Transform Your Stories to Embrace Truth & Freedom

Transform Your Stories to Embrace Truth & Freedom
A New Series offered by the Jami' Initiative of the Shadhiliyya Sufi Communities

Have you noticed that in the absence of information or understanding about a situation we tell ourselves stories to fill in the gaps? After these stories have been considered again and again, they start to live inside of us as the Truth.

As you can imagine, our stories can have a profound influence on our interactions and relationships with others. In
this series of 8 classes we explore ways to soften the impact of these stories, and to help the body and heart release them.

Class #4 on June 4th -
Open to Love and Mercy, Let Go of Judgment, Blame & Shame

Have you ever caught yourself repeating the same painful story from your past? Have you wondered why you still do not feel happy or free or joyful? The beliefs contained in the painful story shape how we live our lives today. We need Allah to help us let go of blame and judgement of others and ourselves that keep us stuck. Allah gives us guides and teachings to demonstrate how to see beyond our patterns of speech, thinking, emotion, and behavior.

We can be expectant of Allah’s help, trusting Allah knows how, when, and by what means we heal. Our part is to use the tools, the practices, the teachings and be thankful. In this class we consciously commit to Allah as the Judge, Allah as our Protector, Allah as our Guide. We choose the path of Compassion and Mercy. We give ourselves what we would want for another. And we give another what we would want for ourselves. We see our beauty and how Allah created us. We trust.

To learn more and register for the class, visit https://suficommunities.org/community-connections/transform-stories/