Friday Day 1

Disk 1 – Introduction to the seminar and the topic, Teachings on the Nature of the Soul, Reading from an unpublished of Murshid and commentary, Experience the soul beyond the nature & concepts of our mind

Disk 2 – Meditation: Mineral, Wood, Plant, Animal, Human, Light, Dreams… Discussion which do you most identify with. More Reading of HIK paper.  Partner sound exercise – Pa, Pa   Lunch Break

Disk 3 – Breathing practice, HIK paper reading: Nature of the Soul, How does the mind see the body, The work of everyone on the spiritual path is to locate the soul,

Disk 4 -  Meditation:  Breath observation, Life & Death via the breath, Experience yourself as other than the body, practice of annihilation, 3 bodies Physical Body, Mind Body and Body of the Soul.   End of Day 1

Day 2

Disk 4 – Continued beginning at Track 4.  Have you located your soul?  How old is it?  Soulness: consider what it is. Feel it, Where is my soul? The soul has no ego, just soulness.  Zat – undefinable stillness, the absolute.  Remembrance is the act of connecting.  No good or bad souls, young or old, story Dalai Lama’s assistant, Every plane has birth and death, Impressions, How can we know the unknowable?

Disk 5 -  Shiva Story, Q&A, God Limits itself because it loves human beings so they can experience what they will, Impressions received on way here, Impressions on our Soul, exercise to list 10 impressions we received on our way here, more soul talk, movement after death.

Disk 6 – Q&A What happens after we die?  Process of dying.  Impressions, how they live and die and many other questions from participants.

Disk 7 -  Q&A When you die do you see your relatives?  How do you feel when you leave the body?  Heredity: what we inherit.  Continuation of reading from HIK – “We are born of Light”The Soul’s journey.  Islam says no Reincarnation, releasing impressions when we die, the light after death,

Sunday Day 3

Disk 8 – HIK continuation of paper.  “The certitude of Life after Death”  What comes after death is a common question we have.  Exercise:  Who is dying, Who is Living, Who are you?  Finding our own reality.   Writing exercise: Impressions we would like to be finished with or not take with us.  The Way is to die before death, the essence is balance.   2^nd part of exercise: walking around the room with Shahabuddin repeating phrases and individuals saying to themselves and experiencing each thing on their list being fully “Finished”,  discussion about the exercise, Planes of existence : worlds, dimensions, universes.

Disk 9 –   Meaning and review of the exercise.  The atmosphere we created in the practice.  Faith. Meditation:  Embryo in the womb of your mother, journey into beingness into life.  Talk about meditation and final words

This is a continuation and deepening of the Reincarnation Seminar offered by David Less in September 2012. You need not have participated in September to join in April.

As we grow in awareness from a linear, materialistic point of view to a more
holistic, spiritual experience of life, we begin to see certain patterns that keep repeating in our personality and actions. These patterns are not just the result of our environment and upbringing but are deeply embedded in our psyche.

Where do they come from?

In this three-day workshop, we will use meditation, chanting, movement and discernment to look at our individual paths of incarnation and discover the secrets of our incarnation. We will look deeply into how our karma for this life was incorporated into our soul as we journeyed to earth.

This is a continuation and deepening of the Reincarnation Seminar offered by David Less in September 2012. You need not have participated in September to join in April.

• Learn how to remember past life experiences.
• Break unnecessary patterns of suffering.
• Use the past to experience joy in the present.

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Friday Day 1
Disk 1 – Introduction to the seminar and the topic.  Pir Vilayat Great Invocation.  Silent Vow… “I Will”. Relationship between Body, Mind and Soul.
Disk 2 – Story of an early runner in the 30’s.  Stories of people near death.  Body, Mind and the Soul relationship. “The Soul is our real being… it needs the mind and the body.
Disk 3 – Meditation:Walking over the covered cloths. Stillness, Movement and experiences after death.
Disk 4 -  Q&A Why do souls incarnate in a certain culture?  Training our mind, choices about what we want to suffer for.  Perfumes- souls journey, cultures, the soul after death – family, loved ones.  Practice for the evening.

Day 2
Continued Disk 4 – beginning at Track 4.  Intro and check in from yesterday.  The purpose of life is to create more life.  Birds, Mamals, Rising and Falling Waves, Energy, Evolution, the Sun and the Moon, the Outgoing, the Responsive, Masculine and Feminine.
Disk 5 -  Male Female cosmic principles.  All pervading & collected light.  HIK: Time and Space. The idealized awakened God.  Existence and non-Existence. HIK reading and explanation of the concepts. “Every soul is a ray of the Consciousness not the stillness.”  3 aspects of the Soul: Atma, Mahatma and Para Matma.
Disk 6 – Continuation of the HIK reading and break for lunch.  Astrology and the state of Ishq.  1 hour meditation.  Sea, Water, Fire, Ice and Stillness.  Changing the state of consciousness to love.
Disk 7 –  Meditation: Atma, Mahatma and Par Matma meditation and chanting.

Sunday Day 3
Continued Disk 7 – Discussion of Saturday’s meditation.  Goal of meditation was to deepen us, emptiness.  Ego personality, suffering, healing.  Healing global trauma’s.
Disk 8 – Accentuate the positive and ignore the negative. Create a vehicle and the soul will fill it.  Heart & Soul, HIK reading.  Q&A.  Zikr.  Lunch break.
Disk 9 –   Check in. Q&A.  Past lives, viewpoints, impressions, destiny…discussions.  HIK Tales: The Fathers Message.  Impressions and memories.  Exercise: 5 memories/impressions you would keep.  Final Comments.

In the history of humanity, there have been a few illuminated women and men who have been able to live on the Earth and simultaneously stay completely connected with The Absolute. These prophetic souls have left a continuity of wisdom that uplifted the culture and consciousness of the world. Scholars have studied the historical aspects of the Prophets’ lives, but what is most helpful is to experience a glimpse of that consciousness.

The intention is to create a shift in our minds and hearts so that we can identify with these prophetic beings rather than with our own limited condition. When one has this experience, the purpose of one’s life becomes clearer, creation has a deeper meaning, and we understand the interconnectivity of all beings on the planet.

Shahabuddin David Less rarely offers this teaching as a seminar but feels that during these times, it is crucial that we visualize and experience a perfected ideal.

CD#1 Intro, Fana Fi Sheikh, Rasul, L3 levels of development

CD #2  Fana Fi Rasul, Meditation on the Teacher, Partner ex.

CD #3 Metaphors and Stories about the Prophets, Divine Will,

3 paths: Master, Saint % Prophet

CD #4  Casey sings Hanuma Chalisa, Meditation, Mantra Yoga,

Saum, Salat &Khatum. End of day 1

CD #5  Q&A, Mary & Rama Story, Ibn Arabi, Gabriel, Hidden Saints

CD #6 Meditation, Arjuna going into battle, Hare Krisha chant,

Radha, Krishna Arjuna

CD #7  Groups of 5 ex. to act out the essence of a particular prophet, discussion,

Koran purity of the scriptures.  End of day 2

CD #8  Krishna, Shiva & Shakti. Knowing one’s purpose, surrender & opening,

sacred phrases & postures.

CD #9 Shiva Walk, Hope Project, Chakra meditation

CD #10 Casey check in, 3^rd Shiva walk, reading from Murshid Sam,  Shahabuddin

sharing about the path forward in life, Abraham life and walk

CD #11 Universal Worship and Cherag initiation

CD #12   Walks of the Prophets

CD # 13  Walks of the Prophets

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This Universal Worship Service was given in honor of World Interfaith Harmony Week, 2013, at Rising Tide International, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Rev. Shahabuddin David Less celebrating.

“For World Interfaith Harmony Week, this is our offering. The Universal Worship is a ceremony that invites all faiths to worship on the same altar. We read in the scriptures from many of the different religions of the world, and we honor all religions, known and unknown to humanity.

Each of the candles that will be lit represent a different religion, and the scriptures that are read represent that particular religion. And the tradition is, the feeling is, that all to seat all the religions of the world worshipped ont he same altar, invites the presence of the Messengers, the Prophets, those great women and men who experienced the Revelation, to be present here, not physically, not in form, but in feeling and in vibration, and hence the Universal Worship.

The candle that is lit now represents the candle of light behind all light – so that candle shines through all of the candles, and you notice that’s the only candle that’s higher than the others – that candle has no name, that candle has no form, the light of that candle shines through the form that’s offered by each of these different candles.

And the other thing to note, is that there’s one altar, and all candles are connected on this one altar, and the altar is not completely illuminated until all the candles are lit.

The candle in the center represents all the says that humanity has traveled, seeking after truth, seeking after the knowledge of God. And it represents all the ways taht we will travel in the future – this candle reminds us that we’re not finished, that the process is really just beginning.

So just focus on this candle if you would, this is the candle that is the light of lights…”

-Rev. Shahabuddin David Less

Patricia Cockerill has followed the spiritual path for more than 40 years.  Her diverse training includes studies with Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self Realization Fellowship, where she became a  Kriyaban initiate.

Patricia is widely recognized as a Healer-Practitioner.  She’s developed several healing seminars, most notably the popular Quantum Healing Weekend Seminar where she has trained hundreds of individuals in the art of healing.  She developed and leads the Sarasota Healer’s Network, a group that facilitates intentional prayers for those in need.  She was recently recognized as “Favorite Energy Healer” by Natural Awakenings Magazine.

Along with Jo Mooy, she is co-leader of the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006.  Together they are guest speakers at many local organizations and groups.  They also lead Women’s Weekend Retreats on various spiritual topics across the US.  Patricia is a Reiki Master in the Usui tradition, certified as a Theta Healer and a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association.

Jo Mooy studied with many spiritual traditions over the past 40 years.  The wide diversity of this training allowed her to develop spiritual seminars and retreats that explore inspirational concepts, give purpose and guidance to students, and present esoteric teachings in an understandable manner.  Along with Patricia Cockerill, she has guided the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006 where it has been honored for five years in a row as the “Favorite Meditation” group in Sarasota by Natural Awakenings Magazine.  Jo and Patricia are guest speakers at many local organizations and groups.  They lead Women’s Weekend Retreats and seminars across the country.

Teaching and using Sound as a retreat healing practice, Jo was certified as a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association.  She writes and publishes a monthly internationally distributed e-newsletter called Spiritual Connections and is a staff writer for Spirit of Maat magazine in Sedona.

Dear friends of Rising Tide,

Please help. We need to raise $12,000 for a new roof. RTI has been a spiritual home for many of us - it has covered us with real spiritual energy and nourishment. This temple of universal wisdom now needs each of us to step forward with a donation, to keep the building beautiful and dry.

If each community member is willing to donate a minimum of $50, we will be able to achieve our goal easily.  We currently have two matching grants, one for $1,000 and one for $500, with a provision that these will be granted for the last $1,500 raised.  If anyone else wishes to create a matching grant of $500 or more, this would also be greatly appreciated.

Donations can be made online (see blue Donate button above) or by sending a check made out to Rising Tide to 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, FL 34231 with ‘roof’ in the memo line.

Rising Tide International is entering its teenage years, a time of transition and maturation. We are so fortunate that many of our family at RTI have been together for a decade or even much longer. As part of our growth and maturation process, a natural and healthy shift has been subtly occurring over the past year.  The focus has shifted from an orientation on Shahabuddin to a focus on the community. The students of the past become the teachers of today; the level of commitment among the members has increased; and we have a greater ability to support ourselves financially based on pledges, small donations and programs. Most importantly, we embody a collective ability to share in spreading the treasured message of love, harmony and beauty.

We are broadening our outreach to the greater Sarasota community, rekindling our relationship with the quest for peace in the Holy Land, growing the Universal Worship and related interfaith and interspiritual programs, becoming even more accessible to the many young people who seek us out, and continuing the overall healing work that is so necessary at this time.

Please help us continue to nourish our vision and commitment by supporting a sound physical structure for Rising Tide. Thank you.

In unity,

Shahabuddin David Less and The Rising Tide Community

April 12, 2012

Dear friends of Rising Tide,

Please help. We need to raise $12,000 for a new roof. RTI has been a spiritual home for many of us - it has covered us with real spiritual energy and nourishment. This temple of universal wisdom now needs each of us to step forward with a donation, to keep the building beautiful and dry.

If each community member is willing to donate a minimum of $50, we will be able to achieve our goal easily.  We currently have two matching grants, one for $1,000 and one for $500, with a provision that these will be granted for the last $1,500 raised.  If anyone else wishes to create a matching grant of $500 or more, this would also be greatly appreciated.

Donations can be made online at www.risingtideinternational.org or by sending a check  made out to Rising Tide to 5102 Swift Rd. Sarasota, FL 34231 with ‘roof’ in the memo line.

Rising Tide International is entering its teenage years, a time of transition and maturation. We are so fortunate that many of our family at RTI have been together for a decade or even much longer. As part of our growth and maturation process, a natural and healthy shift has been subtly occurring over the past year.  The focus has shifted from an orientation on Shahabuddin to a focus on the community. The students of the past become the teachers of today; the level of commitment among the members has increased; and we have a greater ability to support ourselves financially based on pledges, small donations and programs. Most importantly, we embody a collective ability to share in spreading the treasured message of love, harmony and beauty.

We are broadening our outreach to the greater Sarasota community, rekindling our relationship with the quest for peace in the Holy Land, growing the Universal Worship and related interfaith and interspiritual programs, becoming even more accessible to the many young people who seek us out, and continuing the overall healing work that is so necessary at this time.

Please help us continue to nourish our vision and commitment by supporting a sound physical structure for Rising Tide. Thank you.

In unity,

Shahabuddin David Less and The Rising Tide Community