The Beatles had it right…

Oct 16, 2015 | Sufism

  The Beatles Got it Right: All you need is love. Love is all you need. The poet Rumi says, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers that you have built against it.” I like to add to that, “and then...

Healing with the Sound of Sacred Text

Oct 9, 2015 | Sidi Our Spiritual Guide

I had the honor and pleasure of catching up with my dear friend, Dr. David Abdul Latif Weinthal, yesterday. Abdul Latif is one of our UOS graduates who is doing amazing work in his private practice, incorporating teachings of Sufi healing into an already amazing...

Is Mercy only for wrong-doers?

Oct 2, 2015 | Divine Names

I was talking to a friend who came to meet our guide, Sidi, and learn about Sufism for the first time. One of the teachings had been about Mercy. Sidi spoke on how Mercy preceeds us on this earth journey, and God is All-Merciful, Ever-Compassionate. My friend was...

Compassion vs. Tough Love – are they mutually exclusive?

Sep 25, 2015 | Sufism

I received this question from one of our community members the other day, and I thought it would be a great one to explore this week. When to use compassion, when to employ “tough love” – are they mutually exclusive? I posed the question to a few of...

From Unlovable to LOVE

Sep 11, 2015 | Sufism

This morning, I was listening to an interview with our UOS Co-President, Kamila Shenmen. In this interview, Kamila speaks about the experience of feeling unlovable, which she carried for the first 50 years of her life. Wow! She lived with this belief for 50 years, and...