Murshida Nuria Stephanie Sabato
Divine Forgiveness
Fall Retreat 2010 - Lake of the Ozarks, USA
This retreat focused on the various attributes of Divine Forgiveness which leads to liberating freedom from all conditions which arise in our inner and outer world that invoke the need for forgiveness.
Divine Forgiveness Retreat, Day 1, Part 1 from International Sufi Movement.
This video represents Day 1 (part 1) of a 2-day retreat.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Session 1: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Play Audio of Part 1 (Length 55:01)
- Invocation of Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Purification Breaths as given by Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Reading: from Physicians of the Heart, Psychological Perspective
- La El La Ha, El Allah Hu: Practice of Zikar (in English):
Union of “limited (left side/heart) and unlimited (right side/soul)” self. Head to the left sweeping toward the right and back again repeatedly. Left to right saying, “There is nothing”.
From right to left, “Only God IS!” - Reading from Physicians of the Heart, Psychological Perspective. Wrestling with contradictions and paradoxes on the Path. (Practice examples in Part 2)
Divine Forgiveness Retreat, Day 1, Part 2 from International Sufi Movement.
This video represents Day 1 (part 2) of a 2-day retreat. This video includes only the first 10 minutes of the second session. Please listen to the audio file to hear the entire session.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Session 2: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Play Audio of Part 2 (Length 61:55)
- Practices: Continued from Previous Reading
- From the Sufi Invocation of Hazrat Inayat-Khan:
Toward the One, The Perfection of Love, Harmony, and Beauty; United with all the Illuminated Souls.
- From the Prayer Salat:
Until in us be reflected Thy Grace, Thy Glory,
Thy Wisdom, Thy Joy, and Thy Peace.
- From the Prayer Khatum:
Open our hearts towards Thy,
illuminate our souls with Divine Light. - From the Prayer Khatum:
Disclose to us Thy Divine Light, which is hidden in our souls;
that we may know and understand life better. - From the Prayer Salat:
Pour upon us Thy Love and Thy Light.
- From the Sufi Invocation of Hazrat Inayat-Khan:
- Reading: Al-Ghaffar from Physicians of the Heart
- Practice: Al-Ghaffar - The Divine Quality of Forgiveness that relieves us from the suffering of continual remembrance of our faults.
- Reading: Al-Ghafur from Physicians of the Heart
- Practice: Al-Ghafur - The Divine Quality of Forgiveness that keeps the knowledge of our faults even from the angels.
- Closing: Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Dedication of Merit
Divine Forgiveness Retreat, Day 2, Part 1 from International Sufi Movement.
This video represents the first hour of Day 2 of a 2-day retreat.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Session 1: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Play Audio of Part 3 (Length 58:36)
- Opening: Singing of "Let Thy Might Strengthen Me" (Words by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Melody by Murshida Nuria Sabato)
and Singing of the Sacred Sound "Hu"
- Invocation of Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Purification Breaths as given by Hazrat Inayat Khan
- Review Reading: Al-Ghaffar from Physicians of the Heart
- Review Practice: Al-Ghaffar - The Divine Quality of Forgiveness that relieves us from the suffering of continual remembrance of our faults.
- Review Reading: Al-Ghafur from Physicians of the Heart
- Review Practice: Al-Ghafur - The Divine Quality of Forgiveness that keeps the knowledge of our faults even from the angels.
- Practice: Ya Ghaffar, Ya Ghafur
Divine Forgiveness Retreat, Day 2, Part 2 from International Sufi Movement.
This video represents Day 2, Part 2 of a 2-day retreat.
Divine Forgiveness Retreat, Day 2, Part 3 from International Sufi Movement.
This video represents Day 2, Part 3 of a 2-day retreat. This video includes the first 53 minutes of the second session. Please listen to the audio file to hear the remainder of the session.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Session 2: PRACTICES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Play Audio of Part 4 (Length 51:06)
- Reading: Injustice in Justice
from An Introduction to a Message in Our Time
by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. - Reading: At-Tawwab from Physicians of the Heart
The Divine Quality of returning to goodness and of being restored from beginningless to endless time and through all circumstances. - Singing: Return Again
© Rabbi Shlomo Carlbach
Rabbi Shlomo Carlbach Music
- Reading: Al-Afuw from Physicians of the Heart
The Divine Quality of Forgiveness that keeps the knowledge of our faults even from the angels. "The process of truly invoking Ya Tawwab is deeply healing, because negativity is transformed into its opposite. This is spiritual alchemy." (quote from Physicians of the Heart)
- Practice: Ya Ghaffar (head up);
Ya Ghafur (head down);
Ya Tawwab (head left);
Ya Afuw (head right).
(concentrate on the breath that removes all traces and impressions of the wrong doing or wound).
- Closing: Prayer Khatum
