Portland Sufi Community

Sufi Illumination Group
Tuesday evenings, 6-7:30 pm
April 3- June 2012
Drop-ins always welcome
AT: Our House of Portland upstairs conference room
2727 SE Alder Street, Portland, 27214

Come drink from the well of ancient Shadhili teachings and the hearts of fellow travelers. This Sufi group continues to pray and do dhikr as we read, contemplate, and share from The Book of Illumination by Shayhk Ibn Ata’Allah al-Iskandari.

This Shadhili Shaykh, the first Sufi follower of al-Shadhili to systematically explain the master’s teachings in writing, reveals mystical and transformative teachings that deeply move sincere beloveds. To quote Ibn Ata’Allah, “The bountiful giving of God reaches people only when they empty themselves of self-concern and restrain their hands from self-preoccupations.”

Facilitated by Hamid Werder, Nura Khan and guest teachers

Someone from our group will be at the downstairs front door to let you in from 5:50 to 6:10 p.m. After 6:10 there will be no one present to admit you. Drop-ins welcome.

We are grateful to Our House of Portland for allowing us use of their conference room for our Sufi study group. In gratitude to Our House for the use of their conference room, we comply with their tradition of bringing an item of non-perishable food for Esther’s Pantry, a food bank for people with HIV/AIDS. In addition we pay them a minimum of $25.00 per session. ALL DONATIONS APPRECIATED!

Salaams,
My Portland massage and therapeutic spa is looking for massage therapists or estheticians who use sufi healing within their practice. If you or someone you know uses sufi healing incorporated into craniosacral, massage or facials please email me at genevra@zamamassage.com

Zama Massage and Therapeutic Spa offers many different types of massage, facials and FAR Infrared therapies as well as Sufi Healing and meditation. Check out our website. www.zamamassage.com
Thank you,
Genevra Rahima Cardoso

Salaams, beloveds. Alahmdulillah, Sidi just gave permission for 2 more remote khalwas this spring on March 3 and April 21, both Saturday nights. Would you wish to MARK YOUR CALENDARS? We would love to have your hearts with us again. There is also time insha’allah to arrange gatherings of several beloveds in your communities to pray the retreat together for even more blessings.

IF all goes well, those who are praying the retreat will have the opportunity to hear our beloved guide Sidi live from Jerusalem via conference line.

Please feel free to register early by email to aishasherie@gmail.com

and send sacrifices to SSC PO Box 100 Pope Valley CA 94567 (with a note that it is for the khalwa) or call Laila at 707-965-0700 x 21. Sidi says he especially will help orphans whose fathers have died with what we give. He prays for us all, subhanallah.

thank you all for what you can give to help these who are crying. Salaams. Aisha and the Tacoma Wa Community

Imagine everyone in our tariqa coming together at the same time to remember Allah in dhikr circles throughout North and South America. One hand. One heart. One big dhikr!
Here’s how it works: On one Sunday each month, beloveds will gather for a group dhikr – at their local sufi centers or in their homes. The dhikrs will be led initially by University faculty members preceded by a brief teaching.
The celebration will be broadcast by video conference, internet streaming and teleconference to reach as many beloveds as possible.
Anyone with a high speed internet connection can join the celebration via their computer or internet enabled TV, to see the leader and the group originating the dhikr.
After the dhikr, each community will break into its own potluck celebrations. Communities that have the two-way video (LifeSize) systems should be able to communicate back and forth with each other. Everyone else can watch & enjoy.
Dhikrs to start at 12:00 noon pacific/2:00 pm central /3:00 pm eastern. Potlucks to start right after the dhikrs. This is the initial vision. We invite you to join with us on January 8th and see what evolves!
Who: You and your friends
When: One Sunday a month
Where: At your center or in your home
Time: 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT / 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET

2012 Schedule
February 12 March 11 April 15 May 20
June 10 July 15 August 5 September 9 October 14

Join Us…It’s fun, it’s free, it’s informal!

1) Mark your calendar and watch for email updates re call in or log in information.
2) Contact Hamid at paulw@lionhrt.com if you would like to host one of these monthly gatherings.

Visit www.suficenter.org to add your name to their list for updates and reminders about these events.
Sponsored by SSC & the Sufi University.
We call it the “love, pray & eat” initiative.

From Halim and Rabia Byron:

We will be holding musicak zikrs every 2nd and 4th Sunday in 2012.
We will begin our Zhikrs at 5:00pm, and expect to
finish by around 6:30.

With love,
The Byrons

BYRON Directions to Rabia and Halim’s home- 3928 North Borthwick Avenue,
Portland: FROM EASTSIDE PORTLAND: From NE Broadway turn north onto
N Williams Ave. At Freemont, turn left. * At N Borthwick Ave, turn right. Cross
N Failing St.- the house is on your right a few doors down. Go through the
gate (to the right of the front porch) into the back yard to the building behind
the house.
FROM WESTSIDE PORTLAND: Cross Freemont Bridge, to the N Kirby Ave Exit
and turn left (Cook St). Cross N Vancouver Ave and turn left at N Williams Ave.
At Freemont, turn left and follow the above directions from * 503 288-1444

Welcome to the new website for the Portland Sufi community!

We hope this website will be prove to be useful, both for newcomers who would like to find out more about who we are and what we have to offer, as well as for current community members who want to keep track of news and events.

If you have any news you would like to share with the community, or if you are hosting a workshop or event, please feel free to contact us with your news items, and we will post to the website as quickly as possible (usually within 2 business days). Your announcement will also be included in our monthly newsletter.