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

May 1, 2014 | Sufism

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...

Getting Free Through Forgiveness

Mar 27, 2013 | Sufism

Sometimes people have a negative reaction to “repentance” or “asking for forgiveness.” For some people, the idea of repentance can feel heavy and loaded with a lot of shame and guilt. The problem is, few people really understand what it REALLY...

How to Fine Tune Yourself Spiritually

Mar 6, 2013 | Sufism

By John Abd al-Qadir Davies, Ph.D. Every day we are faced with a stream of problems – personally, through the media, and from those around us needing help. All this may leave us wondering what is the point? Why so much disappointment and suffering? How much can we...

Understanding Shame and How To Move Past It

Feb 28, 2013 | Sufi Healing

Shame is probably the most pervasive and least understood of all human experiences. If you accept the premise that we are innately predisposed, even hardwired, for connection (connection with other people, connection with ourselves, connection with the divine), then...

Shedding Our Old Selves for a Better Life

Feb 10, 2013 | Academic Programs

Have you ever had an inner knowing, a “gut feeling,” or intuitive thought where you just knew you were hearing correctly – you just knew what action you were supposed to take next. And then after you took that action, things didn’t go so well? The problem with...