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RemembranceBy Khushi TanveerAnnouncing the new Sufi Remembrance Website! This is meant to be a “virtual” memorial sitewhere members of all of the Orders derived from the inspiration of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat InayatKhan, can share memories of Beloveds who have walked in the footsteps of our Sufi Master and whohave crossed over to the unseen realms.The Remembrance website is set up in blog format. There is a personal page for each mureedwho is known to have passed on. Their page is indexed alphabetically by first name within theirprimary sufi order. Each page has a place for comments. You, members of the Sufi community, areinvited and encouraged to visit the site, and post memories of those whose lives have touched you.The initial page information for many mureeds is scanty. Sometimes there is just a name, whichcalls out for biographical information, pictures, dates of birth and death. Anything you might haveto contribute to anyone’s page is most welcome.To view the website, go to http://www.remembrance.sufipaths.net The homepage instructs youhow to use the website. You can search for anyone by name in the search box, or click on an Order tofind someone. Once you arrive at a person’s page, scroll down to the Leave a Memory box and enteryour posting. When you are finished, click on “submit comment.”All submissions are moderated. After submissions are reviewed and approved, they will appearon the site.One day in September 2007, I received an e-mail from a friend in Belgium letting me know thata Dutch mureed had passed on. Karima’s death touched me deeply. I had met Karima only once,in 2003. My husband Shaffee and I had traveled to Europe to attend the first Sufi Ruhaniat camp tobe held on that continent. We were casting about for a ride from Holland to Germany, and Karimavolunteered to transport us.It was a drive of several hours, and so we had plenty of time to get to know each other as wesped along the autobahn in her tiny car, packed to the gills with people and luggage. During thecamp we spent some lovely heart time together, and again, after camp, Karima transported us backinto Holland.So it was with great sadness that I learned that a heart condition brought her to her death. Iremember thinking, ... “Karima is going to pass into oblivion and no one will remember her.”Two weeks later during the first day of a retreat, I found my thoughts returning again to Karima.There was a moment during the wanderings of my mind when I was struck with the inspiration tocreate a repository to share memories of mureeds who have passed from this plane to the next. The32 HeartBeat Summer 2009
Guidance was very clear: the remembrances were to be for all mureeds who trace their spiritual inheritanceto Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan.Khushi TanveerWith this Guidance I realized that this place of Remembrance would allow our entire Inayaticommunity to memorialize our teachers, and our brothers and sisters on the path, assuring that awhiff of the perfume of all of these Beloveds would waft on through some unknown amount of time.Now, more than eighteen months later, it gives me great joy to share with you the manifestationof that Guidance. I had never attempted to create a website prior to this, and so there was a steeplearning curve. But the power of Guidance is strong, and I persevered, even through long fallowperiods of despair of ever being able to master WordPress!It is my greatest hope that you, members of this blessed community will visit the Remembrancesite, and tarry long enough to share memories of those dearest of souls who have touched you withtheir Being.The Remembrance Project http://remembrance.sufipaths.net Najat Robert’s tashbiSufi Ruhaniat International 33
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