EVENTS

Daily Meditation

From 6th January 2025
07:30–08:00 GMT

Daily 30-minute silent meditation beginning with a dedication of intent and ending.

All welcome to join on any day.

How to Book

Contact: John Brown at besharacourses@beshara.org for a Zoom invite

‘I will abandon laziness, for which life has no time,
Enter, undistracted, the path of listening and hearing,
Reflection, contemplation and meditation.’
Padmasambhava, Founder of the Samye Monastery, 8th century Tibet

You can have your screen on or off, so you don’t have to sit in front of your computer – just sign in to the Zoom meeting. At the end of the meditation, you are welcome to leave, or say farewells by turning on audio and screen or in the chat.

MORE COURSES

The Masnavi of Rumi Book 3

Weekly from 19th November 2026
Thursdays 20:30–21:30 GMT

An exploration of Book Three of Jalaladdin Rumi’s Masnavi will begin in November on Zoom. To enrol in the group please contact John Brown at: besharacourses@beshara.org.

The Heart of the Masnavi

The Heart of the Masnavi

A n interactive talk by Alan Williams

10th October 2026
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London

Book Three of Rumi’s Masnavi is generally regarded as his most profound. It can be regarded as its heart, where Rumi does not mince his words. Alan will discuss the perplexities and challenges of what some say is ‘beyond the reader’s comprehension’ (not Alan’s view).

Kernel of the Kernel

Weekly from 19th September 2026
Saturdays 14:00–15:00 GMT

Online study of The Kernel of the Kernel, a selection of key passages from Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi’s Futūḥāt al-Makkiyyah, translated into Turkish with commentary by Ismail Hakki Bursevi (1652-1728AD). Translated into English by Bulent Rauf.

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

The Beshara Foundation Blended Learning Course

Part 1: Introductory weekend at Sutton Courtenay Abbey, Oxfordshire
16th – 18th October 2026
(Attendance Face-to-Face or by Zoom)

Followed by.
Part 2: 10 fortnightly online sessions
29th October 2026 – 18th March 2027
Thursday evenings, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT/BST

Part 3: Optional residential weekend and/or 10 days at Chisholme House, Scotland 1st–11th April 2027

This course 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 know oneself and the world in the light of the Unity of Existence.

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Contact: besharacourses3@beshara.org

Mystics and Metaphysicians, East and West, Past and Present – and Future

An online course presented by Jim Griffin

Fortnightly from October 2026 – May 2027
Saturdays: 10:00am – 12:00pm (UK time)
or
Saturdays: 5:00pm-7:00pm (UK time)

Workshop series following a format of reading with contemplative meditation and shared reflections.

“The traditions of the past are very great in their own place, in the past, but I do not see why we should merely repeat them and not go further. In the spiritual development of the consciousness upon earth the great past ought to be followed by a greater future.”

Sri Aurobindo