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...
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...
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 our faculty...
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...
Tawba is one of the foundational teachings in Sufism - and a natural part of being human regardless of religious beliefs. Tawba simply means repentance - sorrow and regret for the mistakes we've made in life. Once we recognize we've made a mistake, it's natural to...
By Rahima Schmall The Year four Spiritual Healing and Counseling class recently facilitated a Healing Intensive Retreat as a final step in their graduation process, and it was truly inspirational. Ten participants with a variety of physical and emotional issues came...
On Friday March 6th, a beautiful blue day here at the land, the University of Sufism pharmacy rx held our graduation ceremony, granting Year Four graduates Masters Degrees in Peacemaking, Healing and Counseling, and Ministry. Ministry graduate Nura Carolyn Ducca...
Management Consultant Samah Ross was surprised at how her experience shaped her career Ten years ago, when Samah Jo Ann Ross graduated from the Jaffe Institute--the precursor to UOS--she planned to transition away from her career as a business consultant and to launch...
