Report on the Cherag Training weekend 3-4 May 2008

The Theme of the Cherag Training weekend was on the Message. All of those who were in the training participated in the service, lighting candles and doing the readings. Some were courageous in taking a first step in participating in the Universal Worship service. Mansur took the taper for the first time, saying the Invocation and lighting the candles representing the indigenous peoples, the Hindu Religion, the Buddhist Traditions and the Zoroastrian religion. Trish carried the dignity of a Cherag as she read from the scriptures of Islam and from the Gayan. We felt blessed, informed and the light of our hearts was rekindled by being in the group of sincere and dedicated Cherags. Sirrallah gave the talk with some readings taken from the religious gathekas on the theme of the Message. In his talk Sirrallah deepened our understanding of the Message and the work that Pir O Murshid hoped we would understand and embody as Cherags. Sirrallah also read to us about needed understanding at this time on the planet that there is One Spirit of Guidance, One All Loving and Merciful God coming through each of the Great Messengers who brought the religions to the world.
Jamila supported Sirrallah in the talk and felt inspired to share an image of the Universal Worship altar being like the heart of the World, a living heart of living lights.
Maybe it was because we had spent a day and a half contemplating the teachings for Cherags and the deeper meaning and intention that Murshid had for the Universal Worship. Was it possible that the the altar seemed to burn more brightly and come to life because the hearts of each Cherag had been rekindled so that the living light from the Source of light and love was glowing in each of our hearts? Posted by Jamila.