Alighting and Entering
Weekly on Sundays from 29th August, 2021
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.
For further information about study activities organised by Beshara Australia please click here.
Booking
Cost: FREE via Zoom
Contact: Mark Temple at markvtemple@gmail.com
COURSES & EVENTS
Open Meetings
Monday 13th April, 2026
From 17:30 GMT
An ongoing open, creative discussion space and e-gathering for sharing thoughts and contributing to the development of Beshara. Please join us in exchanging ideas, having meaningful discussions, the chance to be heard and the chance to listen and for understanding to develop and flourish.
The Nightingale in the Garden of Love
Saturday 7th March 2026
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London
Contemplative reading of the spiritual poems of one of the greatest Ottoman Sufi masters, Mehmed Muhyīddīn Üftade (1490-1580).
Contact: Michael Cohen london@beshara.org
Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries
Weekly on Saturdays (starting March 2026)
13:30–15:30 GMT online via Zoom
An opportunity to study and explore a recent translation of a seminal work of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi: Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries.
Contact: Michael Cohen, london@beshara.org
More Intimate Dialogues with Reality
Saturday 7th February 2026
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London
Contemplative reading of some of Niffari’s “Spiritual Addresses” in a new English translation by Angela Jaffray, and exploration of their relevance to us in the present moment.
Contact: Michael Cohen london@beshara.org
WHAT IS BESHARA?
Beshara is a name for…
- the perspective that there is only one unlimited existence, expressing itself infinitely as a gift of love;
- the realisation that self-knowledge from such a unifying point of view results in an understanding of the whole, by the whole;
- the wisdom that is at the heart of all the great spiritual and religious traditions.
The word Beshara is originally Aramaic, and its meaning can be rendered as “good news”; it indicates the very positive and valuable effect that any movement towards a more inclusive and harmonious perspective represents.
Beshara courses, events and study groups are regularly held online and in various locations around the world to support each person’s journey of self-discovery. Beshara Publications offers a unique catalogue of timeless books that offer insight into humanity’s place in the universe. Beshara Magazine is a non-profit, digital publication that presents ideas of unity, inclusion and interconnectedness in all areas of contemporary thought, from spirituality to science, economics and the arts…
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The Trust is supported entirely by philanthropic donations and voluntary work.
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