How to Open Your Heart After it has Been Hurt

Apr 17, 2013 | Sufism

In the last article on how to protect your heart, you learned that the solution for protection is not to build walls, but to live in the deep place in your heart that holds your essential goodness and purity and is connected completely to God. But as you know, unless...

Protecting Your Heart From Pain

Apr 9, 2013 | Sufism

Have you ever held a newborn child?  You can feel the purity radiating off of them.  They are still very close to God.  We can feel the deep place in them that holds the throne of God.  The newborn has not yet experienced the hurts and frustrations of the world that...

How to Heal a Broken Heart – the First Steps

Apr 6, 2013 | Sufism

At some point in life, each of us will experience a broken heart. The feeling of brokenness might come from rejection by a loved one. It may come from deep disappointment that things in your life are not working out in a way you would like. It may come from the loss...

Life-designing from the Heart + Invite

Jan 10, 2013 | Academic Programs

It’s so easy to get wrapped up in goal-setting, seeing the physical manifestation of our goals and thinking this will bring us more peace, love and joy. At some point in our lives, most of us chase after things we soon find didn’t bring us the happiness we...

10 Tips on How to Reflect on Your Life

Dec 29, 2012 | Sufism

Reflection. It’s that time of year for most people across the world. And while Sufis are taught to be in regular reflection and seeking God’s truth in our lives, we are coming to the end of a year and starting a new one in just a few days. It’s contagious. But are we...