BESHARA

A Unifying Perspective in the Contemporary World

Beshara is a name for the perspective that there is only one unlimited existence, expressing itself infinitely as a gift of love.

The potential to realise this truth lies within every human heart.

The awakening and realisation of this potential is the aim of this education.

The word Beshara is originally Aramaic, its meaning can be rendered as “good news” or “omen of joy”. It indicates the very positive and valuable effect that any movement towards a more inclusive and harmonious perspective represents.

COURSES & EVENTS

Love and Knowledge in the Light of Unity | the Direct Path

Love and Knowledge in the Light of Unity | the Direct Path

A Beshara Foundation Course

Introductory weekend at Sutton Courtenay Abbey, Oxfordshire
16th – 18th February 2024
(Zoom attendance also available)

10 x fortnightly online sessions
29th February – 4th July 2024
Thursday evenings, 19:00–20:30 GMT/BST

This is a new foundational course in esoteric education that provides a full introduction to the principles of Beshara in terms of both knowledge and practice. Taking the metaphysics of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi as a starting point, the course explores what it means to understand oneself and the world in the light of unity.

Contact: besharacourses3@beshara.org

Addresses by Bülent Rauf

Addresses by Bülent Rauf

 

Weekly from 16th January 2024
Tuesdays:
21:00–22:00 GMT

 

An online study and reading of Address by Bülent Rauf. This is an existing group with a limited number of places. New participants are very welcome.

 

Contact: Yafiah Katherine Randall
yafiahkatherine@gmail.com

An Introduction to Ibn ‘Arabi Study

An Introduction to Ibn ‘Arabi Study

Mondays 19:00–21:00 GMT
Fortnightly Zoom sessions

This study series is an introduction to Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi’s story and perspective studying The Unlimited Mercifier by Stephen Hirtenstein. The scope of this illuminating book embraces both the inner and outer aspects of Ibn ‘Arabi’s life as each mirrors the other.

The group is underway but is open to anyone interested in joining as each session is fresh and unique in itself.

BESHARA MAGAZINE

The intentions of Beshara Magazine: an interview with the editor, Jane Clark

by Elizabeth Roberts

Beshara Magazine provides a platform for intelligent and thought-provoking material embodying a unifying perspective. Its concern is not with one particular field of activity, but with unitative ideas and initiatives as they arise in many different areas of contemporary thought.

LATEST ARTICLES

Cooking the Ainu Way

Bringing Light to the World: The Vision of Ibn ‘Arabi

Dr Eric Winkel talks with Jane Clark and Richard Gault about what the wisdom of the great philosopher/mystic can offer us in these troubled times

‘At some point we have to get out of the head and out of the intellect and ask: Can we look with our hearts?’

Cooking the Ainu Way

AI and Spiritual Intelligence

Mark Vernon dives into the debate surrounding digital technology

‘Where AI processes what is concrete and known, spiritual intelligence is alert to the ineffable, the paradoxical, the mythological.’

Cooking the Ainu Way

The Art of Conducting

British conductor James Lowe talks about the nature of music and the influence of the Tao Te Ching on his work

‘Great art and music dissolves barriers, allowing us to touch on something transpersonal, something above ourselves.’

Cooking the Ainu Way

Bernardo Kastrup and Swami Sarvapriyananda: A Dialogue about Consciousness

Charlotte Maberly appreciates a wide-ranging video conversation about Eastern and Western concepts of the self and mind

‘We might expect a western scientist philosopher and Hindu monk to have conflicting perspectives on the concept of consciousness, but in this fascinating dialogue, Bernardo Kastrup and Swami Sarvapriyananda explore the potential common ground between ancient wisdom and western science.’

Cooking the Ainu Way

Book Review: “Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time” by Kapka Kassabova

Charlotte Maberly reviews a book about the search for wholeness, and a heartfelt plea to reclaim our spiritual, physical and emotional unity with nature

RECENT TALKS

Ibn ‘Arabi and the Ecological Crisis: a Merciful Nemesis? Revisited

Speaker: Peter Coates
Delivered at the October Gallery, London, September 2023

A talk and discussion with Peter Coates about the ecological crisis and its deeper significance.

“Hubris against the essential divine order of nature would be followed by its appropriate nemesis” (Aldous Huxley)

BESHARA LECTURE 2023

The Coincidence of Opposites

Speaker: Iain McGilchrist
Delivered online on 9th July 2023

If there is Oneness, what are the Many? Are they the same? What do we mean? Iain McGilchrist suggests that the coincidence of opposites is a truth of unsurpassed importance, but that we have been educated into believing that it is, quite simply, nonsense; and that this plays a neglected role in our failure to make sense of the world.

Click here to watch the Q&A session

PUBLICATIONS

Cover Mystical Astrology

Letters

Bulent Rauf  |  This book presents letters full of profound insights to students corresponding with Bülent Rauf (1911–1987), who was Consultant to the Beshara School of Intensive Esoteric Education.

Cover Mystical Astrology

Kernel of the Kernel

Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi  |  “For the one who is ready to look into the depth of his or her own being, to the kernel of the kernel which is his essence, this book is invaluable, pointing out the path of progress for those who may become entangled along the way.”

Know Yourself

Know Yourself

Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi / Awhad al-din Balyani  |  The power of ideas has been expressed in many ways. It is also true of a wrong idea, illusion, and the most deep-rooted and limiting of ideas is the idea of our own existence. “Know Yourself” is a clearing away of misconceptions, so that a true perception may appear.

EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
The website beshara.org is managed by the Beshara Trust, a UK-based educational charity (registered nos. 296769 England & Wales, SC039933 Scotland) established in 1971, whose aim is the advancement of education in the consideration of the basic unity of all religions, in particular by the provision of courses to provide an understanding of the relationship of humanity to the universe, the earth, the environment and society, to Reality and to God.

The Trust is supported entirely by philanthropic donations and voluntary work.

BESHARA WORLDWIDE

Beshara courses and events are held around the world, organised by independent groups and individuals who share a common belief in the importance of this education.

To find out more about our worldwide groups, follow these links:

The Beshara Trust (UK)
Beshara Netherlands
Beshara North America
Beshara Southeast Asia
Beshara Australia

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