Prayers for World Healing – Ritual
20 January 2023
Offered by the Inayatiyya Healing (UK) and The School of Christian Mysticism
Celebrating Nature, Life, and Light, and all human and non-human beings who are engaging in the process of healing
NurJamil
1. A warm welcome to Prayers for World Healing. Our focus today is upon Celebrating Nature, Light, and Life in all its forms. We will embrace and hold in the light all human and non-human beings who are engaging in the process of healing. Everyone is most welcome to use or adapt the practices and prayers we use during the ritual.
As we gather tonight, we are nearing the Wiccan and Druid Festival of Imbolc, and the Christian festivals of St Brigid [Brid] and Candlemas. These festivals seem to be intimately linked, and are expressions of the Divine Feminine. In some traditions, Imbolc begins at sunset on 31 January, and ends at sunrise on 2 February. In other traditions it can last for as much as three months.
Karim
2. Invocation
Let us share an Invocation together:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony & Beauty
The Only Being
United with all the Illuminated Souls
Who Form the Embodiment of the Mystery
The Spirit of Guidance.
NurJamil
3. Of Being by Denise Levertov
I know this happiness
is provisional:
the looming presences --
great suffering, great fear --
withdraw only
into peripheral vision:
but ineluctable this shimmering
of wind in the blue leaves:
this flood of stillness
widening the lake of sky:
this need to dance,
this need to kneel:
this mystery:
Steve
4. Celebrating Imbolc / Candlemas.
Imbolc -
Candlemas -
A quiet time
When we notice the return of the sun,
When we see its light waxing stronger and longer each day,
When we quietly give thanks
for the silence of winter darkness,
which still enfolds us within its protective veil,
When we celebrate the snowdrop,
the emblem of Imbolc,
pushing its way resolutely through the snow, frost, and ice
When we listen to the stop-start song of the mistle thrush
as it devours the last of the mistletoe berries,
When our candles for the year are blessed,
and as we light them, our hearts begin to glow
When we contemplate the mystery of the divine feminine.
Here is a time of awakening,
of quiet celebration and thanksgiving
of inner cleansing and purifying
of sowing seeds for the autumn harvest
of gentle reflection
of setting forth new projects
of embracing the new spring
of welcoming into our hearts the Christ Child of Light -
Karim
5. Light Meditation
As we breathe in, let us imagine we are drawing in the Light from the Source, into our hearts, and that it is filling more and more of our being each time we breathe in.
As we breathe out, let us imagine that the Light is radiating from our hearts, reaching out further and further into our home, workplace, community, nation, and the entire world
IN – Drawing in and filling with light
OUT – The Light radiating out and reaching out further and further
Steve
6. Focuses for Celebration and Holding in the Light
PART ONE: Celebrating the Earth’s Ecology, and the work being done to help heal it.
When we say [Five Breaths] let us breathe in and out silently as follows, five times:
Breathing in [thinking] O Universal Source of Healing Light
Breathing out [thinking] O All-sufficient Power of Healing Light
a) Let us celebrate Nature, in all its forms.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are seeking to slow and reverse global warming.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are helping Nature to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
b) Let us celebrate the planet’s trees and wildflowers.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all those human and non-human beings and organisms who plant and maintain native trees and wildflowers.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are helping the planet’s trees and wildflowers to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
c) Let us celebrate the planet’s animals and creatures.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all who rescue and look after the planet’s animals and creatures.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who are helping the planet’s animals and creatures to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
d) Let us celebrate the planet’s soil.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all those human and non-human beings and organisms who cleanse, enrich and look after the planet’s soil.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are helping the planet’s soil to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
e) Let us celebrate the planet’s oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all those human and non-human beings and organisms who cleanse and look after the planet’s oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are helping the planet’s waters to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
f) Let us celebrate the planet’s air and atmosphere.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all those human and non-human beings and organisms who cleanse and maintain the planet’s air and atmosphere.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all those human and non-human beings and organisms who are helping the planet’s air and atmosphere to heal. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
Let us say together the following prayer:
O Thou, who art the Source of All Nature, Life and Light, by Thy infinite Mercy, may we all be healed – Amen.
NurJamil
7. Celebration by Denise Levertov
Brilliant, this day -- a young virtuoso of a day.
Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
deft hands. And every prodigy of green --
whether it's ferns or lichens or needles
or impatient points of buds on spindly bushes --
greener than ever before. And the way the conifers
hold new cones to the light for the blessing,
a festive right, and sing the oceanic chant the wind
transcribes for them!
A day that shines in the cold
like a first-prize brass band swinging along
the street
of a coal-dusty village, wholly at odds
with the claims of reasonable gloom.
Karim
8. Focuses for Celebration and Holding in the Light
PART TWO: CELEBRATING LIFE AS A HUMAN BEING
When we say [Five Breaths] let us breathe in and out silently as follows, five times:
Breathing in [thinking] O Universal Source of Healing Light
Breathing out [thinking] O All-sufficient Power of Healing Light
g) Let us celebrate Peace.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of those who are engaged in establishing and maintaining peace in the individual, the home, the workplace, the community, the nation, and the entire world.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who are helping humanity to establish and maintain peace. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
h) Let us celebrate the Diversity of Life.
Let us celebrate differences as well as similarities in our beliefs, faiths (including no faith), opinions, gender, skin colour, culture, heritage, language, sexual orientation, to name but a few attributes..
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of all who promote equality, and who respect and treasure diversity.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who are helping humanity embracing difference, in all its forms. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
i) Let us celebrate Health.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of those who provide access for all to good-quality healthcare.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who work in the field of healthcare. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
j) Let us celebrate Education.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of those who provide access for all to a good-quality education.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who work in the field of education. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
k) Let us celebrate Justice.
Let us celebrate the work, care, and dedication of those who provide access for all to a competent legal system.
Let us embrace and hold in the light all who work in the field of justice. [Five Breaths]
[BELL]
Let us again say together the following prayer:
O Thou, who art the Source of All Nature, Life and Light, by Thy infinite Mercy, may we all be healed – Amen.
Steve
9. ‘Beloved Lady’, a variant of the prayer ‘Nayaz’
Let us say together a prayer that Noor Un Nisa and others conceived and developed on the island of Iona:
Beloved Lady, Eternal Presence
Through the Light of the Moon,
Through the waves of the ocean,
Through the all-sustaining, loving, suffering Earth,
Purify and revivify us, and we pray,
Heal our bodies, hearts, and souls
Amen.
Karim
10. The Gaelic Blessing
Let us say together the Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
NurJamil
11. Many thanks indeed for coming together to take part in tonight’s ritual. The next Prayers for World Healing ritual will take place on Monday 20 March 2023, from 7 – 8 pm.
Prayers for World Healing – Ritual
29 November 2022
Offered by the Inayatiyya Healing (UK) and The School of Christian Mysticism
Offering healing to all in the UK who are suffering from poverty and inequality.
Facilitator 1
1. Welcome to Prayers for World Healing. Our focus today is upon all in the UK who are suffering from poverty and inequality.
Let us share an Invocation together:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony & Beauty
The Only Being
United with all the Illuminated Souls
Who Form the Embodiment of the Messenger
The Spirit of Guidance.
Facilitator 2
2. Introduction to the theme of UK poverty.
The UK is the sixth largest economy of the world, in terms of GDP.
The Summer Update of The Resolution Foundation’s Living Standards Outlook 2022 states that:
The number of people in the UK living in absolute poverty is currently projected to rise from 11 million in 2021-22 to 14 million in 2023-24 – a rise from 17 to 21 per cent, including 30 per cent of children. Relative child poverty is projected to reach its highest level since the peaks of the 1990s.
In its 2022 UK Poverty Report, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation gives even higher figures. It states: ‘More than one in five of the UK population (22%) are in poverty– 14.5 million people. Of these, 8.1 million are working-age adults, 4.3 million are children and 2.1 million are pensioners.’ These figures are based upon data collected for the financial year 2019-2020, i.e. before the first Pandemic lockdown.
The Foundation goes on to say: ‘We are likely to see individuals in Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black families continuing to have higher poverty rates (over 40% for individuals in households headed by someone of each of these ethnicities) and worse outcomes across many areas. Most worryingly, our latest data showed a big rise in destitution with more than a million households (containing 2.4 million people, including 550,000 children) experiencing destitution in 2019, a rise of 35% since 2017, with modelling suggesting further increases during the pandemic.’
Facilitator 3
3. Let us say together ‘A prayer for our earth’, which was written by Pope Francis. We have chosen it because it touches on many aspects of tonight’s Prayers for the World ritual.
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.
Facilitator 1
4. We come more fully into the present moment by focusing on our breath with this practice of Thich Nhât Hanh:
Breathing in, I know I am breathing in IN
Breathing out, I know I am breathing out OUT
Breathing in my breath becomes deeper DEEP
Breathing out my breath becomes slower SLOW
Breathing in I feel calmer CALM
Breathing out I feel more at ease EASE
Breathing in I smile SMILE
Breathing out I release all worries RELEASE
Breathing in I dwell in the present moment PRESENT MOMENT
Breathing out I know it is a wonderful moment WONDERFUL MOMENT
Facilitator 1
5. Let us now prepare to become a channel for healing.
We silently breathe in and out to the following words:
Breathing in My body, heart and soul
Breathing out radiate the healing spirit of God
Facilitator 2
6. Quotations for quiet thought; each to be framed with a period of silence [three slow breaths]
‘Poverty is the worst form of violence.’
[Mahatma Gandhi]
‘Not only have we denied the poor a piece of bread, but by thinking that they have no worth and leaving them abandoned in the streets, we have denied them the human dignity that is rightfully theirs as children of God.’
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]
‘Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat’.
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]
‘If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can’t just treat those symptoms in isolation. We have to heal that entire community.’
[President Barack Obama]
‘Christ has no body now on Earth, but yours. No hands, no feet on Earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world.Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.’
[St Teresa of Avila]
Facilitator 3
7. Focuses for Healing
When we say [Five Breaths] breathe in and out silently as follows, five times:
Breathing in [thinking] O Universal Source of Healing
Breathing out [thinking] O All-sufficient Power of Healing
A1) Let us silently express gratitude in our hearts for having a home, and for being able to afford to eat and heat ourselves sufficiently.
A2) Let us embrace and pray for all who are homeless, and all who cannot afford to eat or heat themselves sufficiently. [Five Breaths]
A3) Let us embrace and pray for all who are working towards alleviating homelessness and poverty, in all its forms.
[Five Breaths]
Bell
B1) Let us be grateful for sound mental health, while remembering times in our lives when we have suffered from mental health difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, lack of self-worth, loneliness, and a feeling of alienation from society.
B2) Recognising our own frailty, let us embrace and pray for all who are suffering from mental health difficulties. [Five Breaths]
B3) Let us embrace and pray for all who are helping those with mental health difficulties to heal. [Five Breaths]
Bell
C1) Let us silently express our gratitude for the health care, education and employment opportunities we have received during our lives.
C2) Let us embrace and pray for all who, for whatever reason, cannot gain access to the health care, education and/or justice they need. [Five Breaths]
C3) Let us embrace and pray for all who are helping to provide access to health care, education and justice. [Five Breaths]
Bell
We embrace and pray for planet Earth, our home. We pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
Bell
Facilitator 2
8. These are some more thoughts for quiet reflection, each being framed by a period of silence:
‘Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.’
[Mahatma Gandhi]
‘My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.’
[Archbishop Desmond Tutu]
‘Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.’
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]
‘Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.’
[Nelson Mandela]
‘What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.’
[Chris Maser]
‘When one of you plants a tree, the fruits of which all creatures enjoy, let it be written as charity.’
[Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)]
And here are some words spoken by the Buddha:
‘True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.’
‘Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much can we contribute to others in our society.’
Facilitator 1
9. Let us say together the Baha'i Prayer for Peace:
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in thy judgement, and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart,
and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
Amen.
Facilitator 1
10. Many thanks for coming together to take part in tonight’s ritual. The next Prayers for World Healing ritual will take place on Thursday 20 January 2023, from 7 – 8 pm.
Here is a pool of quotations; some of which have been used in the above ritual.
[Gandhi]: ‘Poverty is the worst form of violence.’
[Norman MacEwen]: ‘Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’
[Jesus, in Luke 6:20]: ‘Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.’
[John the Apostle]: ‘Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.’
[2 Corinthians 9:7]: ‘Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver. Besides, God is able to make every blessing of yours overflow for you, so that in every situation you will always have all you need for any good work.’
[Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)]: ‘When one of you plants a tree, the fruits of which all creatures enjoy, let it be written as charity.’
[Quran 2:271]: ‘if you do deeds of charity openly, it is well; But if you bestow it upon the needy in secretly, it will be even better for you.’
[Buddha]: ‘If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.’
[Buddha]: ‘True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.’
[Buddha]: ‘Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much can we contribute to others in our society.’
[Bhagavad Gita]: ‘A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return.’
[John Green]: ‘There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.’
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]: ‘Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat’.
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]: ‘Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.’
[Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata]: ‘Not only have we denied the poor a piece of bread, but by thinking that they have no worth and leaving them abandoned in the streets, we have denied them the human dignity that is rightfully theirs as children of God.’
[Nelson Mandela]: ‘Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.’
[Franklin D. Roosevelt]: ‘The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.’
[Paul Farmer]: ‘In this increasingly interconnected world, we must understand that what happens to poor people is never divorced from the actions of the powerful. Certainly, people who define themselves as poor may control their own destinies to some extent. But control of lives is related to control of land, systems of production, and the formal political and legal structures in which lives are enmeshed. With time, both wealth and control have become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. The opposite trend is desired by those working for social justice.’
[Jacques Diouf]: ‘Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.’
[President Barack Obama]: ‘If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can’t just treat those symptoms in isolation. We have to heal that entire community.’
[Mahatma Gandhi]: ‘Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.’
[Archbishop Desmond Tutu]: ‘My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.’
[Chris Maser]: ‘What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.’
Prayers
for World Healing – Ritual
19
July 2022
Offering
healing to specific areas experiencing conflict
From 6.45pm: silent meditation
- Karim – A warm welcome to Prayers for World Healing offering healing to specific areas experiencing conflict and its consequences on the lives of people, other beings and our environment. In this ritual, we will use prayer, poetry and imagery.
- Steve - We begin by sharing this poem by Sufi poet, Hafiz, “Please”:
We are at
the Nile’s end.
We are carrying particles
From every continent, creature, and age.
It has been raining on the planes
Of our vision for millions of years
And our senses
Are so muddy compared to Yours - dear God,
But I only hear these words from You
Where we are all trying to embrace
The Clear Sky-Ocean,
“Dear one, come.
Please,
My dear ones,
Come.”
Steve -
- We contemplate this image by modern French artist, Arcabas, of a story from the Christian tradition, of the response of the parent to the return of the wayward child.
Prayers for World Healing – Ritual
Focusing upon Healing conflict and re-establishing Harmony
7 pm on Thursday 19 May
From 6.45 pm: silent meditation –
- Karim - Welcome to Prayers for World Healing focused upon healing conflict and restoring harmony using sound, poetry and music.
Let us share an Invocation together:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
- Steve –
Exploring the meaning and significance of ‘Harmony’ and OM/AUM
Let us listen for a few minutes to Ultimate OM by Jonathan Goldman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Bg7rppZz0
- Karim –
Let us attune to universal peace by practising the following meditation. We will meditate upon one line at a time.
As we breathe in slowly, let us imagine we are being filled with peace.
As we breathe out slowly, let us imagine that peace is reaching out further and further in the direction stated in the meditation line, for instance in front, behind, above, below etc.
Let there be peace in front[several slow breaths]
Let there be peace behind[several slow breaths] etc.
Let there be peace above
Let there be peace below
Let there be peace to the right
Let there be peace to the left
Let there be peace within [continued on the next page]
Let there be peace without
Let there be peace everywhere
Amen
[Anonymous]
Bell
- NurJamilLet us prepare to become a channel for healing.
Let us silently breathe in and out to the following words on the breath:
Breathing in My body, heart and soul
Breathing out radiate the healing spirit of God
- NurJamil - offers the focuses for healing:
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently until the bell:
Breathing in O Universal Source of Healing
Breathing out O All-Sufficient Power of Healing
- Recognising that disharmony within us causes disharmony in the world, we embrace and pray for all aspects of our own being which are engaged in conflict with ourselves or others
Bell
- We embrace and pray for all beings who are engaged in violence of any description in
our world
Bell
- We embrace and pray for all beings, non-human as well as human, who are suffering from violence of any description inour world
Bell
- We embrace and pray for all those who are working towards peace, reconciliation, environmental restoration and safeguarding
Bell
- We embrace and pray for planet Earth, our home. We pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
Bell
Let us say together the following prayer:
O Thou, who art the Source of All Peace and All Healing, by Thy infinite Mercy, may we all be healed – Amen.
- Steve – Let us all repeat Aman 33 times; invoking divine Sanctuary for the world -
[flowing straight into:]
- Steve – Let us join in, or listen to, the mantra Om Shanti – which is a prayer for Universal Peace – for two or three minutes or so, merging into silence.
- Karim - reading - The Good News by Thich Nhat Hanh
They don’t publish
the good news.
The good news is published
by us.
We have a special edition every moment,
and we need you to read it.
The good news is that you are alive,
and the linden tree is still there,
standing firm in the harsh winter.
The good news is that you have wonderful eyes
to touch the blue sky.
The good news is that your child is there before you,
and your arms are available:
hugging is possible.
They only print what is wrong.
Look at each of our special editions.
We always offer the things that are not wrong.
We want you to benefit from them
and help protect them.
The dandelion is there by the sidewalk,
smiling its wondrous smile,
singing the song of eternity.
Listen! You have ears that can hear it.
Bow your head.
Listen to it.
Leave behind the world of sorrow
and preoccupation
and get free.
The latest good news
is that you can do it.
by Thich Nhat Hanh
NurJamil - Let us close by sharing the Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
Bell
10. Karim -
Thank you so much for coming.
Our next meeting will take place from 7 – 8 pm on Tuesday 19 July. We encourage people to use or adapt our rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups.
- Steve
I was listening to a recording of a nightingale singing when I learnt that Surya Sylvia Mann, one of our friends and colleagues in the Prayers for World Healing group, had died on 18 April.
The rest of us felt that it would be appropriate to honour Surya’s life by playing the enchanting nightingale song at the end of the ritual. The entire song lasts for over three hours – without a loop. We suggest listening for about 10 minutes, but please feel free to leave at any time.
The recording was made somewhere in Bulgaria, against the backdrop of a flowing river.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK2_bcQcoD4
Prayers for World Healing
Online focussed on Ecology
9.30am on Saturday 19th March 2022
From 9.20am: silent meditation
1. NurJamil - Welcome to Prayers for World Healing focussed on ecology and using sound, poetry and music.
Let us share an Invocation together:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
- Karim
An introduction to the theme of Ecology; a holistic perspective, recognising the sacred (the ‘life force’) in each and every element of the cosmos. Honouring all spaces and places, and all inhabitants of those spaces/places including all forms of life that we regard as ‘living’, from bacteria and mitochondria to elephants and whales AND all landscapes, rivers, seas and skies which we sometimes fail to recognise as living but which are an integral part of the tapestry of interwoven threads that we call Earth.
3 minute field recording of the dawn chorus by the River Dee in Aberdeenshire (recorded at 5.30am on 6th April 2018).
- Karim - Attunement celebrating the
Wholeness of the Earth, including all its landscapes, seascapes and
inhabitants of all species. Experiencing our own existence as one divine
thread within this miraculous, ever-changing tapestry.
Setting sacred space and invoking
the Elements – earth, water, fire, air and ether; sharing together the Element
breaths:
Let us now focus upon each element in the context of the Earth as a Whole:
Focussing upon the element of earth, breathing in and out through the nose, we attune to our planet’s lands which are composed of rocks, sands and soils which supports the growth of all plants and makes possible the lives of all the Earth’s inhabitants. We can also feel the solidity of our own bodies, resting on a chair or cushion, supported by the Earth.
Let us feel deep gratitude to the Earth for supporting our bodies and sustaining our lives.
Earth breathing in and out through the nose
Focussing upon the element of water, breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth, we are mindful that water covers much of the Earth’s surface and permeates all levels of the ground; water also constitutes the majority of our own bodies. It is the basis of all life on Earth whether in the rivers, lakes and oceans or as rainfall and moisture in the ground. Let us feel deep gratitude to water for sustaining and enriching our lives. And feel an intimate connectedness through the blood flowing through our veins.
Water breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth
Focussing upon the element of fire, breathing in through the mouth, out through the nose, we are mindful that the centre of the Earth is molten rock which sometimes expresses itself through volcanoes and hot springs. And we are also mindful that the Earth is bathed in light and warmth from the sun each and every day, and this is reflected by the warmth of our own bodies. Let us feel deep gratitude to fire and light for energising and renewing our bodies and our lives.
Fire breathing in through the mouth, out through the nose
Focussing upon the element of air, breathing in and out through the mouth, we can feel the atmosphere surrounding us and which all inhabitants of the Earth share in all our continuous breathing. Let us feel deep gratitude to the air for sustaining all living beings without exception. And let us observe the miracle of our breathing for a few moments.
Air breathing in and out through the mouth
Drawing together our attunement to the four elements, we can now focus upon the Earth as a Whole; let us experience joy and gratitude for the planet Earth, our home, which sustains all aspects of our life in a continuously evolving mystery.
Let us reflect in awe upon the miracle of interdependence, of interbeing, that characterises all life on Earth. We are mindful that our own life is only possible in the company of millions of other species as well as with support from our human families and communities.
Holding the beauty and mystery of the Earth in our minds, let us now add into our awareness the Unseen and Unheard. An ocean of possibilities which we can touch through our consciousness, our emotions, our relationships, our imagination and intuition.
Let us experience joy and gratitude for these mysteries while we follow our breath with the Ether breath, very fine breaths, in and out through the nose and mouth, sensing the integration of all the physical and non-physical elements of our planet, and felt within ourselves, treasuring their distinctiveness and perhaps glimpsing the Unity which lies behind all this diversity.
Ether very fine breaths, in and out through the nose and mouth… so fine that one loses the distinction between nose/mouth and we can perhaps allow the separation between inner and outer to dissolve.
Bell
Recording of the Song of Amergin chanted by Janice Kennedy:
I am wind over ocean, I am roar of ocean wave
I am flood on the plain, I am well of deep spring
I am seven antler’d stag, I am fierce boar in forest
I am hawk above cliff, I am salmon in dark pool
I am queen of ev’ry hive, I am womb of ev’ry lair
I am dolmen of great rock, I am fairest of flower
I am dew from the sun, I am age of bright moon
I am shield for every head, I am grave of false hope;
I am mountain for poet, I am fire in the mind.
- Malika Let us prepare to become a channel for healing.
Let us silently breathe in and out to the following words on the breath:
Breathing in My body, heart and soul
Breathing out radiate the healing spirit of God
- Malika offers the focuses for healing:
After
each focus is named, ALL repeat silently until the bell:
Breathing in O Universal source of Healing
Breathing out O all-sufficient power of healing
a) Recognising that disharmony within us causes
disharmony in the world, we embrace and pray
for all aspects of our own being which are engaged in conflict with ourselves
or others
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b) We embrace and pray for all beings who are engaged in violence of any description be it physical, psychological or environmental.
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c) We embrace and pray for all beings, non-human as
well as human, who are suffering from violence of any description.
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d) We embrace and pray for all those who are
working towards peace and reconciliation in the world and all those who are
seeking to end environmental destruction including industrialised agriculture.
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e) We embrace and pray for planet Earth, our
home. We pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet
which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
Bell
Let us say together the following prayer:
O Thou, who art the Source of All Peace and All Healing, by Thy infinite Mercy, may we all be healed – Amen.
6. Steve – Let us ALL repeat Aman 33
times; invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
7. Nurjamil reading
Wild geese
You do not have to be
good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for 100 miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the
deep trees,
the mountain and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things
Mary
Oliver (1935 – 2019)
8.
Steve reading
The Peace of Wild Things
When
despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time,
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry (1934 - )
9. Karim - Let us end by sharing the Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
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8. NurJamil Thank you for coming.
Our next meeting will take place from 7–8 pm on Thursday 19 May. We encourage people to use or adapt our rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups.
We close with The Lark Ascending but please feel free to leave at any time (it lasts about 14 minutes)
Music: The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra conducted by Willian Boughton
Appendix
Notes from Steve regarding the birdsong recording at the beginning:
Most of the early recording of birdsong consists of a duet for robin and blackbird, with the river providing the background wash. For many, the blackbird is a very significant being between the outer and inner worlds:-
Blackbird information from a Celtic Oracle Card online page:
This is the bird of enchantment. In Celtic lore, the blackbird had a song that could send a person into a trance and allow them access to the faerie realm. This card represents self discovery, awareness, and exploring the depths of the subconscious. In knowing ourselves, really and truly, we know the divine aspect within us. We are made one with that part of creation that is us. This is true knowledge. In knowing ourselves, we know everything else, as we are all different expressions of Divinity.
Some Wikipedia info re the River Dee:
The New Statistical Account of Scotland attributed the name Dee as having been used as early as the second century AD in the work of the Alexandrian geographer Claudius Ptolemy, as Δηοῦα (=Deva), meaning 'Goddess', indicating a divine status for the river in the beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of the area. There are several other rivers of the same name in Great Britain, and these are believed to have similar derivations,[7] as may the Dee's near neighbour to the north, the River Don.
WALES
Prayers for World Healing
23 January 2022
Ritual – Final Version Mk 2
1. Steve –
Attuning to Imbolc – the Return of the Light – the first signs of Spring - of New Life – the first stirrings of life within - of Nurturing - of Brigid – of re-emerging creativity – of seeds sown within and without previously breaking free of their dormancy – of seeds we may yet wish to sow within and without -
2. Steve –
Watching the breath.
Expanding the breath through the Five Dimensions of Breath practice:
Depth, Reach, Volume/Capacity, Focus/Centering, Rhythm.
Using this deeper breath in the heart to expand our compassion on the inhale, and let more and more negative ‘stuff’ be released on the exhale.
Let us focus upon any one or more Beings of Healing who may come into our consciousness, and invite them to join us this evening in the Healing Circle.
3. Steve –
Let us say an invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All
4. NurJamil –
Let us prepare to become a channel of peace, by saying together and imagining the following:
Let there be peace in front
Let there be peace behind
Let there be peace above
Let there be peace below
Let there be peace to the right
Let there be peace to the left
Let there be peace within
Let there be peace without
Let there be peace everywhere
Peace …
Peace …
Peace
5. NurJamil –
Let us prepare to become a channel of healing, by saying the following adapted Tibetan Buddhist Prayer:
May we be at peace,
May our heart remain open.
May we awaken to the light
of our own true nature.
May we be healed,
May we be a source of healing
for all beings.
6. Steve –
Let us dwell upon these words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
Every healer who has a spiritual aspiration must develop a spark of the fire of the heart of the Messiah; and then even before trying to heal a person her/his very presence will heal.
7. NurJamil - Let us silently breathe in and out to the adapted words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of the One
8. NurJamil – As each focus is named, let us ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation (the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation (the all-sufficient power of healing).
NurJamil -
a) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which
are in need of healing, nurturing, cleansing and renewing
Led by Steve, let us all say:
Let all these aspects of our being be protected, strengthened and nurtured until they flourish again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
NurJamil -
b) We embrace and pray for all who live on the islands of Tonga
Steve [All say:]
Let all who live on the islands of Tonga be protected, strengthened and nurtured until they flourish again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
NurJamil -
c) We embrace and pray for all refugees, all who are displaced, all who are homeless, and all who are living in poverty
Steve [All say:]
Let all who are refugees, all who are displaced, all who are homeless, and all who are living in poverty be protected, strengthened and nurtured until they flourish again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
NurJamil -
d) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are harming trees through deforestation, pollution, the spreading of disease, and through insufficient care
Steve [All say:]
Let all these aspects of our being be healed, enabling each of us to find practical ways to care for trees more completely
NurJamil -
e) We embrace and pray for all people who are harming trees through deforestation, pollution, the spreading of disease, and through insufficient care
Steve [All say:]
Let all people be healed, enabling all humanity to find practical ways to care for trees more completely
NurJamil -
f) We embrace and pray for all trees which are being harmed by disease, pollution, deforestation and climate change
Steve [All say:]
Let all trees be protected, strengthened and nurtured until they flourish again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
NurJamil -
g) We embrace and pray for all those who are caring for trees, and helping them to heal
Steve [All say:]
Let all who care for trees be protected, strengthened and nurtured until they flourish again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
NurJamil -
h) We hold in the Light Jen’s sister-in-law, who has recently passed over, and embrace and pray for Jen’s family in America
Steve [All say:]
Let Jen’s sister-in-law rest in the Light, and let all members of Jen’s family in America be protected, strengthened and nurtured during their time of grieving.
NurJamil -
i) We hold in the Light Thich Nhat Hanh, who has recently passed over, and embrace and pray for all of his followers
Steve [All say:]
Let Thich Nhat Hanh rest in the Light, and let all of his followers be protected, strengthened and nurtured during their time of grieving.
NurJamil -
j) We pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
Steve [All say:]
Let the whole of our planet be healed, until it flourishes again with Love, Light, New Life and Health
9. Steve – ALL chant or say Aman x11: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
10. NurJamil -
To close, say the Gaelic Blessing, as if to each other and the whole world:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
Ritual: September 2021
INTRO: Today we are focusing on Racial Equality. We encourage people to use or adapt these rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups.
Let us share together an Invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
The overall theme of this morning’s ritual is to channel healing to those who are working for positive change in the field of racial equality.
Let us say the following prayer from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together. Let us draw together.
Let us form a vessel to catch the dew of heaven.
Let us rise up and go to that Holy Place of meeting,
Gather there with the companions of the Light.
Let the veil of heaven be drawn back.
Attunement …
Let us say the following adapted Tibetan Buddhist Prayer:
May we be at peace,
May our heart remain open.
May we awaken to the light
of our own true nature.
May we be healed,
May we be a source of healing
for all beings.
Some words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘God alone is the healer ….
It is not the solid wood that makes the flute, it is the empty reed. The healer is only the instrument which God, Her/Himself is using ….’ HIK Vol. IV Part II Ch. III
‘The power of the healer depends upon the warmth of her/his heart. Devotees by their power of concentration, by their purity of life, and by their divine love become wonderful healers. Their every tear and sigh become a source of healing for themselves and those around them. Devotion is the fire in which all infirmities are consumed …’ HIK Vol IX
Preparing to become a channel for healing
Let us silently breathe in and out to the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of God/the Goddess
HIK V of II 44
As each focus is named, let us ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation (the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation (the all-sufficient power of healing).
After the five breaths:
Let us repeat out loud:
Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim x3 (divine compassion/divine mercy)
We embrace and pray for:
a) All who are striving to bring justice and healing to those affected by the Transatlantic slave trade.
b) All who are helping to bring about racial equality, respect, inclusion and harmony in our schools
c) All who are working to ensure that black and Asian people have full access to higher education and apprenticeship courses
d) All who are helping to ensure that black and Asian people have full employment opportunities
e) All who are working for racial equality, respect, inclusion and fairness in the
workplace
f) All who are working for racial equality and justice in the legal system
Let’s take a breath with some more words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘It has been said that we grow into the likeness of that which we habitually contemplate.
Therefore, constant and habitual contemplation of the perfect ideal, dwelling in thought upon the attributes of divine beauty, keeping the heart tuned to the note of love and harmony, and making this the practice of daily life, the mind still and calm, the heart pure and open so that it can reflect the perfect Will – this should be the aim of life of the one who aspires to serve humanity as a spiritual healer.’ HIK Vol VIII Ch. XXIII
Let us embrace and pray for:
g) All who are helping to create racial equality, harmony, inclusion and safety within the community
h) All who are helping to ensure that black and Asian people have equal access to good quality health, housing and recreation
i) All who are helping to ensure that black and Asian people have full opportunities to express and share their culture
j) All who are working to construct a vibrant, cohesive and harmonious society, built upon mutual respect, inclusion, care, compassion and friendship
k) we pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
ALL repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
A song
Let us join hands and birth a new world
Birth it in joyfully
Birth it in harmony
Birth it with ecstasy,
filled with our love
Let us say the following Buddhist prayer:
May all beings be well,
may all beings be happy.
Peace, peace, peace.
Let us say the following Sikh Blessing:
‘By thy grace, may there be peace and goodwill among all people everywhere.’
14. Host – closes ritual, perhaps with the following words of Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata:
‘Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.’
Prayers for World Healing
19 January 2022
Ritual – Final Version
1. Karim [host] – A warm welcome to the Prayers for World Healing.
INTRO: The Prayers for World Healing rituals are held every two months. We encourage people to use or adapt these rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups.
2. NurJamil –
Watching the breath.
Expanding the breath through the Five Dimensions of Breath practice:
Depth, Reach, Volume/Capacity, Focus/Centring, Rhythm.
Let us focus upon any one or more Beings of Healing who may come into our consciousness, and invite them to join us this evening in the Healing Circle.
3. NurJamil –
Let us say an invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All
4. Steve –
Let us say the following prayer from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together. Let us draw together.
Let us form a vessel to catch the dew of heaven.
Let us rise up and go to that Holy Place of meeting,
Gather there with the companions of the Light.
Let the veil of heaven be drawn back.
5. NurJamil –
Let us say together the following passage by Lao-Tzu:
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbours.
If there is to be peace between neighbours,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
6. Steve –
Let us say together the following Hindu prayer:
O God, lead us from the unreal to the real.
O God lead us from darkness to light.
O God, lead us from death to immortality
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
O Lord God almighty may there be peace in celestial regions.
May there be peace on earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome
And may trees and plants bring peace to all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May the Vedic Law propagate peace through the world.
May all things be a source of peace to us.
And may the peace itself, bestow peace on all,
And may that peace come to me also.
7. NurJamil –
Let us prepare to become a channel of healing, by saying the following adapted Tibetan Buddhist Prayer:
May we be at peace,
May our heart remain open.
May we awaken to the light
of our own true nature.
May we be healed,
May we be a source of healing
for all beings.
8. Steve –
Here are some words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘There are three things necessary in sending thought to a distance; first, faith in the theory;
second, self-confidence, meaning confidence in one's own power; third, the power of
concentration. However great the power of concentration may be, without self-confidence it is of no use; and self-confidence without faith in the theory is powerless.’ [Vol IV 15]
9. NurJamil - Let us silently breathe in and out to the adapted words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of the One
10. NurJamil – As each focus is named, let us ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation (the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation (the all-sufficient power of healing).
After the five breaths:
Led by Steve, let us chant or say:
Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim x3 (divine compassion/divine mercy)
NurJamil
a) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are engaged in conflict with ourselves or others
b) We embrace and pray for all in Somalia who are engaged in violence
c) We embrace and pray for all in Somalia who are suffering from violence
d) We embrace and pray for all who are trying to build lasting peace in Somalia
e) We embrace and pray for all who are engaged in violence against the Uighur people
f) We embrace and pray for all Uighur people who are suffering from violence
g) We embrace and pray for all who are trying to end the genocide against the Uighur people
11. Steve – Let’s take a breath with some more words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘God alone is the healer …. It is not the solid wood that makes the flute, it is the empty reed. The healer is only the instrument which God, Her/Himself is using ….’
HIK Vol. IV Part II Ch. III, slightly adapted
[Let us dwell on these words for a while.]
12. NurJamil [continuing the focuses] –
h) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are harming trees through deforestation, pollution, the spreading of disease, and through insufficient care
i) We embrace and pray for all trees which are being harmed by disease, pollution, deforestation and climate change
j) We embrace and pray for all those who are caring for trees, and helping them to heal
k) We pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
13. Steve -
ALL chant or say Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
14. NurJamil -
Let us say the following passage by Mother Julian of Norwich:
I may make all things well,
and I can make all things well,
and I will make all things well,
and I shall make all things well;
and you will see yourself
that every kind of thing will be well.
15. Steve -
To close, say the Gaelic Blessing, as if to each other and the whole world:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
16. Karim – closes ritual, and says: Our next meeting will take place from 9.30 – 10.30 on Saturday 19 March 2022. We look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, we encourage you to continue use the 10-minute rituals as regularly as you can. The 10-minute rituals are displayed on the Prayers for World Healing: Rituals 2016-2022 page on the Inayatiyya Healing UK website.
Prayers for World Healing
19 November 2021
Ritual – Draft 3
1. Karim – A warm welcome to the Prayers for World Healing.
INTRO: The Prayers for World Healing rituals are held every two months. We encourage people to use or adapt these rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups.
2. Steve -
Let us attune to the deep silence within and without by silently watching the breath.
As we breathe in and out, let the following words by Thich Nhat Hanh rest in the breath:
Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment
I know this is a wonderful moment
3. Steve -
Let us focus upon any one or more Beings of Healing who may come into our consciousness, and invite them to join us this evening in the Healing Circle.
4. Steve -
Let us say an invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All
5. Malika -
Let us become a channel of peace by saying together the following Prayer for World Peace by Hazrat Inayat Khan:
We affirm that race, religion and nationality
cannot separate our shared beating heart.
We affirm that our heart seeks peace and unity
with the One heart to which we all belong,
and we affirm our solidarity in pursuit of peace.
We affirm that the flow of the same force that moves the universe,
moves through all our blood and all our hearts,
and we vow to rise above the distracting illusions of forgetfulness
and live in awareness.
We send a prayer that all beings will come together
in the burgeoning Being through which
flows peace, peace, peace throughout the world.
6. Steve –
Let us prepare to become a channel of healing, by saying the following adapted Tibetan Buddhist Prayer:
May we be at peace,
May our heart remain open.
May we awaken to the light
of our own true nature.
May we be healed,
May we be a source of healing
for all beings.
7. Steve –
Here are some words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘There are three things necessary in sending thought to a distance; first, faith in the theory;
second, self-confidence, meaning confidence in one's own power; third, the power of
concentration. However great the power of concentration may be, without self-confidence it is of no use; and self-confidence without faith in the theory is powerless.’ [Vol IV 15]
8. Steve - Let us silently breathe in and out to the adapted words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of the One
9. Malika – As each focus is named, let us ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation (the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation (the all-sufficient power of healing).
After the five breaths:
Led by Malika, let us repeat out loud:
Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim x3 (divine compassion/divine mercy)
a) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are harming the planet through exploitation, pollution, and insufficient care
b) We embrace and pray for all in the world who are harming the planet through exploitation, pollution, and insufficient care
c) We embrace and pray for all in the world who are suffering from climate change
and deforestation
d) We embrace and pray for all of the world’s political and business leaders and decision makers, that they will make and implement the ecological policies necessary for the safeguarding and healing of the planet
e) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which discriminate against others on account of their race, culture, gender, sexual orientation or religion
f) We embrace and pray for all cricketers who are discriminated against on account of their race, culture, gender, sexual orientation or religion
10. Steve – Let’s take a breath with some more words of Hazrat Inayat Khan:
‘God alone is the healer …. It is not the solid wood that makes the flute, it is the empty reed. The healer is only the instrument which God, Her/Himself is using ….’
HIK Vol. IV Part II Ch. III, slightly adapted
[Let us dwell on these words for a while.]
11. Malika –
g) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are engaged in conflict with ourselves or others
h) We embrace and pray for all aspects of our being which are suffering from conflict or violence
i) We embrace and pray for the country and people of Ethiopia
j) We embrace and pray for all who are refugees or displaced
k) We embrace and pray for all who are involved with the Belarus-Poland border situation
l) We embrace and pray for Gaia and her integral intelligence and wisdom in healing herself.
12. Malika -
ALL repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
13. Steve -
Let us say the following Baha’i Prayer:
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in thy judgement, and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart,
and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
14. Malika -
Let us say the following Sikh Blessing:
‘By thy grace, may there be peace and goodwill among all people everywhere.’
15. Karim – closes ritual, and says: Our next meeting will take place from 7 – 8 pm on Wednesday 19 January 2022. We look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, we encourage you to continue using the COP26 10-minute ritual as regularly as you can. It appears to us that much more progress is needed for the earth to be safeguarded and healed. If you don’t already have the ritual, you can find it displayed on the News page of the Inayatiyya Healing UK website.
Ritual: July 2021
NurJamil - Welcome to Prayers for World Healing
INTRO: The Prayers for World Healing rituals are held every two months. Today we are focusing on healing for our beautiful planet as a Whole. Our next meeting will take place from 7 – 8 pm on Saturday 11 September when we will have a special Racial Equality ritual. We encourage people to use or adapt these rituals to use individually, or in their healing groups
Let us share an Invocation together:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
Karim - An introduction to the theme of Ecology; a holistic perspective, recognising the sacred (the 'life force') in each and every element of the cosmos. Honouring all spaces and places, and all inhabitants of those spaces/places.
Attunementcelebrating the Wholeness of the Universe, a tapestry of interwoven threads. Attuning to/Experiencing our own place and life as one divine thread within this miraculous, ever-changing tapestry [there is no separation except in our minds].
Steve - Reading from Hazrat Inayat Khan:
'.....when one adopts a mystical point of view then, if one is among rocks, if one stands still in the mountains, if one goes alone into the solitude, one begins to feel an upliftment, a sense of peace, a kind of at-one-ment with the rocks, hills, and mountains. What does this mean? It means that the same spirit which is in us, is also in the mountain and rocks, it is buried in the rocks as it is in a less degree in ourselves, but it is the same spirit. That is why we are attracted to mountains ..... What can the mountains give us? Harmony, peace, calmness, a sense of patience, endurance. They inspire us with the idea that they have been waiting for perhaps thousands of years for an upliftment which comes through the development of nature from rock to plant, from plant to animal, from animal to man. This gradual unfoldment of the spirit is buried in all these different aspects of nature; and at each step, from rock to plant, from plant to animal, and from animal to man, the spirit is able to express itself more freely, is able to move more freely.
(HIK Vol. VIIIa)
Karim - Setting
sacred space and invoking the Elements; sharing together Murshid's Element
breaths (5 breaths for each element)
Earth in and out through the nose
Water in through the nose, out through the mouth
Fire in through the mouth, out through the nose
Air in and out through the mouth
Ether very fine breaths, in and out through the nose and mouth... so fine that
one loses the distinction
between nose/mouth and we can perhaps we allow the separation between inner and
outer to dissolve.
Reflect upon the integration of these elements within the Earth; treasuring the
distinctiveness . . . and the Unity.
NurJamil - Preparing to become a channel for healing
Let us silently breathe in and out to the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of God
HIK V of II 44
Steve offers the focuses for healing:
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation
(the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation
(the all-sufficient power of healing).
Led by Steve, let us repeat out loud:
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim x3 (divine compassion/divine mercy)
a) we embrace and pray for all micro-organisms – including all bacteria and viruses. We remember that these are the building blocks for all life on Earth and are integral parts of ourselves.
b) we embrace and pray for all funghi, mosses and lichens.
c) we embrace and pray for all plants and trees.
d) we embrace and pray for all insects and invertebrates.
e) we embrace and pray for all fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
f) we embrace and pray for all animals including our human family in all its amazing diversity.
Steve - Let's take a breath with words from Wangari Maathai (the First African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize):
Malika - 'When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope. We also secure the future for our children.'
"We are called to heal the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process to heal our own."
Steve:
g) we embrace and pray for all people who are working to protect the integrity of all species and habitats
h) We embrace and pray for our lands, lakes, rivers, oceans and atmosphere, and we pray for the healing of our whole beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception.
ALL repeat silently five times:
Shafee on each inhalation
(the divine source of healing)
Kafee on each exhalation
(the all-sufficient power of healing).
NurJamil - ALL repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
NurJamil - Reading of words from Julian of Norwich
I may make all things well,
and I can make all things well,
and I will make all things well,
and I shall make all things well;
and you will see yourself
that every kind of thing will be well.
Malika – Let us share Pope Francis's Prayer for our Earth
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Karim - Let us end by sharing the Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
The following ritual was used in a local Zoom group, and is included as an example of how the Prayers for World Healing rituals can be freely adapted.
Wales Healing Circle July 2021
Ritual: Healing and Honouring Ancestors
1. Attunement to Beings of Healing including Sacred Mountains, Rivers, Trees.
2. Element Breaths
3. The Invocation
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
4. Quote: Murshid
When the soul comes into the physical world it receives an offering from the whole universe; and that offering is the body in which to function. It is not offered to the soul only by the parents, but by the ancestors, by the nation and race into which the soul is born, and by the whole human race. This body is not only an offering of the human race, but is an outcome of something that the whole world has produced for ages; a clay which has been kneaded a thousand times over; a clay which has been prepared so that in its very development it has become more intelligent, more radiant, and more living; a clay which appeared first in the mineral kingdom, which developed in the vegetable kingdom, which then appeared as the animal, and which was finished in the making of that body which is offered to the new-coming human soul.
The soul is direct from heaven; it functions in a body, and it is this body through which it experiences life on the earth more fully. No doubt the better the instrument the greater the satisfaction of the soul. When one looks from this point of view at the whole creation one feels it to be the truth that not only man, but the whole of manifestation, was created in the image of God.
5. An attunement to peace. X7
Inhale: Peace in my heart
Exhale: My heart radiates peace
6. Preparing to become a channel for healing. X7
Inhale: My body, heart and soul
Exhale: radiate the healing spirit of God
7. The focuses for peace and healing.
After each focus is named, let us repeat silently Shafee on the inhalation, and Kafee on the exhalation five times (this means the divine source of healing and the all-sufficient power of healing). After the fifth time, let us repeat out loud Ya Rahman Ya Rahim three times (meaning divine compassion and divine mercy)
i) We embrace and pray for our human ancestors, known and unknown to us and all humans now living
ii) We embrace and pray for our mammalian ancestors and all mammals now living
iii) We embrace and pray for our bird ancestors and all birds now living
iv) We embrace and pray for our reptilian ancestors and all reptiles now living
v) We embrace and pray for our amphibian ancestors and all amphibians now living
vi) We embrace and pray for our fish ancestors and all fish now living
vii) We embrace and pray for our invertebrate ancestors including insects and all invertebrates now living
viii) We embrace and pray for all our plant ancestors and all plants of all kinds now living
ix) We embrace and pray for our bacteria and virus ancestors and all such organisms now living
We pray for the healing of our beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception. We thank you for our ancestry, this clay which has been kneaded over and over again; we recognise all as having its own consciousness and intelligence and acknowledge all as family, and we thank you for the experience and inheritance we have been given over thousands and thousands of years.
Repeat Ya Shakur x7 Divine Gratitude
8. Let us repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
9. A Rumi Poem
I died as a mineral and
became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar
With angels blest; but even from angelhood
I must pass on: all except God doth perish.
When I have sacrificed my angel-soul,
I shall become what no mind e'er conceived.
Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence
Proclaims in organ tones, 'To Him we shall return.'
10. Khatum
O Thou, Who art the
Perfection of Love, Harmony, and Beauty, Sovereign of heaven and earth,
Open our hearts, that we may hear Thy Voice, which constantly
cometh from within.
Disclose to us Thy Divine Light, which is hidden in our souls,
that we may know and understand life better.
Most Merciful and Compassionate God, give us Thy great Goodness;
Teach us Thy loving Forgiveness;
Raise us above the distinctions and differences which divide men;
Send us the Peace of Thy Divine Spirit, And unite us all in Thy
Perfect Being.
Amen.
11. Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
Ritual: May 2021
1. Welcome to this evening's Prayers for World Healing.
The Prayers for World Healing rituals are held every two months. We encourage people to use or adapt the ritual to use individually, or in their healing groups. Today's focuses for healing include various inter-connected strands, such as ecology, disease, conflict and racial equality.
Attunement: Invite into the circle with you any being you feel comfortable with.
The Five Element Breath
Earth: Inhale nose, exhale nose x 5
Water: Inhale nose, exhale mouth x 5
Fire: Inhale mouth, exhale nose x 5
Air: Inhale and exhale mouth x 5
Ether: Very fine breath inhaling and exhaling through the nose x 5
Let us say The Invocation
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
2. Let us say the following words from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together, draw together.
Let us form a Vessel, to catch the dew of Heaven.
Let us rise, and go to that Holy place of Meeting and gather there,
with the Companions of the Light.
Let the Veil of Heaven be drawn back ...
3. The FACILITATOR (Steve) leads everyone in an attunement to peace.
Breathing meditation: let these words rest in our breath. [7 times]
Inhale: Peace in my heart
Exhale: My heart radiates peace
4. Preparing to become a channel for healing.
Again, let these words by Hazrat Inayat Khan rest in our breath. [7 times]
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of God
[Steve says: Malika will now share the focuses for healing.]
5. The FACILITATOR (Malika) offers the focuses for peace and healing, already submitted.
After each focus is named, let us repeat silently Shafee on the inhalation, and Kafee on the exhalation five times (this means the divine source of healing and the all-sufficient power of healing). After the fifth time, let us repeat out loud Ya Rahman Ya Rahim three times (meaning divine compassion and divine mercy)
a) we embrace and pray for all who are affected by life-threatening diseases or viruses
b) we embrace and pray for the people of India
c) we embrace and pray for the people of Yemen & Syria
d) we embrace and pray for the people of Palestine/Israel
e) we embrace and pray for the Uyghur people of China, and the Rohingya people of Myanmar
f) we embrace and pray for all who are subjected to racial hatred on social media
g) we embrace and pray for all who are working for racial harmony and justice
h) we embrace and pray for all young people growing up in today's world
i) we embrace and pray for all world leaders and their peoples, as they tackle environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and the climate crisis.
j) and we pray for the healing of our beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception
Led by the FACILITATOR (Malika) We pray for those focuses in the world un-named and in need of prayers
6. Led by the FACILITATOR (Malika) Let us repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
7. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), let us say the following written by Julian of Norwich:
I may make all things well,
and I can make all things well,
and I will make all things well,
and I shall make all things well;
and you will see yourself
that every kind of thing will be well.
8. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), we ALL close with the
Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
Ritual: March 2021
1. Welcome to Prayer for the World Healing
Invocation
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Only Being
United with All the Illuminated Souls
Who Form the Embodiment of the Messenger
The Spirit of Guidance
2. Introduction to the theme of Enslavement/Transatlantic Slave Trade and Covid
3. Setting sacred space and calling the Elements from a Dagara Tradition (West Africa) Teachings of Sobonfu Some:
Fire
Water
Earth
Mineral
Nature
4. Song calling upon the Ancestors
Calling Female Ancestors
Puor-ah Maan mine
Puor-ah Maan mine
Puor-ah Maan mine
Puor-ah Maan mine ooooh aaaah
Calling Male Ancestors
Puor-ah Saan mine
Puor-ah Saan mine
Puor-ah Saan mine ooooh
Puor-ah Saan mine ooooh aaaah
5. Preparing to become a channel for healing
Let us silently breathe in and out to the words of Hazrat Inayat Khan –
Inhale
My body, heart and soul
Exhale
radiate the healing spirit of God/Goddess
“HIK V of II 44”
6. The FACILITATOR (F) offers the focuses for healing
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently Shafee on the inhalation Kafee on the exhalation x5 (the divine source of healing/the all-sufficient power of healing).
7. Theme: Enslavement/Transatlantic Slave Trade/Covid
Focuses – part 1
a) All who lost their lives while being abducted
b) All who perished on board the slave ships
c) All the enslaved people who suffered through cruelty and disease in the camps and plantations
d) All the enslaved people and their descendants who have been stripped of their culture, religion, identity and dignity
e) All the indigenous people who lost their lives, land and culture through Western colonisation.
8. Desmond Tutu wrote:
‘Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.’
9. Inhale: My body, heart and soul
Exhale: radiate the healing spirit of God
10. Focuses – part 2
f) All who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
g) All who are suffering from present-day enslavement
h) For all our children and the future generations to be safe and live in harmony with each other.
i)Those in white community who are trying to find their way through their ancestor’s involvement in the slave trade
j) For the human beings who every day at the moment, cross the Mediterranean Sea & various others borders escaping conflict, poverty & environmental changes created by our choices of government & lifestyle.
k) All Black and Asian people who are suffering from the Covid pandemic
11. Wangari Maathai: (First African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ‘for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace’)
‘When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope. We also secure the future for our children.’
“We are call to heal the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process to heal our own.” Wangari Maathai
12. Lets take a breath and pray for the healing of our beautiful planet which continually sustains all peoples and all species without exception
13. Tribute song to Wangari – Polly Bolton
Sow the seed, it will be,
One more tree,
To grace the Earth.
Wangari, Wangari,
One seed, one tree, one woman unbound
14. Inhale: My body, heart
and soul
Exhale: Radiate the healing spirit of God
15. For those focuses in the world un-named and in need of prayers
ALL repeat silently
Shafee 5x
Kafee x 5
Invoking
divine Sanctuary for the World
Aman 33 x
From the Prayer Khatum
Raise us above the distinctions and
differences which divide us;
send us the Peace of Thy Divine Spirit,
And unite us all in Thy Perfect Being. Amen
Closing of the Elements
Ritual: 20 January 2021
1. The FACILITATOR (Steve) leads everyone in an attunement to peace.
Let us silently breathe in and out to these
words of Thich Nhat Hanh, taken from his book ‘Being Peace’, which I will say
three times:
Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment
I know this is the only moment.
2. Let us say together an adapted version of the Druid Call for Peace:
Deep within the still centre of our being
May we find peace.
Silently within the quiet of the Grove
May we share peace.
Gently within the greater circle of humankind
May we radiate peace.
3. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), ALL repeat this Invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
4. Let us say the following words from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together, draw together.
Let us form a Vessel, to catch the dew of Heaven.
Let us rise, and go to that Holy place of Meeting and gather there,
with the Companions of the Light.
Let the Veil of Heaven be drawn back …
5. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), ALL repeat
Ya Jami Ya Salaam x11
(the divine Gatherer; the divine Source of Peace)
[Steve says: NJ will now share the focuses for healing.]
6. The FACILITATOR (NJ) offers the focuses for peace and healing, already submitted.
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently Shafee on the inhalation Kafee on the exhalation x5 (the divine source of healing/the all-sufficient power of healing).
Led by the FACILTATOR (NJ), ALL repeat out loud
Ya Rahman Ya Rahim x3 (divine
compassion/divine mercy)
a) All people who are suffering with Covid 19
b) All who are caring for people with Covid 19
c) All who are feeling lonely and isolated during lockdown
d) All who are suffering from domestic violence, now exacerbated by lockdown
e) The people of the USA
f) The Christians of northern Nigeria
g) All who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
h) All who are helping to create and maintain racial equality
i) The planet’s atmosphere and waters
j) All species facing extinction
k) We pray for the healing of our beautiful planet which continually sustains
all peoples and all species without exception
After all focuses are offered, ALL repeat “6.” for those focuses in the world
un-named and in need of prayers
7. Led by the FACILITATOR (NJ), ALL repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
8. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), ALL say the following adapted Hindu prayer:
O God, lead us from the unreal to the Real.
O God, lead us from darkness to light.
O God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
9. Led by the FACILITATOR (Steve), we ALL close with the
Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
Ritual: 19 November 2020:
The FACILITATOR leads everyone in an attunement to peace.
Let us say together an adapted version of the Druid Call for Peace:
Deep within the still centre of our being
May we find peace.
Silently within the quiet of the Grove
May we share peace.
Gently within the greater circle of humankind
May we radiate peace.
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat this Invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
Let us say the following words from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together, draw together.
Let us form a Vessel, to catch the dew of Heaven.
Let us rise and go to that Holy place of Meeting and gather there, with the
Companions of the Light.
Let the Veil of Heaven be drawn back …
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat
Ya Jami Ya Salaam x11: the divine Gatherer; the divine Source of Peace
The FACILITATOR offers the focuses for peace and healing, already submitted.
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently
Shafee on the inhalation Kafee on the exhalation x5:
the divine source of healing/the all-sufficient power of healing.
Led by the FACILTATOR, ALL repeat out loud
Ya Rachman Ya Rahim x3: divine compassion/divine mercy
All who suffer from racial discrimination
All the ancestors of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people who suffered
from enslavement, brutality and torture
All who are suffering from the effects of slavery
All who are working towards truth and
reconciliation in the field of racism
All Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people who are disproportionately
affected by Covid 19
All people who are suffering with Covid 19
All who are caring for people with Covid 19
All who have lost loved ones in the pandemic
All who are anxious or depressed during lockdown
All who are separated from their loved ones due to the pandemic
We pray for the healing of our beautiful planet which continually sustains all
peoples and all species without exception.
After all focuses are offered, ALL repeat Shafee Kafee for those focuses in the world un-named and in need of prayers.
Led by the FACILITATOR,ALL repeat
Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL say the following adapted Tibetan Buddhist prayer:
May we be at peace,
May our hearts remain open.
May we awaken to the light
of our own true nature.
May we be healed, and
May we be a source of healing
for all beings.
Led by the FACILITATOR, we ALL close with the Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you
∞
Ritual: 15 September 2020
The FACILITATOR leads everyone in an attunement to peace.
Let us begin by watching the breath, allowing it to follow its natural rhythm, flowing in through our nostrils, and flowing out. In and out, in and out.
Let us imagine we are each a stringed instrument, such as a guitar or a cello, and that for the music played upon us to sound sweet, we need to be properly tuned.
Can we imagine that the entire world is being tuned, like ourselves, to the vibrations of Love, Peace and Healing, and that these vibrations form a cloak of white or golden light, enfolding the planet.
Let us say together the Peace Mantra. As we say the words, let us imagine that the Spirit of Peace is already flooding into our Hearts, and radiating outwards filling our Community, Land, and the entire World:
Peace in my Heart
Peace in this Place
Peace in our Land
And Throughout the World Peace.
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat this Invocation:
Towards the One
The perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
Here are some words from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition:
Let us gather together, draw together.
Let us form a Vessel, to catch the dew of Heaven.
Let us rise and go to that Holy place of Meeting and gather there, with the
Companions of the Light.
Let the Veil of Heaven be drawn back …
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat
Ya Jami Ya Salaam x11: the divine Gatherer; the divine Source of Peace
The FACILITATOR offers the focuses for peace and healing, already submitted:
All BADGERS that are being persecuted
All ANIMALS which are treated cruelly
All who are CARING for sick or injured ANIMALS
All the
people of BELARUS
All who
are suffering from the CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA
All the
Syrian people who have become DISPLACED
All who
are providing HUMANITARIAN AID in Syria
All who
are helping to REBUILD the country
All creatures who are being affected by DEFORESTATION
All
creatures who are being affected by FOREST FIRES
All
those who are REPLANTING AND CARING for Trees
After each focus is named, ALL repeat silently Shafee on the inhalation Kafee on the exhalation x5:
the divine source of healing/the all-sufficient power of healing.
Led by the FACILTATOR, ALL repeat out loud Ya Rachman Ya Rahim x3:
divine compassion/divine mercy
After all focuses are offered, ALL repeat Shafee Kafee for those focuses in the world un-named and in need of prayers.
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat Aman x33: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL say the Baha’i Prayer for Peace, below:
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in
adversity.
Be fair in thy judgement and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human
heart,
and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
Led by the FACILITATOR, we ALL close with the Buddhist Prayer:
May all beings be well,
may all beings be happy.
Peace, peace, peace
∞
Ritual: 2017:
The FACILITATOR leads everyone in an attunement to peace, salaam, shalom, om shanti (“peace” in other languages may be added); possibly as a chant. ALL repeat The Peace Mantra:
Peace in my Heart,
Peace in this Place,
Peace in our Land
and throughout the World,
Peace
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat this Invocation:
Towards the One
The perfection of love, harmony and beauty
The spirit of peace and healing,
United with all.
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat Ya Jami Ya Salaam x11:
the divine Gatherer; the divine Source of Peace
The FACILITATOR offers focuses in the world for peace and healing, already submitted.
After each focus is given, ALL repeat silently
Shafee on the inhalation Kafee on the exhalation x5:
the divine source of healing/the all-sufficient power of healing
Led by the FACILTATOR, ALL repeat out loud
Ya Rachman Ya Rahim x3: divine compassion/divine mercy
After all focuses are offered, ALL repeat Shafee Kafee for those focuses in the world un-named and in need of prayers
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL repeat Aman x33:
invoking divine Sanctuary for the world
Led by the FACILITATOR, ALL say Pope Francis’ prayer, below:
A prayer for our earth
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.
Led by the FACILITATOR, we ALL close with “May all beings be well, may all beings be happy. Peace, peace, peace” possibly chanted.
Vigil for Peace – Prayers for World Healing
Tuesday 12 December 2023, beginning at 7 pm
Suggested Format – Draft
4
Karim
7:00 to 7:05 pm
Wishing you a warm welcome to this Vigil for Peace.
There will be four focuses for healing this evening. Please feel free to interpret each focus in the way you feel guided and that feels right for you. You may find it helpful to hold the focus in mind and in healing light and/or simply watch the breath coming in and out of the nostrils, but please feel free to pray as you wish.
Let us begin in silence now.
NurJamil
7:05 pm
a) We embrace and pray for peace and healing within ourselves
[Silence for 10 minutes]
Malika
7:15 pm
b) We embrace and pray for peace and healing within our communities
[Silence for 10 minutes]
Karim
7:25 pm
c) We embrace and pray for peace and healing within our land
[Silence for 10 minutes]
Steve
7:35 pm
d) We embrace and pray for peace and healing within our world
[Silence for 10 minutes]
Malika
7:45 pm
You are welcome to join in this prayer:
O Thou, who art the Source of Love, Light and Life, by Thy infinite Mercy, may all be healed and restored in peace – Amen.
[A further silence is held, for approximately 2 or 3 minutes.]
Karim
7:50 pm
Thank you so much for coming. We wish you goodnight.