Come to Halima's Urs (Celebration of her passing 25 Oct 2008).

It will be 3 years since Halima crossed over and we invite you all to come and celebrate the occasion.
23 Oct Fri night. See next post
31 Oct Sat. Quiet day for visits and shared meals & memories. Accommodation available.
1 Nov Sun. 11 am Universal Worship followed by shared lunch. 2 pm Meeting about Temple of Peace.

Calendar for Oct/Nov 2009

4 Oct Sun Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch.
Temple Feasibility Meeting at 1.30 pm chaired by Majid. All welcome.
5 Oct Mon Full Moon Meditation for Peace at 7 pm. Contact Carmela Lina at 09-237-8189
10-11 Oct Shamanism Weekend with Jan Natusch. Contact Jan@grafton.co.nz
17-18 Oct Mystery School with Jessica Fleming 021-167-9557
email jessicafleming@gmail.com
19 Mon-29 Mon Devi Tide's Training. Contact Jamila 0064-(0)9-818-0478
email jamilia@clear.net.nz
31Oct Sat Halima's Urs (Memorial Day) Quiet day for visits, shared meals and memories. Please come and help us keep her vision alive. Bring food to share. Accommodation available, please contact Ben 021-146-9038

1 Nov Sun Continuation of Halima's Urs
Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch.
Temple Feasibility Meeting at 1.30 pm chaired by Majid. This temple was Halima's dream.
All welcomed. Come and discuss the Temple and also to keep abreast with the progress of this group in the open monthly First Sunday meetings.
3 Nov Tues Full Moon Meditation for Peace at 7 pm. Contact Carmela Lina at 09-237-8189
7-8 Nov Shamanism Weekend with Jan Natusch. Contact Jan@grafton.co.nz
14-17 Nov Sat-Tues Tihei Mauri Ora 2 with Shafia Stevens and Wendy. email shafia@xnet.co.nz
21 Nov Sat Lightdancers with Gina Gibson 021-619-025
28 Nov Sat Yoga with Prema Caitlin
22 Nov Sun Women's Qigong with Tamara 021-255-1087
28 Nov Sat Yoga with Dr Pooja Maddela & Prema Caitlin. See earlier post in this blog. email: premayoga@slingshot.co.nz

Calendar for Sept/Oct 2009

4 Sept Fri Full Moon Meditation for Peace at 7 pm. Contact Carmela Lina at 09-237-8189
6 Sept Sun Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch.
Temple Feasibility Meeting at 1.30 pm chaired by Majid. All welcome.
13 Sept Sun Mystery School with Jessica Fleming 021-167-9557
email jessicafleming@gmail.com
25-27 Sept Celtic Shamanism with Genevieve Simperingham.
Contact gen@celticshaman.org
27 Sept evening Peace Hikoi with Michael Fleck email Michael@aroha.net

4 Oct Sun Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch.
Temple Feasibility Meeting at 1.30 pm chaired by Majid. All welcome.
5 Oct Mon Full Moon Meditation for Peace at 7 pm. Contact Carmela Lina at 09-237-8189
10-11 Oct Shamanism Weekend with Jan Natusch. Contact Jan@grafton.co.nz
17-18 Oct Mystery School with Jessica Fleming 021-167-9557
email jessicafleming@gmail.com
19 Mon-29 Mon Devi Tide's Training. Contact Jamila 0064-(0)9-818-0478
email jamilia@clear.net.nz
31-1 Nov Sat-Sun Halima's Urs (Memorial Day) Programme to be advised.
Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch.
Temple Feasibility Meeting at 1.30 pm chaired by Majid. All welcome.

Come to Halima's Urs (Celebration of her passing) 25 Oct 2008.
It will be 2 years since Halima crossed over and we invite you all to come and celebrate the occasion.

Programme Theme: A Wild Flower

Friday 24 Oct Sharing Evening
Arrivals any time after lunch (bring food to share). 6.30 pm Shared dinner
8.00 pm Welcome, introductions & sharing.

Saturday 25 Oct.
10 am Universal Worship followed by a procession down to the Temple site and the Memorial site. 1.30 pm Shared Lunch. 2.30 pm Dances of Universal Peace. 6.30 pm Shared Dinner. 7.30 pm Video Show of Halima.

Sunday 26 Oct Karma Yoga Day
It will be a long weekend and we hope some of you will also stay on for some quiet time at Sharda. Your koha of work (Karma Yoga) in the day will be deeply appreciated.
8.00 - 9.00 am Breakfast followed by Karma Yoga.

Sharda Events for October & November 2008

4-5 Oct The Path of Spiritual Retreat with Jamila Cranston-Buckley 09-817-5963 or jamilia@clear.net.nz
5 Oct Sun 11 am Universal Worship followed by shared lunch and Dances of Universal Peace.
11-12 Oct Shamanic Workshop. Contact Jan Natusch Jan@grafton.co.nz
15 Oct Wed Full Moon Meditation for Peace. Contact Carmela Lina 09-237-8189
18-19 Oct Tihei Mauri Ora - exploring Maori spirituality through the Dances of Universal Peace. Contact Shafia at shafia@xnet.co.nz or Wendy at hodderz@ihug.co.nz
25-26 Oct Halima's Urs (Memoriam). Fri 24 Arrivals (bring food to share), shared dinner, sharing. Sat 25 at 10am Universal Worship followed by ceremony at Temple & Memorial sites. Shared lunch at 1.30 pm followed by singing and dancing. Contact Sharda.

2 Nov Universal Worship at 11 am followed by shared lunch and Dances of Universal Peace.
8-9 Nov Beginners' Course in Shiatsu. Contact Val at 027-479-0068 0r 09-236-9083
13 Nov Thur Full Moon Meditation for Peace. Contact Carmela Lina at 09-237-8189
15-16 Nov Grandmothers' Weekend with Annie Bottcher. Contact Annie 027-660-0094
19-23 Nov. Psychosynthesis Practioners' Workshop
29 Nov to 5 Dec Nasqabandiyyah Retreat with Sheikh Hamid Hasan. Contact Andy 021-0250-7177

Pir Zia's New Zealand Visit - At Sharda 18 June 2008

After the ceremonial Powhiri in the late morning, we all had lunch together at the Centre. After that Pir Zia and his family took a walk to see the Sharda property accompanied by Sharda elders.

They went down the path that led through the Sacred Wood of native trees.
And through the native bush of tree ferns....
After saying prayers at the site where the Sharda Universel will be manifested one day, they came to the Peace Pole. It was here that Pir Zia proposed that an exchange of stones be made between the Abode and Sharda so that the Universel there and the Universal here be linked.
The photo above also shows Samantha Jade, Halima's great-granddaughter, playing the recorder at the Peace Pole.

ORIGINAL IMAGE OF THE PEACE DOME

Here is the original image of the Peace Dome we hope one day to manifest at Sharda. It was the focus of Halima's Vision and Reinhart Kanuka, a close friend of Halima and a well-known New Zealand architect who focusses on bio-harmonic design drew this for her in December 1999. Halima had copies of it put up all over Sharda. This is the copy of one she pasted on the inside of the door of the seldom-used wood stove in her cottage.
It will one day be used by people of all colours, all ages, all faiths for worship, music, song, dance and drama. This practice of love, harmony and beauty thus leads to Peace, hence the Peace Dome. See the bottom of the page if you want to help.

Working Bee 24 May 2008

It was our Working Bee today. We had glorious weather, clear skies, a beaut of a late Autumn day. We worked as hard as these fellows below:
There were Jamila, Hakim, Sirrallah, Maimunah, Rachman, Habibah, Rose, Radar, Alim, Aliah, Trish, Julia, Shafia, Elizabeth and Anit. It was a good time to meet and greet.

Picking up rubbish...

Cleaning the accommodation block...
Getting down and dirty
No sitting on the job...
Cleaning windows...
Walls, floors, toilets, etc.....even the bird bath

Mowing the Temple site
Like I said, not sitting on the job...
Until the place looked neat and tidy.

Everyone doing a job and knowing their place..

Well, we worked hard and had fun and satisfaction doing it. We enjoyed the camaraderie: meeting, talking, sharing meals, pruning plants, mowing grass, clearing rubbish, wiping, vacuuming, sweeping, washing, scrubbing, dancing in the evening and finishing the night by watching a video of Halima together. Many are even staying over and carrying on tomorrow.

Dedication Service and Unveiling of Halima's Memorial on Sunday 28 October, 2007

The morning started with a light shower of blessing, as on the day of the funeral one year ago. After the Dedication Service at the Centre, an urn holding Halima's ashes was carried by Annie Bottcher down to the Sacred Grove. About 50 people, led by Jamila and Eila, followed her down the Temple Road and made a winding walk round the Temple Site to the Memorial at the edge of the Grove. The unveiling was done by the youngest members and the ashes put in by the eldest. After shared lunch there was a sharing of memories followed by Dances of Universal Peace.

New photo of the funeral

I recently caught up with Kapil Arn, a professional photographer friend of Halima and of Sharda. Yesterday, he passed me the photos he took before and during the funeral. Here is one of the new photos.