June 2024
Taj Inayat ~ Teacher in Residence at the Abode
with Special Guest Murshid Himayat Inayati
When June arrives roses will be in bloom and the Abode will be filled with the beauty of early summer in New England. This will be the perfect time to experience harmony in nature and gather with Taj and friends for tea, early morning meditations, classes and retreat.
Please join in us to share this time together.
June 13-16, 2024
Group Retreat led by Taj Inayat
“There is One Truth, the true knowledge of our being, within and without, which is the essence of all wisdom.” Hazrat Inayat Khan
Life is greater, richer, more fulfilling, and magical than we can imagine from 0ur everyday mind point of view. The key to opening the hidden treasure that Life is, is the uncovering of the inner light, in Sufi terminology: our soul.
This weekend offers a chance to step back and in to the Self behind our self. We will engage in the practices of Dhikr, the Sufi practice of remembrance and meditation. The goal of Dhikr is learning how to keep our hearts open in a life that is “messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable” (Mark Nepo). The goal of meditation is recognizing and resting in our innate beingness, while not rejecting any experience that arises.
In addition to introducing a new mode of Dhikr participants will learn precise meditation steps including concentration with an object, concentration without an object (open awareness), and non-doing meditation, or resting in Being/Presence.