Being Earth Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some of Sidi’s teachings about the our home planet. Sidi spoke often of caring for the earth, her soil, plants, animals, streams, oceans and air. Sidi warned us of actions and practices that harm the...
Today we welcome a new group of students to the University and the Shaddhiliyya Sufi Retreat Center. Our Year 1 Spring class formally begins their UOS journey tomorrow. I’m not sure if this feels more like a time of conception, birth, marriage or death. The...
Recently, Nura Laird, our UOS Dean of Faculty and Chair of the Department of Peacemaking, was interviewed on a KWMR radio program called Pieces of Peace. When I heard the interview, I was blown away by how eloquently she explained the Sufi Principles of Peacemaking...
Today’s newsletter brings a message and gift for you from our co-Presidents and Alumni Committee. As-salaam alaykum beloved Shadhiliya Sufi community members, Recently the UOS alumni committee sponsored a class by our Imam Sa’id bin Yunus on the topic...
I want to offer a clarification regarding an email that went out on Tuesday of this week. I received some feedback, and I realize the message may have been misleading. Here’s what the email said: “God puts a flame in our hearts that calls us to seek Him,...
Just one simple message to share today – a saying from the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, a man of kindness and divine light. This is a simple message and a profound one. "Be kind. For when kindness becomes a part of something, it beautifies it. When...
