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Rumi Café Nights with Jilani and Friends:

Join Jilani live for readings of Rumi and other mystical poetry, accompanied by beautiful live music, on guitar, viola and percussion. There will be times of Sohbet, or Sufi teaching through soulful conversation. Jilani will also lead the group in chanting Zikr and other sacred phrases in Arabic from the Sufi tradition. 

These evenings are proving hugely popular, and have taken place in a variety of gorgeous venues with a beautiful atmosphere, and often excellent tea and cake! Check the calendar for the next time we meet, usually on a weekend at 7-9.30 pm. £10 in advance, £15 on the door. Tickets available in the calendar event.

Zikr means ‘remembrance’ and refers to the Arabic phrase La illaha il’llah, which could be translated as “no God but God”, “no reality except Unity”, “all separation is illusion”. In practicing Zikr, we practice remembrance of our inherent unity with the Divine, recognising our human tendency to forget. Chanting Zikr can be a powerful and heart-opening experience, unifying a group and harmonising the atmosphere in a vibration of grounded, sacred, loving connection.

The chants are simple and easily learned, not unlike kirtan or bhajan, but rooted in the Sufi tradition. Even if you don’t understand all of the words, you will have an embodied experience, which many describe as inducing feelings of joy, inner peace and a deep sense of connection to the Beloved. 

The Zikr journey can pass through times of high energy and ecstasy, usually ending in a space of stillness and silence, resting in awe-filled experience of Unity with All-That-Is.

Jilani is a member of the teaching circle of the Sufi Ruhaniat International, a Universal Western Sufi Order in the Chisti lineage. She travels widely, teaching in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, India and the USA as well as across Europe. Resident in the Calder Valley for nearly 30 years, she is happy to be able to share her work near home as well. For the Rumi Café nights, Jilani will be supported by other talented musicians, including usually a special guest.

Join Jilani and Salik on Tuesdays at 7:30pm UK time for around 90 minutes on zoom as we share sacred chants and body prayers accompanied by beautiful live music on guitar and viola. These meditations involve our whole being, inviting us to experience connection with each other and with the divine.

We teach all the words, chants and movements carefully each time, so beginners can easily join. The depth of peace and devotion that can be experienced, even on Zoom, often takes us all by surprise.

How to join:
The Zoom link will be posted in our regular mail-outs, so do sign up to our email list to receive it, or if you prefer you can join our Messenger or WhatsApp groups by messaging us your details. We send regular reminders on these. The link for Jilani’s email list can be found here: https://mailchi.mp/23e2d0b4c247/jilanidancing.

Donations:
We offer these gatherings freely; however, it supports our work and our ability to provide for our family and home if you are able to offer us a donation. But no-one will be turned away for lack of funds. To donate, you can send a BACS transfer to 089286 02297358 or via Paypal – paypal.me/theheartcentre (please leave the ‘Goods and Services’ button unchecked to avoid a charge being levied).

YouTube:
If you aren’t able to join us for this event, or wish to experience some of our other online offerings, we have a YouTube channel where you can watch and listen to us: https://www.youtube.com/c/JilaniandSalik
We add to the recordings regularly, so do subscribe and you will be notified when we upload new videos.

Explore the pure, joyful, direct experience of mysticism rooted in practice, song, body prayer and mantra.

Every Friday Jilani will be online, sharing chants, body prayers and breath practices from different traditions. Join on Zoom (see link below), or on Facebook Live.

These are the practices which have brought comfort, grounding and even bliss over the millennia to humans just like us, aware of our limited physical nature and our fragility, but also aware of our infinite nature, and the awe-inspiring, loving vastness of all-that-is, in which we live and move and have our being.

I encourage you to join this journey, the path of the heart, of spiritual freedom, leading to more vibrant life and awakening, and dedicated to the alleviation of suffering. Seek out opportunities to explore and encounter the bliss and ecstasy of deep connection and mystical experience.

2.30pm London, 6.30am San Francisco, 9.30pm Singapore, 11.30pm Melbourne.

Jilani Cordelia Prescott is a Musician, a Mother, a Mystic; A Leader and Mentor of the Dances of Universal Peace; a Guide and Companion on the path of Universal Sufism or spiritual freedom.

The link to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us
Meeting ID: 829 5534 9265
Password: 011140

This is free to join. If you would like to donate to Jilani and support her in her work, you can do so via Paypal – http://paypal.me/theheartcentre (choose ‘Friends and Family’ or leave the ‘Goods and Services’ button unchecked to avoid a charge being levied)