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

   

   

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

News for June 2010

  • RUHANIAT PUBLICATIONS now available online here.
  • MENDOCINO SUFI CAMP registration now open for part time or full time participation. Registration closes July 12th.
  • Hear recordings of the recent meeting of the FEDERATION OF THE SUFI MESSAGE now online. Click here to hear Murshid Karimbaksh's talk on "The God Ideal" now:
    (At the web site ALL the talks are available in iTunes format!)

OPENING OF THE HEART: Read a new translation of AL FATIHAH by Imam Bilal Hyde
(If the image that this link displays is too small, try clicking on it)

2010 Sufi Camps and Retreats in the West
Choose your camp(s), make your plans, register soon!


PREREGISTRATION FOR MENDOCINO SUFI CAMP
2010 IS NOW CLOSED.

If you have not been to camp before, we're sorry
we can't accommodate you this year, but we hope
to see you at next year's camp (July 17-24, 2011).

If you have been to camp before -- and you know
how to get there -- you're welcome to come to camp
if you:

1. CALL US TO LET US KNOW YOU'RE COMING, AND WHEN
YOU WILL ARRIVE. Before Saturday, 7/17, call
707-823-9264. After 3 pm on Saturday, 7/17, call
707-937-9962 and ask for the camp managers.

2. MAKE SURE YOU BRING A CHECK OR CASH TO COVER
YOUR ENTIRE CAMP FEE. Because we try to reduce
our money-dealings at camp, we will likely
not be able to provide change. If you want to
pay with cash, please bring exact change or be
prepared to make a donation of the change
you would otherwise be owed.

3. PLAN TO BRING A TENT OR TO SLEEP IN YOUR
CAR OR VAN. It's possible we may have cabin space
for you, but we can't guarantee it.

Love and light,
Kabir & Jelehla Ziemba, camp managers
Mendocino Sufi Camp
PO Box 5447
Eureka, CA 95502-5447
707-823-9264
  • South Bay All-bay Area Sufi Camp at Santa Cruz Aug 20-22 2010:
    Watch this web site for more information
  • East Bay Sufi Campout, near Oakland CA, August 27-29
    Sufi practices and meditation and Dances of Universal Peace in community, in an Oakland/Berkeley hills camping area. Very affordable. Flyer and online registration

Physicians of the Heart

CLICK TO VIEW Advance orders for limited hard bound edition, expected in a few months, are being accepted now.
Ya Rahman! Ya Rahim! Reciting and meditating upon the Qualities of Allah, the 99 Beautiful Names, is a central Sufi practice in our lineage -- opening the way to spiritual growth by way of attunement to the divine qualities living in us. As you may have heard, Murshid Wali Ali, Pir Shabda, Imam Bilal and Faisal Muqaddam and others have been meeting for the past several years to collaborate in the writing of a comprehensive guidebook to the Names, and completion is now in view. To find out more about the project and ordering the Special Edition, go here
New online carpool ride board!
Offer or request rides to local Sufi events at SUFIGO!

More links to visit:

  • 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 branch of Sufism founded by Murshid Samuel Lewis and now headed by Pir Shabda Kahn. Our new 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.
  • Humboldt County Labor Day Sufi Camp-Out September 3-6 at Pamplin Grove: "The Heartbeat of Mother Earth".

Now online: the April-May 2010 issue of
THE SOUND Journal.

MORE LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULES: Santa Cruz: Go here and Go here    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
Nevada City area events email       Raphael and Yahya's center in Oregon: selfsoulcenter.org.

Southwest Sufi Community news GO
Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan GO
About Hazrat Inayat Khan / original lecture texts available GO


    The important thing is not to think much,
         but to love much;
            and so, do that which best stirs you to love.

     -- Saint Teresa of Avila