Purity of Heart

Mental purification is the only method by which one can reach the spiritual goal. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

We wash our bodies every day. How often do we wash our minds and our hearts? In this springtime retreat, using breath, sound, and contemplation, we will undertake a series of ablutions to freshen our spirit and cleanse our vision. Mental purification culminates in mystic relaxation, a state of calm that unveils our essential nature, a mode of being that intimately includes our day-to-day identity while at the same time sublimely transcending it.

This spring, we will return to an in-person gathering in Gersfeld (Rhön),Germany, God willing. We will also make the full retreat available via Zoom and video posted each day. You may attend in real-time or anytime you’d like by watching the video.

This program is organized and hosted by the Inayatiyya Deutschland. If you would like to attend in person, a registration link is posted via inayatiyya.de.

If you would like to attend via Zoom, which includes receiving the video each day, please sign up via the Inayatiyya’s Eventbrite Registration System. The general tuition is $220 US Dollars and $120 for young adults and those on a restricted income. If you are within Germany, please continue to pay for Zoom access directly to your national Secretariat.

Translation for French, Turkish, German and English will be available.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
The program will begin on Thursday, April 14th and go through Monday, April 18th, 2022. Please see the daily times below for Richmond (EDT) and Germany (CET). To check the corresponding time for your location, please visit timeanddate.com.
Recordings of the Morning Meditation and Session One will be available 30 minutes after the live session every day.

THURSDAY
Session One In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 3:30 – 5:15 am Richmond (EDT)
• 9:30 – 11:15 am Germany (CET)

Session Two In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 8:45 – 10:30 am Richmond (EDT)
• 2:45 – 4:30 pm Germany (CET)

Session Three In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 11:00 – 12:30 pm (EDT)
• 5:00 – 6:30 pm (CET)

FRIDAY – SUNDAY
Morning Meditation In-Person & Online w/ Amaité Willand

• 1:00 – 2:00 am Richmond (EDT)
• 7:00 – 8:00 am Germany (CET)

Session One In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 3:30 – 5:15 am Richmond (EDT)
• 9:30 – 11:15 am Germany (CET)

Session Two In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 8:45 – 10:30 am Richmond (EDT)
• 2:45 – 4:30 pm Germany (CET)

Session Three In-Person & Online w/ Pir Zia

• 11:00 – 12:30 pm (EDT)
• 5:00 – 6:30 pm (CET)

MONDAY
Morning Meditation In-Person & Online w/ Amaité Willand

• 1:00 – 2:00 am Richmond (EDT)
• 7:00 – 8:00 am Germany (CET)

Universal Worship

• 4:00 – 6:30 am Richmond (EDT)
• 10:00 – 12:30 pm Germany (CET)

EVENING PROGRAMS

• Friday evening: 8:00 pm (CET) / 2:00 pm (EDT) Concert 
• Saturday evening: 8:00 pm (CET) / 2:00 pm (EDT) Zikr
• Sunday evening: 8:00 pm (CET) / 2:00 pm (EDT) Dances of Universal Peace (only In-Person, this event will not be streamed)
  

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about our program, and you are located outside of Germany, please email astana@inayatiyya.org. If you live within Germany, please contact your Secretariat under sekretariat@inayatiyya.de

A note from the organizers:

Dear Inayatiyya Family Worldwide,
 
Amidst all the hardship and suffering during the pandemic over the past two years, it has been a great joy and a real ray of hope to experience the connectedness with all of you around the globe in the many online events.
 
When we had to cancel our traditional Easter retreat in Gersfeld on site because of the pandemic and change it into a Zoom event, we had doubts that this could work well … and then we were just overwhelmed by the experience of feeling deeply united with the whole international community in our attunements! Our deepest gratitude to you all!
 
Now we are in the process of organizing this year’s retreat again locally (still with various pandemic constraints) and are happy to be able to provide a parallel zoom streaming to all of you, our beloved companions around the world. The different translations will be streamed in separate channels. 

Please excuse if the schedule is – due to the different time zones – not so convenient for you . We will do our best to make the sessions available within 30 minutes after the live streaming. 
 
We very much hope to see you online and send our very best wishes and much love to you all!

Atiya and Nura…. for our whole Inayatiyya Deutschland
seminare@inayatiyya.de
www.inayatiyya.de

BIOGRAPHY
Pir Zia Inayat Khan carries the Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. He received his Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University. His books include Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity, and the Mystical Quest, Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions, and Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Suluk Academy. Now based in Richmond, Virginia, he and his family live both in the United States and France.

Zumurrud Butta serves as Vice President of the Inner School of the Inayatiyya in Europe and leads the Inner School in Germany. She offers individual and group retreats and retreat guide training, has taught at Suluk Academy in North America and Europe and is serving on the Suluk Global Committee. Zumurrud teaches courses on Sufi mysticism in Europe and online, with a focus on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Ibn ´Arabi and the female transmission of mysticism.