The Spring of Reflection: The Living One Who Sees
International Sufi Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 9th – 13th, 2025
At a time when deep polarisation and division threaten our global community, this gathering seeks to rekindle unity among humanity, create deeper connections that bind us, and reimagine a future rooted in peace, harmony, and spiritual growth.
We are gathering to converse and remember the spiritual power of the Divine Name al-Hayy – The Living One – as a panacea for the current trend of the destruction of life. The main idea is the experience of seeing God and being seen by God simultaneously, which opens us to enter into a deeper communion with that which is al Hayy, the Source of All Life. In these troubling times of violence and alienation from Nature, the resounding call is to seek out the Well of Self-Disclosure in ourselves so that the Spring of Eternal Life can ow, reviving us and our harmed planet.
Creation has different degrees of livingness, but how alive we are depends on our understanding and alignment with al-Hayy. The unity of being and the Web of Life that contains and unites us calls us to come to the Well of the Living One. This brings us to Divine Names al-Basir (the One who sees all things by eternal seeing) and Beer La-Hai Roee – The Spring of the Living One Who Sees Me – first uttered by Hagar/Hajra during her moment of divine encounter.
Pir Zia will be presenting on Saturday, April 12th from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.
This conference invites us to reflect on essential questions:
- What is the nature of belief, and what qualifies it as authentic?
- How do we move beyond fear and competition to embrace abundance and trust?
- What does “flee to God” mean in a fragmented and chaotic world?
Themes for Exploration
Our dialogue will centre on sacred symbols and universal themes found across traditions, including:
- Water as the Elixir of Life and a symbol of eternal sustenance
- Migration as a spiritual journey toward divine connection
- Hayat e Javidan (Eternal Life) and its promise within us
- The Well as a place of divine disclosure and personal transformation
By revisiting these sacred motifs, we hope to inspire a collective renewal and deepen our understanding of unity, faith, and the unchanging Witness within us all.
For more details and to register, please contact the event organizers here: emina.abrahamsdotter@gmail.com
Date
- Apr 09 - 13 2025
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Apr 09 - 13 2025
Speaker
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Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is the author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org