Know Yourself

Wednesdays from 5th August 2020 (20.00 – 21:00 BST)
& Mondays from 10th August 2020 (20.00 – 21:00 BST)
One session per week (5 week period)

Online study of Know Yourself, an explanation of the oneness of being attributed to Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi and Awhad al-din Balyani, translated by Cecilia Twinch (via Zoom)

Course Description

This short text on the unity of existence explains that to realise your essential oneness with reality is not to eliminate your ‘separate’ self or ego because that illusory self never existed. Rather, it is necessary to know your true self to realise your oneness with all being. Nothing essentially changes. When you know yourself ‘ignorance simply disappears’ and how things really are becomes clear.

Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240AD), mystic, philosopher, poet, sage, is one of the world’s great spiritual teachers, whose writings provide a beautiful exposition of the Unity of Being. His wisdom has much to offer us in the modern world, in terms of understanding what it means to be human.

These sessions are supported and sponsored by The Beshara Trust.

Booking

Cost: FREE via ZOOM
Although these courses are free to join, participants will be expected to purchase a copy of the book. It is available from Beshara Publications and Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com

*Donations to support the running of these courses are welcome – DONATE HERE

Please note: both Know Yourself courses are now full, please contact besharacourses@beshara.org if you would like to register your interest in further courses and be notified when they become available.

The Beshara Lecture 2023

The Coincidence of Opposites

Speaker: Iain McGilchrist

Sunday 9th July 2023 14:00 BST (via Zoom)

If there is Oneness, what are the Many? Are they the same? What do we mean?

The Beshara Lecture 2018

‘Something from Nothing’

An examination of the foundations of present day atheism from the perspective of unity of being.

Speaker: Avi Abadi

October 20th
at The Royal Asiatic Society, London

October 27th
at The Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh

October 28th
at The Cornucopia RoomHawick, Scottish Borders

Aspects of Science, Imagination and the Mystical

April 14, 2018 (2pm–5pm)
The October Gallery, London, UK

A talk and seminar that will consider the vital role of the creative imagination in natural science and in the mystical philosophy of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi.

 

Niffari: Spiritual Addresses

Weekly on Saturdays from 23rd October, 2021
13:30 – 15:30 BST/GMT
Or (Amero-Australian based group)
Weekly on Saturdays/Sundays from 13th November, 2021
17:00 – 18:00 Saturday CST / 10:00 – 11:00 Sunday AEDT

Online study and contemplation of the Spiritual Addresses by al-Niffari. Reading material will be provided.

These sessions are now full.

Contact:
Michael Cohen at london@beshara.org
(Amero-Australian group) Mary Boyd-Brent at boydb002@umn.edu

Open Meetings

Monday 13th & 27th January, 2025
Monday 10th & 24th February, 2025
18:30–19:30 GMT

Are you interested in sharing your thoughts and in contributing to the development of Beshara? We are excited to invite you to a series of four fortnightly online Open Meetings launching in January 2025.

Dom Sylvester Houédard

The Kiss: The Beshara talks of Dom Sylvester Houédard

Saturday, 5th November 2022
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London UK

Contemplative reading of extracts from “The Kiss”, a new collection of the Dom’s talks.

Notes from the Underworld

May 25, 2019 (2–4pm)
The Cornucopia Room, Scottish Borders
and
June 1, 2019 (2.30–4.30pm)
Mulberry House, Edinburgh

A talk by Janet Bowers exploring and embracing death as one of the most essential aspects of our humanity from a psychological and spiritual perspective.

Know Yourself

January – July 2019 (11am – 1pm)
Every 2nd Sunday each month

The Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh, UK

Exploring the Oneness of Being through oneself

Intimate Dialogues with Reality

Saturday April 22nd, 2023
14:00 – 17:00 BST
October Gallery, London, UK

Reading and contemplation of some of Niffari’s “Spiritual Addresses” in English translation, exploring their relevance to us in the present moment.

 

‘Truth is One but the wise speak of it differently’

(Rig Veda)

A 5-module course from 8th September, 2021 to 4th May, 2022. Wednesday evenings from 7-8.30pm GMT/BST

This course will introduce participants to four major traditions of human wisdom – the philosophies of ancient Greece and India, Christian wisdom and Islamic Mysticism. As we progress through the course we will explore how these traditions might converse with one another and go on to consider what light these wisdoms have to shed on the issues the world faces today.

Ibn ‘Arabi Study Retreat: Abraham and Isaac

September 4 – 10, 2017
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

Study of chapters from Part One of the new, fully annotated translation of the ‘Fusus al-Hikam’ (2018).