Category: Events

“The essence of God is love and the Sufi path is a path of love. It is very difficult to describe love in words. It is like trying to describe honey to someone who has never tasted or even seen honey, who does not know what honey is. Love is to see what is good and beautiful in everything. It is to learn from everything, to see the gifts of God and the generosity of God in everything. It is to be thankful for all God’s bounties.” SHEIKH MUZAFFER OZAK

POTLUCK 6:30 pm ZIKR 7:30 pm

IOOF HALL 1706 NW Market, Seattle

Saturday, December 29, 2018

NW WASHINGTON SUFI COMMUNITY

UNITY ZIKR

• At the Post: Halveti-Jerrahi12/29/18 ecotoolsllc@comcast.net(206) 713-6917

• Rifa’i-Marufi Order3/30/19 rmoseattle@gmail.com(206) 235-1902

• Inayati Order6/29/19 hafizullahsufi@gmail.com(206) 380-3833

• Mevlevi Order of America8/31/19 rumiseattle.org@gmail.com(206) 784-1532

• Sufi Ruhaniat Int’l11/30/19 (206) 850-2111

Friends from local Sufi circles, traveling the inner path in mutual respect in community for decades gather to pray, practice, update news, share food, and make a charitable contribution.

Host tariqat (1) selects a charity, (2) holds post/opens/closes,

(3) greets, (4) serves, (5) is responsible for clean-up.

SACRED ATMOSPHERE Announcements and fliers only pre/post-Zikr,

only in entry hall or dining room, please.

2019 Fifth SATURDAYS•3/30, 6/29, 8/31, 11/30 PLEASE ARRIVE on TIME

$10-$20 Home2Vashon Charitable Contribution

Also, Ballard Food Bank Canned Food Donation

Many Thanks, Ballard Oddfellows!

Please join Hayra and Zarifah in the Shoreline Dances of Universal Peace at 7:30pm this Friday, Dec 14th, as we move through the year’s darkest days, and invoke the return of the Light!

We meet at Namaste Yoga Studio, 18021 15th Ave NE in Shoreline to sing and move prayerfully together, tuning in to the inner and outer transformation, and taking it out into the world. Hope to see you there!

On Monday, December 17th at 7:30pm, the day of Rumi’s final step into Union with the Beloved, known as Shebi-arus, Lovers of Rumi will gather for the Sema Ceremony. The Mevlevi Order of America in Seattle are offering a unique opportunity to participate directly in the Ceremony, Whirling, Walking or Watching according to your preference. The Seattle Mevlevis will be whirling around the circle, but you are welcome to turn in the center space, walk with us through the meditative beginning Mukabele (three revolutions of the floor, and bowing together ‘face to face’), or be in a state of Witness from the sides. Join us afterwards for tea and refreshments.

This is a rare chance to immerse yourself in the Ceremony and celebrate one history’s greatest Mystic Poets, Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi – Spiritual Teacher, Friend of Truth and Master of the Religion of Love. We hope to see you!

Details:
Ballard Oddfellows Hall
1706 NW Market Street
12/17 at 7:30pm

$15 suggested donation

Dear friends,

Here are some events coming up in our area that you might enjoy:

SUFI SATURDAY – Saturday, December 1, 2018

“All this talk, turmoil, noise, movement…outside the veil;
Inside: Silence, Calm, Peace.”      BAYEZID BISTAMI

SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT…
PUGET SOUND SUFI RUHANIAT INT’L
SUFI SATURDAY: SUFI SESSHIN & ZIKR

2:30–6 pm  SUFI SESSHIN
Dances of Universal Peace • Practice • Sitting Meditation • Healing Service
6 pm  POTLUCK
7 pm  ZIKR & TURNING

“Words are not peace. Thoughts are not peace. Peace is fundamental to all faiths, all religions, all spirituality.”
–  SUFI MURSHID SAMUEL LEWIS

2844 NE 117th Street, Seattle, WA
INFORMATION (206) 850-2111

Dances of Universal Peace – Wednesday, December 5

7:30 – 9:30 pm
Keystone Congregational Church
5019 Keystone Pl N, Seattle, WA

An Evening With David Whyte – Friday, December 7

$35/person 
7 – 10 pm
Center for Spiritual Living
7700 Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA

http://www.davidwhyte.com/events/2017/12/8/solace-the-art-of-asking-the-beautiful-question-ntxlt

Whidbey Island Zikr – Sunday, December 9

Potluck 6:15 – 7:15 pm
Zikr 7:30 – 9 pm
Unity of Whidbey
5671 Crawford Rd, Langley, WA 

Many of us from this side of the water meet at about 4:30 pm in the parking area in front of the Azteca Restaurant on Mukilteo Speedway and carpool together. Please contact me for more information or to plan to meet us.
206-272-0580