Abode Village View – Week of 7/9
“Food is the nourishment of the body; thought is a refreshment to the mind; love is the subsistence for the heart; truth is the sustenance of the soul.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan
Upcoming Week’s Events at the Abode
Monday, July 9
-2:30 pm Culture, Ecology and Regenerative Design with Kevin – Razzaq Dining Hall
“This is a series involving discussion/presentation, activities, core routines of nature observation, and hands on projects. We’ll focus on eco-literacy, spending time within the thriving ecosystem of the Abode. We’ll observe the patterns of sunlight, water, soil, trees, plants, and mammals on the land and experience the ways they interact, affect, serve, benefit and adjust to each other. We’ll learn and witness some of the evidence of the history of the land and the human communities that have lived here. Then we’ll take a good look at the state of the world. And by using the tools of movements like Permaculture, Regenerative Design, and Culture Repair we’ll look at ways humans can move towards a healthy way of being part of the ecosystem.
Tuesday, July 10
**Please note that due to a private program the Mountain will be closed from Tuesday, July 10 – Sunday, July 15. Thank you for your cooperation.**
– 5:00 pm QiGong Class with Wahida – Fattah Family Room
Join Wahida for a simple QiGong class. She will teach basic principles and show how to make up natural routines for your own practice.
– 6:00 pm Community Dinner – Razzaq Dining Hall
– 7:30 pm Philosophy of Spirituality Discussion – Razzaq Library
Wednesday, July 11
– 6:00 pm Community Dinner – Razzaq Dining Hall
– 7:00 pm Zikr with Salima and Rehan – Quddus Dining Hall
This Zikr will take the place of the usual Thursday night Message Class.
Thursday, July 12
– 6:00 pm Community Dinner – Razzaq Dining Hall
Friday, July 13
– 6:00 pm Community Dinner – Razzaq Dining Hall
Sunday, July 15
– 10:00 am Meditation Class with Nur – Quddus Meditation Hall
– 11:00 am Universal Worship with Nur – Quddus Meditation Hall
“Re-Imagine the Sacred in an Uncertain World”
– 12:30 pm Brunch – Razzaq Dining Hall
Upcoming Programs
HuDost In Concert | July 19
The music of HuDost, the Neo-Folk-World-Rock Ensemble from Montreal and Kentucky, weaves a seamless tapestry of sound that renders tears and laughter in listeners, cultivating the nameless longing that abides somewhere in all our hearts and invoking total celebration.
For more information, visit theabode.org/programs/565
Abode Open House – Kinship | July 27 – 29
“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Spiritual seekers of all sorts will have the opportunity to tour the campus, learn about the land’s rich history of spiritual community, participate in ecological and spiritual discussion, and more. This is a chance to visit the Abode, meet the community, and experience the many elements of life here.
For more information, visit theabode.org/programs/571
Wahhab and Batina Sheets – Teachers-in-Residence | Month of August
Over the course of four weeks Batina and Wahhab Sheets will guide the exploration of fundamental questions and topics concerning finding, following, and embodying a spiritual discipline that resonates with our most authentic self. They will teach four Thursday evening classes [7:00 PM | August 2, 9, 16, and 23 | Quddus Meditation Hall] which will explore different topics in an open and participatory manner including the introduction of exercises for participants to practice in their daily lives to promote personal awakening and discovery related to the week’s topic. Three three-hour morning sessions will be offered [9:00 AM | August 4, 11, and 25 | The Pir Vilayat Center, Inayat Manzil] in which participants will engage deeply with spiritual practices to enhance the retreat-in-life process. Batina and Wahhab will also be leading two Universal Worship services on August 5 and 19 in Quddus Meditation Hall.
Abode Open House – Sufis & Shakers | August 17 – 19
Spiritual seekers of all sorts will have the opportunity to tour the campus, learn about the land’s rich history of spiritual community, participate in ecological and spiritual discussion, and more. This is a chance to visit the Abode, meet the community, and experience the many elements of life here.
For more information, visit theabode.org/programs/572
The Alchemy of Happiness with Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, Yaqin Joseph Aubert and Naima Khabira Brown | August 17 – 19
Pir Zia will lead a three-day silent journey through the stations of spiritual alchemy, traversing the interior landscapes that stretch from the obscurity of the unexamined life to the “fragrant gold” of the soul’s self-realization, which is the essence of happiness. Meditation, invocation, and sacred music will interlace to evoke ever subtler and vaster domains of being.
For more information, visit theabode.org/programs/560
Please check our calendar and programs pages for an extended look at upcoming events and happenings. We look forward to being with you soon at the Abode!
