Sunday, 25 May 2008

Healing Service Starting Again on Tuesdays

Dear Beloved, As you know the regular healing service stopped because Sami'ullah the conductor has moved. It is now starting again on Tuesdays 10 am every week. For further information or to give names for healing, please contact Val Shafia 09-236-9083 or 027-479-0068 email kimshafia@yahoo.co.nz

Saturday, 24 May 2008

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.

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Our congratulations to Kapil and Daisy



Kapil and Daisy got married on 6 May in Manila and are on their honeymoon in the Philippines. Congratulations to you both. We look forward to meeting Daisy at Sharda.

Saturday, 17 May 2008

New Workshop for 4-5 July


Working with the Ascended Masters

This informal retreat will introduce people to the living lineage of the Ascended Masters, Holders of the Eternal Light, and to the work of the Planetary Tantric school within New Zealand.



Virochana and Whitecloud Khalsa, adepts of the Eternal Lineage, are a twin ray couple and the founders of Sacred Mountain Retreat in Colorado.

They are highly trained in all the skillful means necessary to achieve the ascended body from the beloved earth, Panchamama, Papatuanuku,

Friday night and Saturday $95 (inc Friday night stay).
Bring ready food to share on Friday night 7 pm for 8 pm start. Bring own breakfast and food to share for Saturday lunch.

Single session carges are $25 (Fri only), $60 (Sat only)

Contact Whitecloud at whitecloud@amigo.net or go to her website www.sacredmountainretreat.org Also you can contact Ben at shardacentre@ihug.co.nz for accommodation bookings.


Friday, 16 May 2008

Mara and Janardhan runs yoga retreat

Mara and Janardhan are leading a yoga retreat at Sharda this weekend. What is unusual is that neither they, nor their group, have been to Sharda before. They run the Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditation Retreat in Northern Queensland. I caught them taking their group for a walk on the grounds....

Janardhan leading the way through the Sacred Wood..

From the dark........











Into the light.......

















Up the Temple Road...

















Blind.....





But joyous......

















In a circle at the end.

















"And did you know it was me tickling you with this?" said Mara.


















Thank you Mara and Janardhan for all the fun, joy and love you brought here.

Sharda in late Autumn

In late Autumn, the scenery at Sharda changes.....Exotic trees turn more colourful.










































Pukekohe town in the distance is seen through mist......






















The vegetable garden too gets ready for Winter...