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Dear family, Murshid Sam made the most incredible statement to me about Mother Mary (of Mount Shasta): "I will take any of her students as my mureeds." (He wound up with 4 or 5, that I recall.) Helen later drove down to San Francisco when Murshid passed and helped console us, as she "witnessed" the funeral arrangements, and the court battle to fight his autopsy (We didn't want his body cut, and Pir Vilayat showed up to assist us in this. He actually called Sam a Sufi Saint - under oath - in Marin County Court) Basira (then called Gypsy) first told SAM about Mother Mary, and he sent her and Shirin up to Mt. Shasta to meet her, and for Shirin to see a living High Priestess in action. Shirin later said she was a real one. It was this duo (Shirin and Basira) who brought me to meet Murshid, and I was hooked from the very beginning. I share these stories, as I believe that a direct spiritual connection exists between these two lights. And, am deeply touched, that I was blessed to be able to "walk with her" and "take hands" with Murshid. Murshid once remarked to me: "You call her Mother," he said. "But I'm really your Mother. She's your Father." I got it, and it's true - the Father directs, and the Mother nurtures. Mary started me out, and Sam nurtured my path. So, our gathering on Mt Shasta will bring forth these joint blessings: From Hazrat Inayat Khan (whom Mother claimed to have met in vision - she was also good friends with Murshida Bkati Engle, and of course knew all about Bakti's teacher), to The Great White Brotherhood, the Order of Melchizadeck, and the Space Brotherhoods. We will,be joined by Jeffrey Whittier (whose book on Mother Mary should be bound and ready for distribution), and Linden Carlton (Mother's driver on our trip to meet the Hopis in 1968) as well as a goodly number of senior teachers in the Ruhaniat: So far we have commitments from: Murshid Saadi Klotz, Murshida Mariam Baker, Shiekhs Jean Pierre David, Aslan Sattler, Murad Finkelstein, Siddiq von Brissen, Mansur Johnson, Sarfaraz Knight & Najat Roberts - and of course myself. Plus our own Michael Endlich, Fadhilla Bradly, and Nazruddin Greenberg; and Special Guests from the Mountain. We're looking forwards to a great time, with gourmet food, many presentations, and visits to the Mountain, Shasta Abbey (Jiu Kennett Roshi) and Widow Healing Springs. All this plus Flying Saucers. JUNE 19th (dinner) to JUNE 24th (lunch) - 5 Full Days. Please note: Staff receives neither reimbursement, nor honorarium, and pays full fees See you on the Mountain: All Blessings |
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August 27, 2010 Dear family, Well it’s once again time to put away the rational mind, and gather together for great food, Mother Mary and the Great White Brotherhood stories, plus The Mystical Mountain herself. Whoops, forgot to mention flying saucers and the Space Brotherhood, plus Widow (healing) Springs. All that and more awaits us. We will also visit Shasta Abbey, to pay our respects to Jiu Kennett Roshi (one of our beloved God Mothers), and have hot mineral baths, do walks and dances on the Mountain, and have thousands of acres to frolic amongst the trees. Jeff Whittier and Linden Carlton will be joining us. Linden was our main driver when we went with Mother to visit the Hopis, and Jeff says his new book on Mother Mary will be finally finished, printed, bound and ready. Get ready for lot’s of stories! And maybe a ‘sighting’ or two. We are hopeful of having a larger gathering. I have already heard from a number of folks who say they will be joining us - including Murshid Saadi & his new bride, Natalia - Inshallah! So, please reserve your place by sending in a deposit. I have sent mine in today. Jennifer is full at work, and is taking a break - THANK YOU for holding the Post, and dealing with the endless details so well. Ya Shakur! Jude Sargent will take over for this year, so please send your deposits to her directly. We are still working out the costs details, so hard numbers will be available soon - and will depend on where you sleep (and with whom). $200 per person should do it as a deposit. Please make your checks payable to Jude Sargent We will be gathering at Stewart Mineral Springs (http://www.stewartmineralsprings.com/), which has an all new chef, and our local DHO’ers say the food is San Fran restaurant quality! Yummy! Get your deposits in early, and guarantee your place. Where: Stewart Mineral Springs - MT Shasta. More soon. Sending all my love and blessings Yours in Service to the Real Hakim Sauluddin * * * * * * * February 2000 Dear family - Happy Valentine's Day to us all. This is just a short report on my visit to the Urse of Hazrat Inayat Khan in Holland, and two meetings we held in Germany. Firstly, allow me to say that I was given every honor at the Temple in Ketwig. Murshid SAM would be very pleased. After the formal service, I was asked to bless the cake and water - they called it praying in "the Oriental manner." We would call it singing Fathia. It was a wonderful and very moving experience. The Urse was also a wonderful opportunity to meet with some of the leadership of the Movement. I took it upon myself to encourage them all to attend the Leadership conference in April in Charlottesville. As an aside, it seems that the heads of the 3 healing activities, will meet together in April. Alhamdulliah! Arjuna from the Movement, Himayat from the Order, and myself from the DHO. Ya Shakur. We are all hopeful that this is but the first steps in the cosmic dance of Love, Harmony & Beauty. From Holland I went onto Germany: In Hanover and Berlin we had meetings with the German Healing Order, and after some strong prompting from Ananda, I initiated a number of new mureeds into the Ruhaniat. I look forwards to also moving some of the DHO'ers at our Spring meeting in North Germany formally into the Ruhaniat. After all, who has a better and more coherent study program for new mureeds than us Inayati's. In addition, it is a program that all of us "old timers" have gone through. Alhamdulliah! We shall be setting up Gatha/Githa study programs for Germany. May the Message of God Reach Far & Wide. I send you all my love and blessings on this Day of Loves Remembrance. Hakim Saul p.s. Jam Ahm announcement to be sent out in a few days - whew. |
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