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Toward the One, United with All
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Rose Heart Sufi Community
Dedicated to the Embodiment of Universal
Spiritual Liberty, and Sacred Sound and Movement |
Rose Heart Sufi Community is a
non-profit affiliated center of the
Sufi
Ruhaniat International. We've been serving
North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic region
since 1993, carrying on the lineage of
Hazrat Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan,
Murshid
Samuel L. Lewis, Mata-ji Ruth St. Denis, and
others who point us toward Wisdom's way.
Our mission
statement is:
We seek to minister
to the community of
Sufi students,
teachers, and
seekers in the
Durham NC area and
surrounding areas.
This ministry
consists of a.)
supporting Ruhaniat
students and
teachers through
regular Gathas
classes, to which
initiates of other
Sufi orders are
welcomed, b.)
supporting seekers
through regular
Dances of Universal
Peace meetings, Zikr
gatherings,
offerings of the
Dervish Healing
Service and the
Service of Universal
Peace, and periodic
Gathekas classes,
c.) supporting the
area community by
offering retreats,
camps, and special
events that promote
and offer an
experience of the
unity of religious
ideals, sacred sound
and movement, and/or
the unfolding of our
soul's purpose. |
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Some of the
ongoing services we provide are:
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Dances of Universal Peace
monthly meetings
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Zikr & Sama gathering
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Universal Worship Service
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Healing Service
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Annual New Year's Eve celebration
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Annual Service for Those Who Have
Passed |
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Aramaic Prayer Dance Cycle
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Native Middle Eastern Dance Cycle
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Aramaic Beatitudes Dance Cycle
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Training for Dance leaders, Dance
musicians, and Dancers |
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Gathas classes
and retreats
for Sufi initiates
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Gathekas class for Sufi seekers
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"Introduction to Frame Drumming"
classes
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"Giving Birth To Ourselves" Frame
Drum Intensives |
We've brought you many wonderful camps, trainings, and intensives
with beloved world-renowned teachers, including:
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Shabda Kahn |
Layne Redmond |
Asha Greer |
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Wali Ali Meyer |
Saraswati Mimi O'Neill |
Vasudeva Kirbiatiev |
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Tasnim Hermila Fernandez |
Mariam Baker |
Wali and Arienne van der Zwan |
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Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz |
Mihr'un'nisa Douglass |
Akbar Eric Manolson |
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Allaudin Ottinger |
Timothy Dobson |
Radha Tereska Buko |
Vision for the future includes:
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creating an
ongoing community service project (input
welcomed!)
- creating a physical home for Rose Heart Sufi Community to host
gatherings and events
- other wonderful things yet to be revealed!
If you wish to support us with a donation,
100% of your gift is tax-deductible.
Rose Heart Sufi
Community is a non-profit 501(c)3
organization.
Click the Donate button
to contribute online via PayPal (PayPal
account not required).
Rose Heart Sufi Community Board of Directors --
Ananda Eric Pritchard, President
Shirin Julie Purcell, Vice-President
Hamid David Chaika, Secretary
Habiba Debi Niswander, Treasurer
Hayat Laurie Lindgren, Board Member
Farrunnissa Rosa, Center Coordinator |
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In Beauty is the secret of
Divinity.
– Hazrat Inayat Khan |
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