Description:
There is wisdom, truth and spiritual guidance available to each of us, flowing through thousands of years of evolution and millions of seeking hearts. This wisdom, found at the root of all the world’s spiritual traditions and called the Perennial Philosophy, is our spiritual inheritance as human beings and is a precious resource for our life journey. In every spiritual tradition, we are told that there is One, called by many names yet ultimately unnamable, and that we are already in deep, loving union with it in the secret cave of the heart. The entire spiritual journey is about coming home to that One.
During this mostly silent retreat we will gather in sacred community for spiritual practices from several contemplative/mystical traditions, the sharing of poetry from the world's great mystics, and dialogue of the heart. There will also be significant unstructured time to simply be, alone with the One. Retreatants may explore the beautiful grounds, pray, rest, meditate, journal and/or have a brief individual session for spiritual guidance with Janet. If you have not experienced silence in community before, you are in for a wonderful treat – deep communion happens in the silence, in the field, of those sharing such sacred space. And where else but in the midst of this is the One?
Dates: None scheduled at this time - please feel free to inquire about bringing this retreat to your location!
Retreat Facilitator: Janet (Nuria Ashki) F. Quinn, PhD, RN, FAAN
Janet (Nuria Ashki is her Sufi name) is an interspiritual spiritual guide; founding member in the Leadership Circle of the Community of the Mystic Heart; founding faculty and Spiritual Director in Residence of the former Claritas Institute Interspiritual Mentor Training Program; a retreat/workshop facilitator and an international speaker and consultant. She is a long-time practitioner/student of the Christian Contemplative Tradition and a mureed in the Sufi Order International. She also sits in a Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi dhikr circle once a week and on a horse as many days of the week as she possibly can. She lives in Lyons, Colorado, near Boulder, with her significant other, a Miniature Schnauzer named Abigail. For more information, please see www.janetquinn.com.
Questions? Please feel free to email me at janetquinn@aol.com
