Alighting and Entering

Weekly on Sundays
19:00 – 21:30 AEST

An online study course run by a member of Beshara Australia exploring the theme of aim and intention in the search for spiritual knowledge through the unity of existence.

Course Description

Each session will include silent group meditation and discussion texts, which will include The 29 Pages and The Kernel of the Kernel. Copies of the texts will be provided courtesy of Beshara Australia.

Contemplation and practices will also be offered for those who wish to do them at home in between sessions.

Each complete cycle of 12 weeks will be limited to 12 people and is particularly for people in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Newcomers are welcome.

Further cycles will be offered and a waiting list created if/when the first cycle is full.

Further information about study activities organised by Beshara Australia can be found here: https://www.beshara.org/contact/beshara-australia

Booking

Cost: FREE via Zoom

Contact: Mark Temple at markvtemple@gmail.com

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).

Discovering Unity Seven Day Retreat

May 14 – 21, 2016

Learn more about what discovering unity means during this week-long retreat course at The Chisholme Institute

Kernel of the Kernel

Thursdays from 24th February 2022
16:00 – 17:30 Pacific Standard Time

Fridays from 25th February 2022
10:00 – 11:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time

 

A study of Ismail Hakki Bursevi’s translation of Ibn ‘Arabi’s exceptional treatise for those who undertake the journey with the aim of Union. All are welcome.

Contact: Mark Danley at markdanleyb@gmail.com

St Martin and the beggar

The Practical Wisdom of Ibn ‘Arabi

4th February – 11th March, 2021
Thursdays at 19:00 – 20.30 GMT (6 sessions)

Exploring Ibn ‘Arabi’s great metaphysical vision and its many implications for our conduct in everyday life. No previous knowledge is required, all texts provided. Led by Jane Clark.

This course is now fully subscribed but you are welcome to register your interest in the next course.
Contact: Elizabeth Roberts at horsleyhill@gmail.com

 

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

Ibn ‘Arabi Study Retreat: The Ground of Beneficence

August 26 – September 2, 2017
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

Meaning and relevance in the ‘Twenty-Nine Pages’ and the chapter on Loqman from the ‘Fusus al Hikam’

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.

 

What is a well-integrated spirituality? The practical wisdom of Ibn ʿArabī

September 12, 2018 (6.30pm)
Sydney, Australia

A talk by Jane Clark exploring some of the practical implications of Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabī’s teaching, and asking how can we integrate these into our lives in the 21st century?

Revisiting the Kernel of the Kernel II

16th–19th February 2023

An immersive three days at Chisholme, in conjunction with the Beshara Trust.

In The Footsteps of St. Cuthbert

September 23 – 27, 2016

A five-day study tour in the North of England led by Katharine Tiernan

Was and Is

March 17, 2018 (11am–5pm)
The October Gallery, London, UK

A day seminar on the distinction between predestination and karma according to the teachings of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi.

The Ways of the Heart II: Oneness

30th October 2020 – 28th January 2021
Hosted by The Beshara Trust using the Zoom seminar platform.

An online Beshara course exploring a spiritual life in the contemporary world.

This course is now fully subscribed but you are welcome to register your interest in further courses to: besharacourses@beshara.org