Time for the Wild Video Experience

NOTE: I will be at Northwest Sufi Camp next week and then in Berkeley for school the rest of August – so there may be less of these blog posts (although I expect to be able to do some during that time).

As we all know, one of the best cures for despair and overwhelm is to get into the forests and wild places and allow them to heal you. The trees and the animals and the mycelium and the dirt, as well as the ancestors whose bones you walk upon, are all there eagerly awaiting your open heart to join them and feel their genuine and never-ending love, compassion, affection, and healing, connected energy.

So, get into nature as often and for as long as possible. But for those in-between times, here is a quick reminder and dose of beauty. Have a good sound system or earphones and let yourself sink into this experience.

From the site:
“In a short and strikingly beautiful cinematic journey to wild places we are asked to think about how we are leaving the natural world for generations to come. What if our children’s children could never lay eyes on wild country because it is already destroyed? Spending time in the wild is not a past-time, the narrator tells us, rather it is a biological necessity like water, air and food. The video ends on a hopeful note, pointing out that thousands of people are spending their time working to leave their areas better than when they arrived.”

Click on the link below to experience this video journey:

Time For the Wild

Dances of Universal Peace this week!

NOTE: I will be at Northwest Sufi Camp next week and then in Berkeley for school the rest of August – so there may be less of these blog posts (although I expect to be able to do some during that time).

Aug 7 – Dances of Universal Peace at Keystone Congregational Church – Wednesday nights as always, beginning at 7:30 pm and ending at 9:30 pm.

Keystone Congregational Church – 5019 Keystone Pl N, Seattle, WA 98103
Google Maps

All are welcome – donations accepted but no one turned away for lack of funds.

All dances are taught and relatively simple.

Fragrance-Free please due to allergies.

Aug 9 – Dances of Universal Peace in Shoreline – From sister Hayra:

It’s cool inside!
Please join Hayra and Zarifah
with Shakur Allah and other favorites.

These Dances are comprised of simple circle movements to rich live music, inspired by wisdom traditions from around the globe.

Each Dance is taught, no need to bring a partner, no experience necessary.
Come as you are or dress elegantly. Comfortable shoes or bare feet recommended.

Shoreline Peace Dance
Friday, August 9th, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
and every 2nd Friday
~NAMASTE YOGA STUDIO
The Evergreen Building
18021 15th Ave. NE, Suite 101
Shoreline, WA 98155
map- Namaste Yoga Studio

Ample Parking
~Suggested donation $5-15.
You are welcome regardless of funds.
ADA accessible.

All are welcome and will be included.

Got Questions? 
Ginger Hayra, hayrafatah@gmail.com 206 546-6092
Zarifah Spain, zarifahsings@outlook.com 541 337-4604
or Elizabeth Dequine, edequine@gmail.com, 206 612-5913
Shoreline Peace Dancing

Zikr and Potluck in Lake City Aug 3

Seattle Sufi Ruhaniat Int’l

Saturday, August 3, 2019

6 pm POTLUCK        7 pm ZIKR & TURNING

LAKE CITY • 2844 NE 117th Street • Seattle, WA 98125

❤

INFORMATION(206) 850-2111 halway@comcast.net

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Beneficent.
Sing Ya Allah, and let Your song be one of triumph for the world!
Sing, O humanity, and let your song be one of rejoicing in your God!
Sing, O heart, and let your ebullient harp-strings resound!
Sing, O breath, and let your flute-notes penetrate the air!
For in this time of trepidation and uncertainty,
In this time when humanity fears even its own endeavors,
When the fear toward God is but a shadow of that fear,
Hearts and minds and inner beings have lost their anchors
And the Word of Allah by which heavens and earth were made
Has been turned into a complicated mystery
Which the human ego-mind does not comprehend.
Let the soul now sing that it become utterly triumphant,
Let the soul now sing that it become totally free.
That murmurs and forebodings be dispersed.
And the universal Light become known to all.

The Jerusalem Trilogy

SUFI MURSHID Samuel Lewis