God created God’s own being

Weekly on Mondays from 28th March, 2022
19:00 – 20:00 AEST

A series of online sessions exploring creativity and meaning through Poetry, Writing, Images & Song.

Course Description

An opportunity to share creativity and joy among friends and present your work, either in aspiring or tentative forms of writing, song, poetry and painting.

Share work in progress with others and explore the ways in which true creativity never leaves its centre, yet expresses itself uniquely in diverse ways and through each and every one of us…knowing the Unity of Being never leaves the essential purity of its source.

Booking

Cost: FREE via Zoom

Contact: markvtemple@gmail.com

The Alchemy of Human Happiness: Study Group

January 25th, 2020 (2–5pm)
The October Gallery, London UK

The first of a series of study groups on a new translation of a seminal work of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi.

Akong: A Remarkable Life

November 28, 2018 (7pm)
Heart of Hawick Cinema & Theatre, Hawick, Scottish Borders

The award-winning documentary on the inspirational life of Akong Rinpoche, co-founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the West, at Eskdalemuir. Introduced by Executive Producer Vin Harris, and followed by a panel discussion with Q&A. Proceeds to the Akong Memorial Foundation.

How Rumi Opens the Eye of the Heart

14th October 2023
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London

A talk and seminar by Alan Williams

The 13th century Masnavi of Jalāloddin Rumi is not a story book, yet, like the Bible and the Quran, it is full of stories. What are the secrets the Masnavi reveals? They may be summed up in the phrase ‘the opening of the eye of the heart’. The primary question of this lecture is: how does the Masnavi effect the opening of the heart?

‘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.

The Ways of the Heart II: Oneness

Weekly on Fridays
7th October 2022 – 13th December 2022
19:00–20:30 AEDT

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

Discovering Unity

February 27 – April 10, 2018
Hosted by Beshara Turkey

A 7-week online course using the Zoom seminar platform exploring human consciousness and meaning.

Homecoming: The Art of Benet Haughton

May 11 – June 3rd, 2018
The Cornucopia Room, 4 Towerdykeside, Hawick TD9 9EA, Scottish Borders UK

An interview, talk & exhibition

Kernel of the Kernel

Sundays from 27th February, 2022
13:00 – 14:30 Pacific Standard Time

One session per week for up to 8 weeks

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

Contact: marengleason@gmail.com

Three Month Online Course

September 7 – December 7, 2019

A three month course beginning with a week residential retreat at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders, followed by a modular online programme.

Fusus al-Hikam Study Sessions

Weekly on Tuesdays from 8th March, 2022
19:00–20:00 (AEDT)

A reading group for online study of the Fusus al-Hikam by Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, volumes 1-4. Participants will be able to join in as they wish.

Contact: markvtemple@gmail.com

Cuthbert of Farne

May 12, 2019 (6pm)
The Cornucopia Room, Scottish Borders, UK

Book launch with author Katharine Tiernan

God's Own Being 246

Colours to the Mast

Weekly on Mondays
19:00–20:00 AEST

A series of online sessions exploring creativity and meaning through Poetry, Writing, Images & Song.