“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ~ Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Join lovers of Mevlana in this weekly gathering with
the Mevlevi Order of America Seattle Circle ~ a musical and prayerful evening.
Please do not attend in person if experiencing any symptoms(ie. fever, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory illness, etc), or if you have had contact with anyone you believe could be infected. Masking at our indoor Mevlevi Monday gatherings is not required, and up to the individual’s preference. Let’s be mindful and protect each other.
OUR LINEAGE Our transmission and tradition comes to us in an unbroken chain from the Sufi mystic and poet Mevlåna Jelaleddin Rumi. Rumi lived in 13th century Konya, Turkey, which was the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was recognized as a scholar and a major religious and spiritual leader. He was already a renowned scholar and teacher when his encounters with the mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry.
His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i-Tabrizi – a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Ma’nawi “Spiritual couplets”, and the Rubaliyyat. Three are prose: Fihi ma Fihi “It is what it is” his discourses, Makatib collected letters, and Maialis-i sablah seven sermons or lectures.
*Suleyman Hayati Dede Sheikh of Konya, Suleyman Hayati DedeOur Dede was appointed Sheikh of Konya by Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, head of the Order and the 21st lineal descendant of Rumi. Dede visited Europe and America many times, planting the seeds of Mevlana wherever he went. He brought inspiration, compassion, and love to those who met him. In 1978 he sent his son, Jelaleddin Loras, to America to continue the Mevlevi Tradition in the west.
Jelaleddin Loras Maqam Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras Effendi was raised and trained in the Mevlevi community of Konya. Under his father’s instruction he came to America with the tasks of creating centers and training western students. He has spent more than thirty years in this service, exploring and refining how to present the Mevlevi path to the western heart. Today there are Mevlevi Order of America centers across the United States and in Europe.
We are sincere seekers on a perennially modern, and centuries old path into the Divine Mystery. We are concerned with developing ourselves through emotional, intellectual, and physical practices. We respect all traditions which seek to accept the responsibility of humanity to care for each other and our world. We do not condone the use of sacred teachings to justify violence or to further political ends.
OUR PRACTICES
“For more than seven centuries, the Mevlevi Order has represented Spiritual Civilization on the vast and bountiful earth. Its aesthetic and intellectual achievements have been of enduring importance; it has produced magnificent works of music, poetry, and art.
Wherever Mevlevis have established themselves they have made profound contributions and have nurtured and developed the most human sentiments. As much as the Mevlevi Order has cultivated the mystical appreciation of life, it has also added to the fully human pleasure of living. Mevlevihood is like a the raw material thrown transformed according to its crucible: into it is potential.” — Abdülbåki Gölpınarlı (1900-1982) Mevlevi scholar
Ripening Maturing physically is automatic. Maturing emotionally, intellectually and spiritually requires commitment, guidance, culture, a spiritual community and Grace. The Mevlevi path is a journey toward maturity.
Study Study is the first, primary and lasting practice. We study:
• Rumi’s writings, his poetry and discourses – ultimately his magnum opus and most mature teaching – The Mesnevi.
• Sacred and instructive texts
• Those with more experience – their manners, attitudes, behavior and what they attend to.
• Nature, the world around us and the miracles in the creation
• Ourselves – our attitudes, reactions, behavior, states, our real needs and our deeper nature.
Service Everything we do aims toward service. There is always a way to serve, from making a small gesture of consideration to traveling across the globe helping those in need. The commitment to serve teaches us freedom through humility and honors the connection between us all.
Sema The whirling ceremony is a formal ritual. Every part has meaning. It is a teaching linking to the infinite and transmitting a blessing to the world. A semazen is one who whirls.
Zikr Zikr is Remembrance through repetition. It raises one to a deeper contact with our True Nature. A zikr can be a beautiful ceremony with music and gestures, or an invisible prayer of the heart.
Sohbet In sohbet we open our hearts to each other in discussion and deep listening. The oral tradition is passed through stories and teachings. We share our experiences and explore questions.
Refinement Subtlety and discrimination are cultivated through music, calligraphy, poetry, cooking and all the arts and civilized forms. We appreciate and contribute to the richness of both the spiritual and the cultural.
Adab
The Mevlevi path embodies respect for the whole of creation and for every individual, including ourselves. Grace and consideration polish the heart and clear a space in us where something extraordinary can enter...
We meet in person the first and third Tuesday of every month, and virtually the second and fourth Tuesday.
A Course In Miracles,“ACIM”, is a combined three volume set of books, (Text, Workbook, Manual for Teachers) which states, “its only purpose is to provide a way in which some people find their own Internal Teacher”. ACIM is not intended to be another religion but is rather a non-dual, self-study program. Something that ICS has no doubt explored more than most organizations is that the forms different religions take when placed side by side, can be problematic and divisive even when in pursuit of the same expressed goals. Finding that common and essential unifying element then becomes the focus. ACIM touches on that when discussing some of the terminology it uses saying,
Theological considerations as such are necessarily controversial, since they depend on belief and can therefore be accepted or rejected. A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is directed.
The Introduction further says,
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
For info on in-person gatherings at the Sanctuary contact Jerry Kavalieratos acimseattle@yahoo.com For online gatherings, contact Dorothy Rhodes Dorothy Rodes dotrodes@gmail.com
Previous contact: “Kaity” Katherine Macy at kaitymacy@aol.com
Chris Holland and Dorothy Rodes, are the usual facilitators of the in person and online ACIM groups respectively. While both have worked with the material for years, they are more in a role of simply helping the meeting come together in a positive way for all attending, many who also have studied this material for years. The direction of each meeting is a collaborative process among those attending in terms of what is discussed and concepts that are focused on.
As to the benefit of the ACIM groups, most might say that they facilitate understanding, leading to a changed perception in how we see ourselves, others, and the world.
All members, officers and ministers gather to contemplate the physical and spiritual needs of our precious spiritual community.
In addition, friends are invited to join with us in this stewardship capacity where we mindfully seek ways to care take this community assuring it will sustain into the future.
Read more about our Guiding Council here:
https://interfaithcommunitysanctuary.org/events/guiding-council-monthly-meeting/
We are longtime members of the PARLIAMENT of the WORLD'S RELIGIONS
The Parliament of the World's Religions reminds us this: "We humbly ask for you to keep these 3 things in mind:
You are not alone
No one is dispensable
We need to learn to care for one another"
We are also a Cooperation Circle of the UNITED RELIGIONS INITITIAVE and have been since 2000. A URI Cooperation Circle is a self-organizing group of at least seven members who follow three or more faith traditions - including atheists agnostics and humanists - taking any kind of action to create cultures of peace, justice, and healing. https://www.uri.org/who-we-are/cooperation-circles
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ~ Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Join lovers of Mevlana in this weekly gathering with
the Mevlevi Order of America Seattle Circle ~ a musical and prayerful evening.
Please do not attend in person if experiencing any symptoms(ie. fever, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory illness, etc), or if you have had contact with anyone you believe could be infected. Masking at our indoor Mevlevi Monday gatherings is not required, and up to the individual’s preference. Let’s be mindful and protect each other.
OUR LINEAGE Our transmission and tradition comes to us in an unbroken chain from the Sufi mystic and poet Mevlåna Jelaleddin Rumi. Rumi lived in 13th century Konya, Turkey, which was the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was recognized as a scholar and a major religious and spiritual leader. He was already a renowned scholar and teacher when his encounters with the mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry.
His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i-Tabrizi – a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Ma’nawi “Spiritual couplets”, and the Rubaliyyat. Three are prose: Fihi ma Fihi “It is what it is” his discourses, Makatib collected letters, and Maialis-i sablah seven sermons or lectures.
*Suleyman Hayati Dede Sheikh of Konya, Suleyman Hayati DedeOur Dede was appointed Sheikh of Konya by Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, head of the Order and the 21st lineal descendant of Rumi. Dede visited Europe and America many times, planting the seeds of Mevlana wherever he went. He brought inspiration, compassion, and love to those who met him. In 1978 he sent his son, Jelaleddin Loras, to America to continue the Mevlevi Tradition in the west.
Jelaleddin Loras Maqam Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras Effendi was raised and trained in the Mevlevi community of Konya. Under his father’s instruction he came to America with the tasks of creating centers and training western students. He has spent more than thirty years in this service, exploring and refining how to present the Mevlevi path to the western heart. Today there are Mevlevi Order of America centers across the United States and in Europe.
We are sincere seekers on a perennially modern, and centuries old path into the Divine Mystery. We are concerned with developing ourselves through emotional, intellectual, and physical practices. We respect all traditions which seek to accept the responsibility of humanity to care for each other and our world. We do not condone the use of sacred teachings to justify violence or to further political ends.
OUR PRACTICES
“For more than seven centuries, the Mevlevi Order has represented Spiritual Civilization on the vast and bountiful earth. Its aesthetic and intellectual achievements have been of enduring importance; it has produced magnificent works of music, poetry, and art.
Wherever Mevlevis have established themselves they have made profound contributions and have nurtured and developed the most human sentiments. As much as the Mevlevi Order has cultivated the mystical appreciation of life, it has also added to the fully human pleasure of living. Mevlevihood is like a the raw material thrown transformed according to its crucible: into it is potential.” — Abdülbåki Gölpınarlı (1900-1982) Mevlevi scholar
Ripening Maturing physically is automatic. Maturing emotionally, intellectually and spiritually requires commitment, guidance, culture, a spiritual community and Grace. The Mevlevi path is a journey toward maturity.
Study Study is the first, primary and lasting practice. We study:
• Rumi’s writings, his poetry and discourses – ultimately his magnum opus and most mature teaching – The Mesnevi.
• Sacred and instructive texts
• Those with more experience – their manners, attitudes, behavior and what they attend to.
• Nature, the world around us and the miracles in the creation
• Ourselves – our attitudes, reactions, behavior, states, our real needs and our deeper nature.
Service Everything we do aims toward service. There is always a way to serve, from making a small gesture of consideration to traveling across the globe helping those in need. The commitment to serve teaches us freedom through humility and honors the connection between us all.
Sema The whirling ceremony is a formal ritual. Every part has meaning. It is a teaching linking to the infinite and transmitting a blessing to the world. A semazen is one who whirls.
Zikr Zikr is Remembrance through repetition. It raises one to a deeper contact with our True Nature. A zikr can be a beautiful ceremony with music and gestures, or an invisible prayer of the heart.
Sohbet In sohbet we open our hearts to each other in discussion and deep listening. The oral tradition is passed through stories and teachings. We share our experiences and explore questions.
Refinement Subtlety and discrimination are cultivated through music, calligraphy, poetry, cooking and all the arts and civilized forms. We appreciate and contribute to the richness of both the spiritual and the cultural.
Adab
The Mevlevi path embodies respect for the whole of creation and for every individual, including ourselves. Grace and consideration polish the heart and clear a space in us where something extraordinary can enter...
ID: Contact SiSwinKlae for log-in details.
Passcode: Contact SiSwinKlae for log-in details.
This circle meets every Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm via zoom. Every second Tues. of each month is a hybrid circle (in-person and Zoom).
The in-person circle on the second Tuesday meets in the Fellowship Hall of Interfaith Community Sanctuary(ICS) – the basement of the ICS building. We will have a potluck meal. If your way is open, please bring a prepared or nearly prepared dish to share.
All women, children and youth are welcome.
This medicine circle includes prayers, drum/music, song, stories and more.
Contact SiSwinKlae for Zoom info for all Tuesday circles at toucheboucher@gmail.com. You will be added to an email list that will send out a weekly reminder for Tuesday circles.
This inclusive spiritual practice is called SiSiWiss (pronounced See See Wiss). Ttranslated into English means sacred breath, or sacred life. The SiSiWiss spiritual practice originates from the San Juan Islands and spread as a spiritual practice all through western Washington down to Siletz, Oregon. SiSiWiss traditions also spread to many of the Gulf Islands, including Vancouver Island and much of the NW coastal areas of B.C. The practice of SiSiWiss is understood as a medicine way or path, medicine meaning healing path.
ABOUT SiSwinKlae:
SiSwinKlae shares the knowledge that has been shared with her, with all those of open heart and open mind and willingness to learn the ways of the First People of our beautiful Coast Salish region. SiSwinKlae offers the sharing and learning through SiSiWiss Medicine Circle and various ceremonies.
Interfaith study circle, led by Rich Ater & Jasper Emory, to try to answer this question for ourselves.
On the second Saturday of each month at 3:00 PM at Interfaith Community Sanctuary.
Prior to meeting we will send out a short reading by a religious leader, either past or present, to be read prior to coming and we will discuss what we have read and how it informs our thoughts on this topic.
It is recommended that if you live in the area you attend in person. Personal contact allows us to form bonds that may not be possible via Zoom. Should you have any questions contact Rich at richpsych.ater@gmail.com.
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ~ Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Join lovers of Mevlana in this weekly gathering with
the Mevlevi Order of America Seattle Circle ~ a musical and prayerful evening.
Please do not attend in person if experiencing any symptoms(ie. fever, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory illness, etc), or if you have had contact with anyone you believe could be infected. Masking at our indoor Mevlevi Monday gatherings is not required, and up to the individual’s preference. Let’s be mindful and protect each other.
OUR LINEAGE Our transmission and tradition comes to us in an unbroken chain from the Sufi mystic and poet Mevlåna Jelaleddin Rumi. Rumi lived in 13th century Konya, Turkey, which was the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was recognized as a scholar and a major religious and spiritual leader. He was already a renowned scholar and teacher when his encounters with the mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry.
His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i-Tabrizi – a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Ma’nawi “Spiritual couplets”, and the Rubaliyyat. Three are prose: Fihi ma Fihi “It is what it is” his discourses, Makatib collected letters, and Maialis-i sablah seven sermons or lectures.
*Suleyman Hayati Dede Sheikh of Konya, Suleyman Hayati DedeOur Dede was appointed Sheikh of Konya by Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, head of the Order and the 21st lineal descendant of Rumi. Dede visited Europe and America many times, planting the seeds of Mevlana wherever he went. He brought inspiration, compassion, and love to those who met him. In 1978 he sent his son, Jelaleddin Loras, to America to continue the Mevlevi Tradition in the west.
Jelaleddin Loras Maqam Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras Effendi was raised and trained in the Mevlevi community of Konya. Under his father’s instruction he came to America with the tasks of creating centers and training western students. He has spent more than thirty years in this service, exploring and refining how to present the Mevlevi path to the western heart. Today there are Mevlevi Order of America centers across the United States and in Europe.
We are sincere seekers on a perennially modern, and centuries old path into the Divine Mystery. We are concerned with developing ourselves through emotional, intellectual, and physical practices. We respect all traditions which seek to accept the responsibility of humanity to care for each other and our world. We do not condone the use of sacred teachings to justify violence or to further political ends.
OUR PRACTICES
“For more than seven centuries, the Mevlevi Order has represented Spiritual Civilization on the vast and bountiful earth. Its aesthetic and intellectual achievements have been of enduring importance; it has produced magnificent works of music, poetry, and art.
Wherever Mevlevis have established themselves they have made profound contributions and have nurtured and developed the most human sentiments. As much as the Mevlevi Order has cultivated the mystical appreciation of life, it has also added to the fully human pleasure of living. Mevlevihood is like a the raw material thrown transformed according to its crucible: into it is potential.” — Abdülbåki Gölpınarlı (1900-1982) Mevlevi scholar
Ripening Maturing physically is automatic. Maturing emotionally, intellectually and spiritually requires commitment, guidance, culture, a spiritual community and Grace. The Mevlevi path is a journey toward maturity.
Study Study is the first, primary and lasting practice. We study:
• Rumi’s writings, his poetry and discourses – ultimately his magnum opus and most mature teaching – The Mesnevi.
• Sacred and instructive texts
• Those with more experience – their manners, attitudes, behavior and what they attend to.
• Nature, the world around us and the miracles in the creation
• Ourselves – our attitudes, reactions, behavior, states, our real needs and our deeper nature.
Service Everything we do aims toward service. There is always a way to serve, from making a small gesture of consideration to traveling across the globe helping those in need. The commitment to serve teaches us freedom through humility and honors the connection between us all.
Sema The whirling ceremony is a formal ritual. Every part has meaning. It is a teaching linking to the infinite and transmitting a blessing to the world. A semazen is one who whirls.
Zikr Zikr is Remembrance through repetition. It raises one to a deeper contact with our True Nature. A zikr can be a beautiful ceremony with music and gestures, or an invisible prayer of the heart.
Sohbet In sohbet we open our hearts to each other in discussion and deep listening. The oral tradition is passed through stories and teachings. We share our experiences and explore questions.
Refinement Subtlety and discrimination are cultivated through music, calligraphy, poetry, cooking and all the arts and civilized forms. We appreciate and contribute to the richness of both the spiritual and the cultural.
Adab
The Mevlevi path embodies respect for the whole of creation and for every individual, including ourselves. Grace and consideration polish the heart and clear a space in us where something extraordinary can enter...
We meet in person the first and third Tuesday of every month, and virtually the second and fourth Tuesday.
A Course In Miracles,“ACIM”, is a combined three volume set of books, (Text, Workbook, Manual for Teachers) which states, “its only purpose is to provide a way in which some people find their own Internal Teacher”. ACIM is not intended to be another religion but is rather a non-dual, self-study program. Something that ICS has no doubt explored more than most organizations is that the forms different religions take when placed side by side, can be problematic and divisive even when in pursuit of the same expressed goals. Finding that common and essential unifying element then becomes the focus. ACIM touches on that when discussing some of the terminology it uses saying,
Theological considerations as such are necessarily controversial, since they depend on belief and can therefore be accepted or rejected. A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is directed.
The Introduction further says,
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
For info on in-person gatherings at the Sanctuary contact Jerry Kavalieratos acimseattle@yahoo.com For online gatherings, contact Dorothy Rhodes Dorothy Rodes dotrodes@gmail.com
Previous contact: “Kaity” Katherine Macy at kaitymacy@aol.com
Chris Holland and Dorothy Rodes, are the usual facilitators of the in person and online ACIM groups respectively. While both have worked with the material for years, they are more in a role of simply helping the meeting come together in a positive way for all attending, many who also have studied this material for years. The direction of each meeting is a collaborative process among those attending in terms of what is discussed and concepts that are focused on.
As to the benefit of the ACIM groups, most might say that they facilitate understanding, leading to a changed perception in how we see ourselves, others, and the world.
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ~ Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Join lovers of Mevlana in this weekly gathering with
the Mevlevi Order of America Seattle Circle ~ a musical and prayerful evening.
Please do not attend in person if experiencing any symptoms(ie. fever, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory illness, etc), or if you have had contact with anyone you believe could be infected. Masking at our indoor Mevlevi Monday gatherings is not required, and up to the individual’s preference. Let’s be mindful and protect each other.
OUR LINEAGE Our transmission and tradition comes to us in an unbroken chain from the Sufi mystic and poet Mevlåna Jelaleddin Rumi. Rumi lived in 13th century Konya, Turkey, which was the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was recognized as a scholar and a major religious and spiritual leader. He was already a renowned scholar and teacher when his encounters with the mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry.
His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i-Tabrizi – a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Ma’nawi “Spiritual couplets”, and the Rubaliyyat. Three are prose: Fihi ma Fihi “It is what it is” his discourses, Makatib collected letters, and Maialis-i sablah seven sermons or lectures.
*Suleyman Hayati Dede Sheikh of Konya, Suleyman Hayati DedeOur Dede was appointed Sheikh of Konya by Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, head of the Order and the 21st lineal descendant of Rumi. Dede visited Europe and America many times, planting the seeds of Mevlana wherever he went. He brought inspiration, compassion, and love to those who met him. In 1978 he sent his son, Jelaleddin Loras, to America to continue the Mevlevi Tradition in the west.
Jelaleddin Loras Maqam Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras Effendi was raised and trained in the Mevlevi community of Konya. Under his father’s instruction he came to America with the tasks of creating centers and training western students. He has spent more than thirty years in this service, exploring and refining how to present the Mevlevi path to the western heart. Today there are Mevlevi Order of America centers across the United States and in Europe.
We are sincere seekers on a perennially modern, and centuries old path into the Divine Mystery. We are concerned with developing ourselves through emotional, intellectual, and physical practices. We respect all traditions which seek to accept the responsibility of humanity to care for each other and our world. We do not condone the use of sacred teachings to justify violence or to further political ends.
OUR PRACTICES
“For more than seven centuries, the Mevlevi Order has represented Spiritual Civilization on the vast and bountiful earth. Its aesthetic and intellectual achievements have been of enduring importance; it has produced magnificent works of music, poetry, and art.
Wherever Mevlevis have established themselves they have made profound contributions and have nurtured and developed the most human sentiments. As much as the Mevlevi Order has cultivated the mystical appreciation of life, it has also added to the fully human pleasure of living. Mevlevihood is like a the raw material thrown transformed according to its crucible: into it is potential.” — Abdülbåki Gölpınarlı (1900-1982) Mevlevi scholar
Ripening Maturing physically is automatic. Maturing emotionally, intellectually and spiritually requires commitment, guidance, culture, a spiritual community and Grace. The Mevlevi path is a journey toward maturity.
Study Study is the first, primary and lasting practice. We study:
• Rumi’s writings, his poetry and discourses – ultimately his magnum opus and most mature teaching – The Mesnevi.
• Sacred and instructive texts
• Those with more experience – their manners, attitudes, behavior and what they attend to.
• Nature, the world around us and the miracles in the creation
• Ourselves – our attitudes, reactions, behavior, states, our real needs and our deeper nature.
Service Everything we do aims toward service. There is always a way to serve, from making a small gesture of consideration to traveling across the globe helping those in need. The commitment to serve teaches us freedom through humility and honors the connection between us all.
Sema The whirling ceremony is a formal ritual. Every part has meaning. It is a teaching linking to the infinite and transmitting a blessing to the world. A semazen is one who whirls.
Zikr Zikr is Remembrance through repetition. It raises one to a deeper contact with our True Nature. A zikr can be a beautiful ceremony with music and gestures, or an invisible prayer of the heart.
Sohbet In sohbet we open our hearts to each other in discussion and deep listening. The oral tradition is passed through stories and teachings. We share our experiences and explore questions.
Refinement Subtlety and discrimination are cultivated through music, calligraphy, poetry, cooking and all the arts and civilized forms. We appreciate and contribute to the richness of both the spiritual and the cultural.
Adab
The Mevlevi path embodies respect for the whole of creation and for every individual, including ourselves. Grace and consideration polish the heart and clear a space in us where something extraordinary can enter...
This event is Zoom
ID: Contact SiSwinKlae for log-in details.
Passcode: Contact SiSwinKlae for log-in details.
This circle meets every Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm via zoom. Every second Tues. of each month is a hybrid circle(in-person and online).
The in-person circle on the second Tuesday meets in the Fellowship Hall of Interfaith Community Sanctuary(ICS) – the basement of the ICS building. We will have a potluck meal. If your way is open, please bring a prepared or nearly prepared dish to share.
All women, children and youth are welcome.
This medicine circle includes prayers, drum/music, song, stories and more.
Contact SiSwinKlae for Zoom info for all Tuesday circles at toucheboucher@gmail.com. You will be added to an email list that will send out a weekly reminder for Tuesday circles.
This inclusive spiritual practice is called SiSiWiss (pronounced See See Wiss). Ttranslated into English means sacred breath, or sacred life. The SiSiWiss spiritual practice originates from the San Juan Islands and spread as a spiritual practice all through western Washington down to Siletz, Oregon. SiSiWiss traditions also spread to many of the Gulf Islands, including Vancouver Island and much of the NW coastal areas of B.C. The practice of SiSiWiss is understood as a medicine way or path, medicine meaning healing path.
ABOUT SiSwinKlae:
SiSwinKlae shares the knowledge that has been shared with her, with all those of open heart and open mind and willingness to learn the ways of the First People of our beautiful Coast Salish region. SiSwinKlae offers the sharing and learning through SiSiWiss Medicine Circle and various ceremonies.
This event is Zoom
ID: contact Dorothy Rhodes
Passcode: contact Dorothy Rhodes
We meet in person the first and third Tuesday of every month, and via Zoom the second and fourth Tuesday.
For info on in-person gatherings at the Sanctuary contact
Jerry Kavalieratos acimseattle@yahoo.com For online gatherings, contact Dorothy Rhodes Dorothy Rodes dotrodes@gmail.com
A Course In Miracles,“ACIM”, is a combined three volume set of books, (Text, Workbook, Manual for Teachers) which states, “its only purpose is to provide a way in which some people find their own Internal Teacher”. ACIM is not intended to be another religion but is rather a non-dual, self-study program. Something that ICS has no doubt explored more than most organizations is that the forms different religions take when placed side by side, can be problematic and divisive even when in pursuit of the same expressed goals. Finding that common and essential unifying element then becomes the focus. ACIM touches on that when discussing some of the terminology it uses saying,
Theological considerations as such are necessarily controversial, since they depend on belief and can therefore be accepted or rejected. A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is directed.
The Introduction further says,
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
Chris Holland and Dorothy Rodes, are the usual facilitators of the in person and online ACIM groups respectively. While both have worked with the material for years, they are more in a role of simply helping the meeting come together in a positive way for all attending, many who also have studied this material for years. The direction of each meeting is a collaborative process among those attending in terms of what is discussed and concepts that are focused on.
As to the benefit of the ACIM groups, most might say that they facilitate understanding, leading to a changed perception in how we see ourselves, others, and the world.
You are warmly invited to join us for an experiential evening devoted to your inner peace.
All.are welcome to bring pillows, mats, and blankets for the Sound Journey .
About Isla Ross:
Isla Ross is a Devotional Artist and Composer who offers Healing Songs, Interfaith Chants, and Meditative Music, accompanied by an array of exotic instruments. Even as a child , she was fascinated by the spiritual practices and music of many cultures.
In 2002, Isla experienced a transformative year in Europe, including a Sacred Clowning retreat in a Tibetan monastery. The lessons included Sacred chants of India. She continued studying with several sound healers in England and back in the US. In 2005, Isla found her way to the Interfaith Community Sanctuary in Seattle, where she shares music for services and events.
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.” ~ Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
Join lovers of Mevlana in this weekly gathering with
the Mevlevi Order of America Seattle Circle ~ a musical and prayerful evening.
Please do not attend in person if experiencing any symptoms(ie. fever, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory illness, etc), or if you have had contact with anyone you believe could be infected. Masking at our indoor Mevlevi Monday gatherings is not required, and up to the individual’s preference. Let’s be mindful and protect each other.
OUR LINEAGE Our transmission and tradition comes to us in an unbroken chain from the Sufi mystic and poet Mevlåna Jelaleddin Rumi. Rumi lived in 13th century Konya, Turkey, which was the capital of the Seljuk Empire. He was recognized as a scholar and a major religious and spiritual leader. He was already a renowned scholar and teacher when his encounters with the mystic, Shems-i-Tabriz, led to the blossoming of his full spiritual light. It was because of Shems that he started writing poetry.
His written legacy is contained in six texts. Three are poetry: the Divan-i Shams-i-Tabrizi – a collection of lyric poems, the Mathnawi Ma’nawi “Spiritual couplets”, and the Rubaliyyat. Three are prose: Fihi ma Fihi “It is what it is” his discourses, Makatib collected letters, and Maialis-i sablah seven sermons or lectures.
*Suleyman Hayati Dede Sheikh of Konya, Suleyman Hayati DedeOur Dede was appointed Sheikh of Konya by Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, head of the Order and the 21st lineal descendant of Rumi. Dede visited Europe and America many times, planting the seeds of Mevlana wherever he went. He brought inspiration, compassion, and love to those who met him. In 1978 he sent his son, Jelaleddin Loras, to America to continue the Mevlevi Tradition in the west.
Jelaleddin Loras Maqam Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras Effendi was raised and trained in the Mevlevi community of Konya. Under his father’s instruction he came to America with the tasks of creating centers and training western students. He has spent more than thirty years in this service, exploring and refining how to present the Mevlevi path to the western heart. Today there are Mevlevi Order of America centers across the United States and in Europe.
We are sincere seekers on a perennially modern, and centuries old path into the Divine Mystery. We are concerned with developing ourselves through emotional, intellectual, and physical practices. We respect all traditions which seek to accept the responsibility of humanity to care for each other and our world. We do not condone the use of sacred teachings to justify violence or to further political ends.
OUR PRACTICES
“For more than seven centuries, the Mevlevi Order has represented Spiritual Civilization on the vast and bountiful earth. Its aesthetic and intellectual achievements have been of enduring importance; it has produced magnificent works of music, poetry, and art.
Wherever Mevlevis have established themselves they have made profound contributions and have nurtured and developed the most human sentiments. As much as the Mevlevi Order has cultivated the mystical appreciation of life, it has also added to the fully human pleasure of living. Mevlevihood is like a the raw material thrown transformed according to its crucible: into it is potential.” — Abdülbåki Gölpınarlı (1900-1982) Mevlevi scholar
Ripening Maturing physically is automatic. Maturing emotionally, intellectually and spiritually requires commitment, guidance, culture, a spiritual community and Grace. The Mevlevi path is a journey toward maturity.
Study Study is the first, primary and lasting practice. We study:
• Rumi’s writings, his poetry and discourses – ultimately his magnum opus and most mature teaching – The Mesnevi.
• Sacred and instructive texts
• Those with more experience – their manners, attitudes, behavior and what they attend to.
• Nature, the world around us and the miracles in the creation
• Ourselves – our attitudes, reactions, behavior, states, our real needs and our deeper nature.
Service Everything we do aims toward service. There is always a way to serve, from making a small gesture of consideration to traveling across the globe helping those in need. The commitment to serve teaches us freedom through humility and honors the connection between us all.
Sema The whirling ceremony is a formal ritual. Every part has meaning. It is a teaching linking to the infinite and transmitting a blessing to the world. A semazen is one who whirls.
Zikr Zikr is Remembrance through repetition. It raises one to a deeper contact with our True Nature. A zikr can be a beautiful ceremony with music and gestures, or an invisible prayer of the heart.
Sohbet In sohbet we open our hearts to each other in discussion and deep listening. The oral tradition is passed through stories and teachings. We share our experiences and explore questions.
Refinement Subtlety and discrimination are cultivated through music, calligraphy, poetry, cooking and all the arts and civilized forms. We appreciate and contribute to the richness of both the spiritual and the cultural.
Adab
The Mevlevi path embodies respect for the whole of creation and for every individual, including ourselves. Grace and consideration polish the heart and clear a space in us where something extraordinary can enter...
This event is In Person Led by: SiSwinKlae, Laurel Boucher
Open Medicine Circle will be held on the last Wednesday evening of each month. We meet in-person in the Fellowship Hall (basement areas of the Interfaith Community Sanctuary (ICS) building)for the circle.
All men, women, youth and children are welcome.
This medicine circle includes prayers, drum/music, song, stories and more. We will have a potluck meal. If your way is open, please bring a prepared or nearly prepared dish to share.
For questions about the SiSiWiss Open Medicine Circle and or to be added to a reminder email list contact SiSwinKlae, Laurel at toucheboucher@gmail.com
This is a clean and sober gathering
The NW First Peoples spiritual practice called SiSiWiss (pronounced See See Wiss), translated into English means sacred breath, or sacred life. The SiSiWiss spiritual practice originates from the San Juan Islands and spread as a spiritual practice all through western Washington down to Siletz, Oregon. SiSiWiss traditions also spread to many of the Gulf Islands, including Vancouver Island and much of the NW coastal areas of B.C. The practice of SiSiWiss is understood as a medicine way or path, medicine meaning healing path.
(photo of SiSwinKlae Laurel Boucher and Che’ok’ten Paul Wagner)
ABOUT SiSwinKlae:
SiSwinKlae shares the knowledge that has been shared with her, with all those of open heart and open mind and willingness to learn the ways of the First People of our beautiful Coast Salish region. SiSwinKlae offers the sharing and learning through SiSiWiss Medicine Circle and various ceremonies.
