As we enter into the final week of 2015, we've been reflecting on some of the events and accomplishments of this year, and we are filled with gratitude! Gratitude to The One deserving of all praise, and to you for your love and support. Here are a few of the things we...
Well, it's here. Whether you celebrate the holiday season or not, you can feel it. In winter time when the days appear shorter, the cold sets in and the weather can be dicey - now you get to think about travel, having the kids home from school, obligatory time with...
This coming week is a time that many people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus, peace be upon him. As is common in our material world, spiritual matters can get crowded out by the demands and expectations of those times we designate as holidays. It's always...
We heard from Salih Kent that the travels to Jerusalem went smoothly, and Sidi will be buried today in Jerusalem just after the traditional Friday mid-day prayer. 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raaji'uun Surely we belong to Him, and to Him we shall return. [Q 2:156] May...
Want to catch you early, so tomorrow you can be with family, hopefully having a wonderful time. I want to share with you a couple of reasons to make every day a day of Thanksgiving, as well as every meal. This world we live in can sometimes be an intense place. It's...
I’ve just returned home from a beautiful weekend retreat at the Shadhiliyya Sufi Center in Pope Valley, California – the center where the UOS classes are held. The weekend was intended to be a time to sit with our guide, Sidi, and say farewell before he leaves the US...
You may have heard that our guide, Sidi, has fallen ill this week. He is currently in the hospital, and we believe he will soon be making his transition from the body to the world of the one Love. I believe I speak for many of us when I say our hearts and bodies may...
As we're preparing for a new Year 1 class to begin, I was thinking about the weeks before my first school session. Of course there's a story! It makes me smile and bow my heart in gratitude every time I think about it. At the time, I was working for IBM in Austin. My...
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 release those barriers...
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...
