Sangha News

Lightness of Being

Lightness of Being

Mevlana Garden, May 8, 2013

There is so much magnificence here by the sea. Waves of Love have washed us, rounded our edges and purified our selves. Many of us have dedicated these last five weeks of our lives to seeking something more true, more … READ MORE


Surrender

Surrender

Mevlana Garden, May 3, 2013

Alone in our silence, keeping our energy to ourselves, we can slowly look inside – perhaps for the first time. What we find may come as a shock. Our ideas of ourselves often do not match the reality. In the stillness, … READ MORE


Silence

Silence

Mevlana Garden, April 29, 2013

My invitation is for silence, for freedom, for love. But if you are too occupied in your mind, in your plans, you won’t hear it. The first thing is to make you stop. Vasant Swaha We are stopping – the … READ MORE


Divine Light

Divine Light

Mevlana Garden, April 25, 2013

Sitting silently, in the garden of the Beloved, evening comes slow. Wingbeats overhead in the orange glow of a day surrendering to the night. Colours and sounds intensify in the timeless space of an awakening heart. Light breathes life into … READ MORE


The Time of our Lives

The Time of our Lives

Mevlana Garden, April 22, 2013

What touches the heart? Truth. Understanding. Softness. Love. Compassion. That’s what’s happening here, something starts touching you that you never have seen. We are having the time of our lives – dancing, singing, laughing, experiencing life with all our senses… … READ MORE


The Innocent Heart

The Innocent Heart

Mevlana Garden, April 17, 2013

What is innocence? We enter this world with innocence – pure presence, no ego, curious about this vast, shining world which calls to all our senses. As we get older – start school, get friends, listen to teachers, to the … READ MORE


Waves of Love

Waves of Love

Mevlana Garden, April 9, 2013

It is autumn in Mevlana Garden. The high energy of the summer season is fading, and the slower pace brings peace to the garden of our Beloved. Glorious sunsets silhouette flocks of birds returning to their nests. Like them, the … READ MORE


Sharing the Truth

Sharing the Truth

Mevlana Garden, March 20, 2013

What an opportunity we have, to sit together and to learn together! Sharing ourselves in letters to our beloved Master, touching the hearts of friends and helping them to see their own situations from different angles. It doesn’t matter how … READ MORE


The Right Side Up

The Right Side Up

Mevlana Garden, March 16, 2013

Last weekend, we had the precious gift of Satsang with our beloved Master. This life is full of gifts – if we are available to see them. To be a sannyasin is to have the courage to live now, not … READ MORE