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Discovering Unity

1 June 2014 11:00 to 15 June 2014 14:00
Rumi’s Cave, 26 Willesden Lane NW6 7ST
Rumi's Cave and Beshara School

Our premise is the ultimate unity of all existence. The course’s development reflects this unity as it reveals itself by degrees in our everyday experience, as light and love, knowledge and beauty. It is a journey of self-enquiry and discovery of the unified whole that is our human nature.

This course is facilitated by Aaron Cass of the Beshara School and is based on material and a structure developed by the School for the completely independent use of its students.  

Dates: Sunday June 1st, 8th and 15th
Time: 11am–2pm
Location: Rumi’s Cave, 26 Willesden Lane NW6 7ST
Bookings: www.unitycourse.eventbrite.co.uk
Cost: £45 including full course materials (concessions available upon request) 
Website:http://rumis.org/2014/05/20/discover-unity-rumi-ibn-arabi/

The course consists of three afternoon meetings held weekly over three consecutive weeks, together with personal enquiry through selected readings, audio, video and contemplative daily practice at home. Its inspiration and direction derive principally from the teachings of two spiritual giants of the 13th Century, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi and Jalaluddin Rumi.

The course material and its method have been distilled from forty years experience of running Beshara School courses at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders.

Syllabus

Each meeting will start with a guided mindfulness meditation, followed by ‘checking in’ and discussing any questions, feelings and insights which may have arisen during the previous week. After a short break, the week’s new themes will be introduced, with discussion and notes relating to the theme including texts, artwork, film and audio material, as well as specific questions to contemplate over the week.

Week 1 (Sunday 1st June, 11am-2pm):

Beginning from the Beginning: How can we create an ideal space, within ourselves and as a group, for this course to happen? How can we establish ‘beginners mind’?

The One and the Many, Being and Consciousness: An exploration of the principle of unity and its relationship to diversity and multiple points of view.

Week 2 (Sunday 8th June, 11am-2pm):

The Human Reality and Experience: What is the place of the human being and how do we experience unity in everyday life?

Relationships What is the nature of relationship, be it to ourselves, to others, to the earth and its other inhabitants or to God and reality?

Week 3 (Sunday 15th June, 11am-2pm):

Closing the Shop that Sells Fishhooks: What kind of work is required to realise our essential reality and to become free of our habitual mindsets?

Love & Beauty: What do we mean when we speak of love and what is its relationship to knowledge, service and beauty?

Conclusions and Beginnings: A final discussion to address endings, new beginnings and to tie up as many loose ends as possible.

Facilitator:

Aaron Cass studied Ibn ‘Arabi and Rumi, amongst others, at the Beshara School in Scotland where he was both a student and facilitator. He is currently editor of the Self-Knowledge and Global Responsibility Journal.

Aaron is also an actor, musician, composer and co-founder of the Vastearth Orchestra with whom he has produced two albums of classical Middle Eastern poetry set to music, Green Bird and A Garden Amidst Flames. The music is based on and inspired by the readings from Ibn ‘Arabi, Rumi and Jili.

Our premise is the ultimate unity of all existence. The course’s development reflects this unity as it reveals itself by degrees in our everyday experience, as light and love, knowledge and beauty. It is a journey of self-enquiry and discovery of the unified whole that is our human nature.

This course is facilitated by Aaron Cass of the Beshara School and is based on material and a structure developed by the School for the completely independent use of its students.  

Dates: Sunday June 1st, 8th and 15th
Time: 11am–2pm
Location: Rumi’s Cave, 26 Willesden Lane NW6 7ST
Bookings: www.unitycourse.eventbrite.co.uk
Cost: £45 including full course materials (concessions available upon request) 
Website:http://rumis.org/2014/05/20/discover-unity-rumi-ibn-arabi/

The course consists of three afternoon meetings held weekly over three consecutive weeks, together with personal enquiry through selected readings, audio, video and contemplative daily practice at home. Its inspiration and direction derive principally from the teachings of two spiritual giants of the 13th Century, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi and Jalaluddin Rumi.

The course material and its method have been distilled from forty years experience of running Beshara School courses at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders.

Syllabus

Each meeting will start with a guided mindfulness meditation, followed by ‘checking in’ and discussing any questions, feelings and insights which may have arisen during the previous week. After a short break, the week’s new themes will be introduced, with discussion and notes relating to the theme including texts, artwork, film and audio material, as well as specific questions to contemplate over the week.

Week 1 (Sunday 1st June, 11am-2pm):

Beginning from the Beginning: How can we create an ideal space, within ourselves and as a group, for this course to happen? How can we establish ‘beginners mind’?

The One and the Many, Being and Consciousness: An exploration of the principle of unity and its relationship to diversity and multiple points of view.

Week 2 (Sunday 8th June, 11am-2pm):

The Human Reality and Experience: What is the place of the human being and how do we experience unity in everyday life?

Relationships What is the nature of relationship, be it to ourselves, to others, to the earth and its other inhabitants or to God and reality?

Week 3 (Sunday 15th June, 11am-2pm):

Closing the Shop that Sells Fishhooks: What kind of work is required to realise our essential reality and to become free of our habitual mindsets?

Love & Beauty: What do we mean when we speak of love and what is its relationship to knowledge, service and beauty?

Conclusions and Beginnings: A final discussion to address endings, new beginnings and to tie up as many loose ends as possible.

Facilitator:

Aaron Cass studied Ibn ‘Arabi and Rumi, amongst others, at the Beshara School in Scotland where he was both a student and facilitator. He is currently editor of the Self-Knowledge and Global Responsibility Journal.

Aaron is also an actor, musician, composer and co-founder of the Vastearth Orchestra with whom he has produced two albums of classical Middle Eastern poetry set to music, Green Bird and A Garden Amidst Flames. The music is based on and inspired by the readings from Ibn ‘Arabi, Rumi and Jili.

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