How to Grow a Rare Species

As-salaam alaykum, As we approach the end of our fundraising campaign, and of our generous donor’s matching pledge, beloveds are stepping forward to give support to the University in new and creative ways. Nura Ducca, a current 4th year student, who contributes...

Hearts on Board

As we celebrate the many blessings and gifts of Ramadan and return to a different pace in the world, we can all take a moment to treasure the wellspring of love and generosity flowing between ourselves and the Divine, and between all the beloved members of our...

A Return to Love: Year 4 of the UOS Master’s Program

By Elise Salam “I love the University. I believe in it,” says Page Zahra Janeff of Austin. Page has walked the Sufi path for over a decade and now re-enters the healing school of the Shadhuliyya Sufi Tariqa for the second time. “It’s different...

How to Open Your Heart After it has Been Hurt

In the last article on how to protect your heart, you learned that the solution for protection is not to build walls, but to live in the deep place in your heart that holds your essential goodness and purity and is connected completely to God. But as you know, unless...

Protecting Your Heart From Pain

Have you ever held a newborn child?  You can feel the purity radiating off of them.  They are still very close to God.  We can feel the deep place in them that holds the throne of God.  The newborn has not yet experienced the hurts and frustrations of the world that...