Learning to Heal from….Cats?

  Do you know why a cat purrs? The common assumption is they purr when they are content, which is true. However, there is much more to it: “Purring is also believed to be used by the cat for healing. Purrs vibrate at 25-150HZ which is also the frequency...

The Only Way Out Is In

  The following article is from a beloved community member from the UK, Dr. Majid Kahn.     The only way out is in. The attempts to configure an identity grounded simultaneously in (only apparently) irreconcilable world views lies at the heart of the...

Our Promise. Our Commitment. Our Challenge.

Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal is the spiritual guide of UOS. Many of us have taken him as our personal guide as well, and in doing so, we took a Promise. Our promise includes to be honest, to be sincere, to walk straight, to follow the way of the prophets, and to...

Your Faith is Your Faith

Over the past week, several beloveds from the US and around the world attended a memorial gathering in Jerusalem in honor of the one-year anniversary of the passing of our guide, Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal.  The event was hosted by Sidi’s son Mahmoud. Thanks to the...

A Poem for Today from the Guide

  One year has passed since the passing of our beloved guide, Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal. His spirit lives on in our hearts.  His teachings live on in our lives.  His words live on in his books.  And his reminder to take the books off the shelf and read and...