Giving is an opportunity to purify yourself and to open up a deeper understanding of how your heart wants to share and make a difference in someone else's life. When we give in this way, it comes back to us and we feel we are in service. The Prophet Mohammed (pbuh)...
This is a time of year when giving is a major focus in the U.S. culture. In many cases giving has been commercialized. We may feel many expectations from family and other communities we belong to. When we give from ourselves or our ego, we can get depleted, stressed,...
I'd like to say I'm grateful all the time because I am an avid studier of profoundly enriching Sufi spiritual tools - the deepest I have EVER studied! But the truth is, I get angry, upset, hurt and sad as much as I'm grateful. The key, I've learned, is to keep things...
Today, across the United States, many families will gather to celebrate all they are thankful for. Gratitude and appreciation are reflected in God's divine quality "ash-Shakur." Because it's a divine quality, it comes directly from God to you and works through...
I wanted to know deeply that I was loved by God. I understood this concept intellectually. Alas, my background was all about earning the Love and deserving the Love and no matter how hard I tried, I just didn't feel it. I had this picture that I was always looking...
Deep within your heart, you can discover your original God-given nature - full of purity and goodness. Our spiritual guide, Sidi al-Jamal has written about this beautiful, pure, good nature we all carry. He says, "There are two keys which open the door to knowledge...
There are several keys to lasting healing and transformation. Here are three important factors in healing. 1. Our relationship to God or our relationship to the Lord of love and mercy. 2. Receiving divine love and mercy into our heart. 3. Discovering our God-given...
We want to be closer to God. We need physical or emotional healing. We search for our life purpose. In our seeking, many of us have gone to workshops and trainings, and tried different techniques and methods. You likely experienced a change or something...
A few years ago, my mom and I were on a rare trip together. Our relationship had been pretty difficult all along. Finally, after more than 50 years, I was struck by a realization of what it was like for her to have me as her daughter! I felt remorseful about...
We wanted to share with you a short message from one of our previous students of UOS. You may or may not know Mark Silver (UOS grad and founder of Heart of Business, Inc.), but he learned Sufi Spiritual Healing techniques and applied them to his personal life and in...
