Dances of Universal
Peace
Saturday, May 24th 2014
"Water"
You are invited to swim, boat, relax in a hammock, socialize, and enjoy nature in the afternoon. We'll have some special sessions in the late afternoon, an early potluck dinner and dancing and zikr in the evening.
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May Schedule
2:00 – 3:00 Arrival & Recreation: walking, talking, swimming,
boating, labyrinth, hammocks, animals, photography
3:00 Watermelon at the cottage picnic tables
3:15 – 4:15 Registration & Set up potluck at the cottage
3:30 – 4:15 Presentation of new book by “Jai Maa” in the Gazebo
4:30 – 4:55 Sacred chanting with Rebecca “Sundari”
5:00 Blessing Circle & introductions
5:05 - 6:00 Potluck Picnic Dinner at the cottage
6:00 – 8:00 Dances of Universal Peace
8:00 – 9:00 Desserts & conversation
9:00 – 9:30 Zikr in the Gazebo ?
Come for any or all
Sunday Morning
for those who stay over or come back....
9:00 Breakfast in the house
10:30 Universal Worship in the Gazebo
with Dances of Universal Peace under the trees
Our intention for the May Gathering is Fun & Fellowship through communion with nature, each other, & the Divine, playing in or by the water, laughter, sharing a meal, & sacred dance & singing.
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Join Rebecca for a Sacred Chanting experience! We will center our hearts in devotion and rejoicing using simple chant melodies and spiritual texts. Singing meditation is a powerful cleansing tool for releasing negativity, physical and emotional pain and making room for joy! Rebecca has been writing devotional music for several years and will share some of her new musical creations. 4:30 Sat. afternoon by Beauty Lake
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Responses to April Dancing
What a Glorious Day! So many beautiful people "in full bloom" for Spring. On a sweet side note: Ceilia, Jemila & I got to see the peacock dance his mating ritual. The female looked at him & kept walking. We three Human Women were extraordinarily awed & amazed!
Katie McIntyre
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Thank you for a wonderful day. Clarke & I enjoyed ourselves @ your lovely home.
We look forward to next month.
Patti Carpenter
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I donate because I don't know any other way to help, and want to reciprocate for all I receive. The zikr was wonderful - I was so full, to bursting. I wish I were able to "hold onto" those moments better.
Tee Lee
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Summer Dance in Gainesville
Friday Evening, July 11th, 2014
United Church of Gainesville
Led by DiAnahita & Taj Loreto
Guest Leader from Chile
Save the date ~ Details to come.
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O Great Wave, wipe away,
wipe away my false face.
Awaken from my sleep
the Radiant Light.
Touch me, touch me.
I am once again beyond the beyond,
I am that I am.
Music S. McLinn, Lyrics A. Allison, Movements Wahiduddin
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Photographers Welcome!
Bring your cameras to the Dance
& snap away!
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Who knows what you'll see!
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Salima
draws on 30+ years experience studying & sharing the mysticism of love, light, life, & peace from the world's spiritual traditions. She is a seeker in the Sufi Order International, a certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace, a conductor of the healing service, & an ordained reverend (Cherag) in the Universal Worship Service.
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Boating & Swimming
in Beauty lake
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Break Through Your Threshold
with Jai Maa
Paradigms of faith-based manifestation & co-creating with God; the difference between creating from power versus force, and why obstacles are the key to expanding your consciousness. Come to the Gazebo at Beauty Lake at 3:30 for an introduction to her new book and upcoming workshop.
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Extraordinary musical experience
I played for the DUP once again, this time with a terrific guitar player Mike Felisko.. I always enjoy playing the easy bass cello lines, my low strings really resonating. Diana is getting better and better tuning into the chanting Zikr & interfaith prayers, so that people don’t have to think too much, they just bliss out. After each Zikr, we observe silence so it really sinks in.
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E c s t a s y !
Best Zikr I’ve ever experienced anywhere
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Between sessions, we ate a delicious vegetarian pot-luck dinner by the lake. Some folks went swimming. The peacocks were displaying their beautiful feathers & calling loudly (joining in the Zikr at times). Rabbits are rapidly multiplying with some cute little ones. Clare Maher
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Sufi Meeting in Gainesville
"Purity"
with DiAnahita & Friends
Wed May 21st 7:00-8:30pm
1717 NW 51st Terrace
RSVP for info & directions
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"Thy music causes my soul to dance;
in the murmur of the wind I hear Thy flute;
the waves of the sea keep the rhythm
of my dancing steps.
Through the whole of nature
I hear Thy music played, my Beloved;
my soul while dancing
speaks of its joy in song."
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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...Habits are human nature –
Why not create some that
will mint Gold?
Your arms are violin bows
Always moving.
I have become very
conscious upon
Whom we all play.
Thus my eyes have filled
with the warm
Soft oceans of divine music
Where jeweled dolphins dance
Then leap into this
World.
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~ Hafiz ~
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Universal Worship
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Sunday, 10:30-11:30 AM
The Universal Worship Service represents an ideal put forth by Hazrat Inayat Khan in 1921 to bring all of the world's religions together on the same altar, to promote understanding, tolerance, & spiritual awakening for humanity. It is a prayer service, kindling lights for the world's religions & all of the prophets who have come to earth to further the experience of love by human beings, with readings from various holy scriptures.
Hazrat Inayat Khan envisioned the Universal Worship as the vehicle to bring forth the experience of love, harmony & beauty to the world.
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Dancing by the Gazebo
at Beauty Lake
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