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Village View – Week of January 3

Village View – Week of January 3

On a black background, text (alternating between white and blue per line) reads, "When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; but when you turn and face the sun, then your shadow falls behind you. Hazrat Inayat Khan, Bowl of Saqi - January 4." Pale yellow suns are in the bottom left and right corners.
White text over an image of a sunrise in a frosty meadow. The title reads "Winter Renewal" underneath is written "New Years Retreat Led by Aziza Scott & Yaqin Aubert." Below that text another title reads "January 9-10" underneath is the text "visit theabode.org/programs for details"

Winter Renewal: New Years Retreat

January 9-10, 2021

 

Join Aziza Scott and Yaqin Aubert for a sacred journey within to the source of perfection and freedom, and offers self-discovery and transformation! Dissolve old, unhelpful patterns and concepts of your personal identity and discover your deeper self and interconnectedness with all dimensions of being.

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The Abode is a retreat and spiritual center situated in an 19th century Shaker Village on Mount Lebanon, NY.  Each year, the Abode welcomes visitors to its historic campus for contemplative and rejuvenating activities.

 

The Abode service team is a group of dedicated people helping to tend a facility and land that have been considered sacred since the land’s earliest known stewards, the Mahicans.  The Abode’s spiritual and service focus is the basis for offering sacred hospitality to all who cross our threshold.

 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Abode has been closed to guests, and has been working on a rejuvenation of its campus structures and facilities.  

 

As 2021 arrives, and we plan for a Spring opening, we are seeking to recruit experienced maintenance and facilities folks to help us undertake day-to-day care and upkeep and to facilitate upgrades. If you are looking to apply your skills and experience to preserving and rehabilitating something worthwhile, and to belong to a service-oriented team, please see the position descriptions below and connect with us!

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Sufi Message Class

Thursday, January 7 | 7:00 PM EDT

 

Over the next three weeks, Shakur will be guiding participants on practices on Light; Compassion; Heart to Heart Connections; and Healing. These practices help us to be present and aware of our own inner light and soul. Shakur will be continuing his lessons on the Chivalric Rules in January. Over the course of the month, the class will read and delve into the final Iron Rule, as well as the first two Copper Rules. Prior experience with the Chivalric Rules is not necessary to join the class.

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For this week, the class will focus on the tenth Iron Rule:

My conscientious self, harm no one for your own benefit

 

Weekly Sufi Message Classes are free and open to all; held via Zoom on Thursdays with password: 493634

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Universal Worship
Sunday, January 17 | 11:00 AM EDT

 

Join us for January’s Universal Worship!

 

Held via Zoom every third Sunday with password: 472313

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