Jun 2017: Extraordinary Effort
Shaikh Kabir in Indonesia, Ramadan Name reflections and Mahmoud Mostafa on extraordinary effort...
May 2017: Faith & Enthusiasm
Highlighting the refugee crisis, reflections on faith & enthusiasm by Jeremy Henzell-Thomas and events in Indonesia...
Apr 2017: Courtesy of the Gnostic
April newsletter: the qualitative science of the heart, sema in Texas, and the courtesy of the gnostic with Rauf Sheikh
Ya Sabur, Ya Hamid, Ya Salam, Ya Haqq, Ya Wadud
Ya Sabur, Ya Hamid, Ya Salam, Ya Haqq, Ya Wadud It is a golden time when Your Sabr is shining. We wait, knowing time is passing, patient with the Decree of God, and yet yearning… You bring us through a tunnel of Love, when first we are birthed, and in this life of longing we [...]
Ya Wadud, Ya Wali, Ya Wakil
Ya Wadud, Ya Wali, Ya Wakil O Love, continually, You are watching out for us, holding our hand when we are ill, soothing our brow when we are troubled, bringing Peace to our hearts when we have struggled in Your Way and come to know Your Presence with us, in love with us so much, [...]
Jan 2017: Sufi Chivalry
January newsletter: reflections on Rumi as Pir, upcoming California retreat, Ghassan El Jabche on Sufi Chivalry, and more...
Ya Walī, Ya Hafiz, Ya Nasir
Ya Walī, Ya Hafiz, Ya Nasir O Friend and Protector, Preserver of that which is Most Precious, the Secret within these hearts that You have written on the Tablet preserved and protected for all Eternity, help us to keep our connection with the Source, of Our Sustenance, of that Light that allows us to see, [...]
Ya Haqq, Ya Batin, Az Zahir
Ya Haqq, Ya Batin, Az Zahir Newly awakened, we witness Truth, resplendent in the sunrise and every color of the rainbow— It fits itself into any shape and walks around to manifest relationship. Interwoven, Truth to Truth we realign our strands of DNA, magnetized in strength of You; we know the Truth when we see [...]
Ya ‘Ali, Ya Mut‘ali
Ya ‘Ali, Ya Mut‘ali We love to love You, Ya ‘Ali, Ya Mut‘ali, for You lift our spirits from within Your Self to Yourself— the highest vantage point is Yours to give, and so You bestow it, upon Your servants— those who understand that in bowing low they are exalted; face to Face in prostration [...]
Ya Alim, Ya Fattah, Ya Rahman, Ya Wadud
Ya Alim, Ya Fattah, Ya Rahman, Ya Wadud Ya Rahman, so unlimited is Your Compassion that every day You show us ways we may fall short and help us to see how to open our hearts. Ya Fattah, You Who Open the gateways of the Unseen, with Your Knowledge You comprehend the best moment for [...]