is too small, try clicking on it)

MORE LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULES: SufiPaths.net ... serving California's Bay Area, Sonoma County, and the region
Santa Cruz: Sufi/DUP website; Santa Cruz Sufi events page ... AND search on Facebook for "Santa Cruz Sufi Caravan"
Sacramento: GO    Pir Shabda's Schedule: GO    Murshid Wali Ali's Schedule: GO
San Francisco: the Mentorgarten and Khankah SAM Online GO    Humboldt County: Garden of the Heart Sufi Community
Sierra Sufi Circle: Nevada City area events email for info

Southwest Sufi Community news GO
Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan GO
About Hazrat Inayat Khan / original lecture texts available GO
Writings and recordings of teachings of Murshid Samuel Lewis GO


FROM THE BOWL OF SAKI: Love is as the water of the Ganges; it is in itself a purification. Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Commentary from Hazrat Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti):
Heart heals heart. Heart may contract or expand. Its expansion is caused by Ishk; this brings healing and joy and this joy touches every corner of the Universe. The lover is as the sun which radiates energy everywhere. This cannot be explained; it is the nature of love, it is the quality of Ishk, it is the Sifat of God.

Commentary on The Bowl of Saki of Hazrat Inayat Khan
by Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti
(c) 1978 Sufi Ruhaniat International, 410 Precita Avenue, San Francisco CA 94110