Sangha News
Becoming available
July 15th, 2024
How to bring that which cannot be talked about into words? Impossible.But Kabir’s words hint at it: “If anyone needs a head, the lover, the disciple, leaps up and offers his.”Only when you get rid of your identification with the mind (the head), can you function out of intelligence. Because
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Kids Retreat
May 11th, 2024
The children took over Mevlana Garden! In a retreat just for them, prepared with much love, dedication, and the longing to share a bit of what we live at the feet of the Master. For two days, the Beloved’s Garden was taken by the joy, innocence, fun, sweetness and intensity
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The Master and the Hammer Frog
April 15th, 2024
When the laughter has stopped and the tears have dried,when the courageous ones have looked honestly at themselves,when the drama of this life has played out and the curtain falls, when the dreams have been dreamt and our hearts have come home,when the only desire is for peace and love.
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Jasmine in November
December 5th, 2023
How can the scent of jasmine in Novemberbe described – even with a thousand images?Or the warmth of the sun on our faces, after the long heavy rain? How can this living silence which fills usbe expressed – even with a thousand words? How can the gratitude in our hearts
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The mystery lives
July 24th, 2023
The rain drums, as I sit asking myself who I am.The temple roof emptying again and again in splashesjust as the Masters speak about emptying out all that I know. Who am I?The rain pours onto the forest floor, and the sound of the river grows louder, roaring,until I don’t
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The buttercup close
July 2nd, 2023
I had forgotten to hold the buttercup closeand let its bright yellow reflect on my chin. I had forgotten to let the soft willow leavespass slowly through my handsand to let the wind caress my neck for no gain nor reason. I had forgotten to hear the little robin’s calland
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Our Blissful Spring
May 31st, 2023
Spring has come and once more, we gather at the feet of the Master; this time,in the mountains. We dance, we celebrate and like the last remaining snow, we melt.The Beloved is on fire! He invites us to rise, to let go, to sail into the unknown. He shares with
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Crying
March 29th, 2023
After a week of laughter and warm summer days, the rain has come, inspiring us to go deeper. We gather in the Temple to cry together, to give space for whatever is there; Allowing things to come, to transform and to go. Trusting, taking shelter in the Master. For some,
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Inner Flower
August 10th, 2022
In this delicate gardento which the Beloved invites us,small things abound with beautyand the essential is available.He invites us to see the tiny flower among thousands,to hear the silence that speaks of everything,to sit, for the pleasure of being,to live the flowering of our hearts. Like a field covered in
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