BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.11.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Khankah of the Heart Sufi Retreat X-WR-CALDESC:JilaniCordelia.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20240717T120000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20240717T120000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Khankah of the Heart Sufi Retreat DESCRIPTION:We are so delighted that we will gather again at the Oblate Retreat Centre\, Thursday 16th ~ Sunday 19th January 2025 to further exp lore and develop our Khankah of the Heart. We will send out more detaile d information very soon. We hope that you can join us. Do get in touch with Jilani or Shamsia to book or to ask any questions...\n \n \n\n\n\n\ n\nsandrasunfire@gmail.com\njilanicordelia@gmail.com\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Khan kah of the Heart is a vision of a Sufi community\, a Khankah\, based not in a building of bricks and mortar\, but in the relationships between t he deep and loving hearts of its members. All fervent seekers are welcom e to join\, whether new to this or having been walking the path for many years. The core of this community will be the practices and teachings of Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti (Samuel Lewis) and the Sufi and Dance lineages that he birthed. Dances of Universal Peace will be central to our group practice. In our experience and understanding\, the Dances o f Universal Peace are rooted in the whole of S.A.M.'s teachings and prac tices including the Walks and that they will flourish more fully\, firml y attached to their roots from which they can not be separated. \nLast y ear Jilani Cordelia Prescott &\; Shamsia Sandra Sunfire initiated our gathering together with a shared purpose. The Khankah of the Heart is e nvisioned to meet in different places at different times with different people guiding us through retreats. We are living in the UK but retreat s here will welcome those from other countries and future retreats could also be held in other countries. This particular retreat will be 16th- 19th January 2025\, from supper on Thursday to after lunch on Sunday\, a t the Oblate Retreat Centre\, Crewe\, UK. Further details are on the att ached flyer. The retreat will happen just after the Urs of Samuel Lewis \, the anniversary of his death\, of when he returned to the Source from which he came. There is a hope to expand this to a week long annual re treat\, with other online and in person gatherings keeping us in touch i n between. The retreats are envisioned to serve and nourish the Sufi co mmunity and friends\, wherever we may call home\, returning to our home in the heart\, our Khankah of the Heart\, where we can gather to eat\, d ance and pray together. \nWe are guided by our teachers.\nOne who has l earned friendship has learned religion\; the one who has learned friends hip has attained spiritual knowledge. The one who has learned friendship need learn very little else\; morals in Persian is friendship (Hazrat I nayat Khan)\n...real meetings are mergings\; they change the parties inv olved leaving them more fully themselves. (Murshid SAM)\nWe follow in th eir footsteps\, walking with them. \nAs Mentors and Dance Leaders we str ongly feel that in order for the transmission of the Dances of Universa l Peace to be healthy and complete\, we need to provide opportunities fo r Dance Leaders and potential Dance Leaders\, to deeply experience SAM's Dances &\; Walks\, teachings and practices. This can provide strong roots for DUP to grow and bloom anew\, setting new seeds for future grow th in our young people.\nWe are applying for grants to start an ongoing bursary fund to enable us to support those encountering financial diffic ulties to be able to join us. This will be available to all including t hose who will in future serve and support our communities\, the young pe ople. We recognise that these are challenging times and that financial challenges are becoming more widespread and that a bursary fund will hel p our community to be more supportive and inclusive. If you are experien cing abundance and feel inspired to support our bursary fund\, please co ntact us.\nWe are committed to exploring sustainable ways to continue to gather as a Sufi Community\, financially and based on caring for the Ea rth's limited resources. This venture has been unfolding in our hearts and our lives each and every time we meet\, we nurture and pray for its past\, present and future. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.jilanicordelia.com/events/khankah-of-the-heart -sufi-retreat/ UID:d55a1080-f68d-11ee-822a-add82a014878-time.ly STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260625T132654Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250116T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250120T000000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR