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The Sound of Ongoing Creation | 12 May 2023 | Songs of One Breath | Jilani Cordelia

Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.

Om Hum So Hum

Alaha Ruhau

Om Nama Shivaya

Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, p. 102 No. 67

Shining one, whose body flows with power –-

When you are astonished,
Startled or afraid,
And gasp, a shocked inhalation – AH!
Right there, right there,
Sense the vibration of that gasp on your palate.

The shimmer of that sound in the mouth
Evokes a flood of knowing,
A gush of the divine.

Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, p. 103 No. 68

Listen to the inner sound,
The one that you rode outward
Into this life,
Into this manifestation of yourself.

Savour the sound of h h h a a a . . .,
Softly continuing, resonating through
All the nerves of your body, permeating,
Expanding everywhere.

Know this as the sound of ongoing creation.

Beltane Fire | 28 April 2023 | Songs of One Breath | Jilani Cordelia

I breathe in the fire of the sun!

This world is alive and I am alive with it!

The fire in my heart is a Beltane fire,
A fire raging with passion and purpose!

Today I honour the sun,
And the movement of the Earth.
The Earth Mother provides,
And the Sky Father encourages
New life on the land.

This is the moment to remember
That even while I practice in solitude
I am a living being,
Interconnected with all life.

I am the tree. I am the river.
I am of the earth,
Growing into fullness,
Supported by the Kindred.

Hail, the fire of Beltane!
(From the Solitary Druid Fellowship’s Beltane devotional)

Fires of Love (Beltane)
Embrace the purifying flame,
throw off the cloak of inhibition.
Stoke the good fires of Beltane
and let flames fuel love’s fission.

The sun climbs high to summer glory,
unfolds the leaf and swells the bud,
delivering all of nature’s dowry
and a promise, now misunderstood.

From atom’s heart to human heart
spring passes the vitalising flame
and in each nucleus a spark
sets passion’s ardent torch aflame.

Goodfellow lies with Queen of Mai,
the goddess smiles on merrybegot.
Fires of love join earth and sky,
reaching where men and gods cannot.
(Ian R Thorpe)

Dances of Universal Peace at Om Yoga Works, Leeds, Saturday 17th June 2023 4-6 pm

Dance the Prayers of your Body, Heart and Soul!

These dances could be called body prayers: simple, gentle yet powerful movements with chants drawn from many world traditions, all celebrating Unity. Moving, chanting and breathing in rhythm together we begin to harmonise ourselves as individuals and as a group. Our bodies and hearts can realign with the rhythm of our souls. The results can be wonderful: we may experience sensations of peace and joy, heart-opening connections with others and a sense of oneness with all-that-is.

Everything is taught as we go along, so anyone can join.

Saturday 17th June

Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm

Om Yoga Works Studio

Springfield Commercial Centre
Unit 15D (1st Floor)
Bagley Lane
Farsley, Leeds.
LS28 5LY

Investment:

£15.00 of which 50% goes to Om’s foundation

Contact:

Please contact Angela for further information and to book:

Email: anji@omyogaworks.co.uk
Tel: 07786 255211 FULL TIMETABLE

Sacred Arts Community Camp – May 2023

I will be teaching at the Sacred Arts Community Camp from Friday 26th May to Saturday 3rd June, 2023.

Something to offer all ages, this family camp in the Chiltern Hills will nurture and inspire you.

* Camping in circles around a fire * Community * Friendship * Dancing * Singing *
* Creativity * Meditaion * Yoga * Tai-Chi * Storytelling * Sports & Games * Nature *
* Activities for children & teens * Acustic music * Cafe * Shop * Alcohol & Drug free *

I met the Dances through the camps, and Sacred Arts Camp has been an important part of my life since it first came into being. It’s the community where my children have been held as they grew from birth to adulthood, and where I have been held in my own growth and development over these many years.

I now lead Dances in many far-flung places, most recently having spent a month in Morocco supporting the Dances in new circles there, but it’s always such a joy to be back at SAC, and I look forward to dancing with you in the field.

For more details and to book, visit the Sacred Arts website.

One God | 31 March 2023 | Songs of One Breath | Jilani Cordelia

As we approach the festivals of Passover and Easter, which both fall during the holy month of Ramadan this year, I’m reflecting on all the powerful and beautiful potential for peace and justice which could be our focus at this time, if we choose. Let us remember our similarities more than our differences.

The following prayer, authored by Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy was used in many places in inter-religious worships around the time of the Gulf War in 1991:

Eternal God, Goddess, Source, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You.
Great and wonderful are Your works, wondrous are your ways.
Thank You for the many splendoured variety of Your creation.
Thank You for the many ways we affirm Your presence and purpose, and the freedom to do so.
Forgive our violation of Your creation.
Forgive our violence toward each other.
We stand in awe and gratitude for Your persistent love for each and all of Your children: Christian, Jew, Muslim, as well as those with other faiths.Grant to all and our leaders attributes of the strong; mutual respect in words and deed, restraint in the exercise of power, and the will for peace with justice, for all.
Eternal God, Goddess, Source, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You.
Amen.

Songs of One Breath 24/3/23 Ramadan Mubarak

Our soul is blessed with the impression of the glory of God whenever our lips praise God.– Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

Commentary by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti):

This praise is the one thing which surely pierces the mind-mesh. In the first place, the praise we give to God is the one praise for which we cannot possibly expect return; this lack of expectancy of return shows unselfishness, and unselfishness is the one thing that blesses the soul.

Estaferallah

Ya Shakur Allah, Ya Hamid

Allahu Akbar Ya Salaam: Almighty Peace

Practising Presence, Morocco 2023

I will be taking a group to Morocco again from 4-11 February 2023, with my beloved Sufi guide Muiz Brinkerhoff. We’ll be visiting the beautiful new eco-lodge, La Maison Anglaise, in Taroudant. I was lucky enough to be one of their first visitors when they opened, just before the pandemic, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s comfortable and beautiful, as well as innovative and inspiring. Bookings are going well, but there are still spaces, and flights are very reasonable at this point. You can read more by following this link: https://cecu.co.uk/br230204/