Dances of Universal
Peace
Saturday, October 22, 2016
at Dancing Peacock Paradise
Dancing Peacock Paradise event of October 22, 2016.
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Murshid Samuel Lewis was born October 18, 1896,
in San Francisco. Happy Birthday!
Aka "Sufi Sam" or Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, he was an American mystic & horticultural scientist who founded the Sufi Ruhaniat International. After a lifetime of spiritual study, primarily with Hazrat Inayat Khan & Nyogen Senzaki, Lewis was recognized as a Zen master & Sufi murshid (senior teacher). His most enduring legacy may be the creation of the Dances of Universal Peace, an interspiritual practice that has spread worldwide.
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First Sufi Dance Flier 1970
SAM leading
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Sufi Study Circle
Gainesville, Florida
Wed. Oct 12, 7-8:30 PM
"Life Purpose II"
Continuing our Purpose Theme with Purification Breaths, Practices, Readings from Hazrat Inayat Khan, Poetry of Rumi & Hafiz, Wazifa, Dance, & Zikr.
At Taleeb's home
RSVP for directions. Mention "Sufi"
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2016 Annual Florida Retreat
Dances of Universal Peace
& Sufi Practices
with
Murshida Leilah
from Maui, Hawaii
& local leaders
Register with Suzy Stoner -
suzyheartsong222@gmail.com
Info from Sukaynah Holly - holly@thc-hal.com
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Daily rates are available for those who cannot attend the whole event
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Pir Hidayat Inayat Khan
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Shana Smith
is best known as Florida singer Shana Banana, a guitar-toting nature mom, and she is also a marine biologist-yogi who co-directs the Gainesville Retreat Center with her husband, Dan Smith. We have had some lively Dances of Universal Peace there.
In the introduction of her new book, Meditation for Moms and Dads: 108 Tips for Mindful Parents & Caregivers, available on Amazon.com, Shana stressed that mindfulness, achieved through meditation, can help us "fulfill our ultimate job as parents and effect compassion, peace & loving kindness.
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"The purpose of spiritual development is to understand the nature of life beneath joy and sorrow and so find peace in every experience."
Murshid S.A.M.
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"DiAnahita deserves our kudos for pouring all her life spirit into the dances and the teachings that underlie all the practices. Nowhere else have I seen such dedication to the One as expressed and embodied by Murshid Samuel Lewis. We have a fountain of grace and it is right here in our own back yard thanks to DiAnahita Kanoy. There is the joy, the serenity, and the pleasure of one another's company each month at the dances. And there is also something deeper still that we are steadily nurturing within ourselves and one another over time, a light that never fades but grows stronger with each passing year. For that we all owe a debt of gratitude to DiAnahita!"
Patrick Shahabuddin
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Thursday - Sunday, November 10-13, 2016
at Montgomery Center, Stark, Florida
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Daily rates available for those who cannot attend the whole event.
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In deep Sorrow & Gratitude
on the death of
Pir Hidayat Inayat Khan
of the Sufi Movement International
Hazrat Inayat Khan & Amina Begum had 4 children, & the last, Hidayat, has now left us:
Born in London in 1917.
Passed away in Munich on September 12th, 2016.
Let us recite YA SALAAM sending blessings on his onward Journey.
Much love, Shabda (Sufi Ruhaniat)
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"When the whole body is involved,
there is something deeper not only physically, physiologically and psychically, but even spiritually." Samuel L. Lewis
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"Thank you again for providing such a delightful experience. I intend to return to your lovely sacred place!" Joni
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