Love / Trust / Respect

Love: The natural feeling of affection one has for somebody else

Trust: The feeling of security that someone else will not hurt or harm you

Respect: The feeling of added value that someone provides to you or to the environment

Sincerely,

Begum Gulsha Fawzia

Founder- President

 

Divine Abode

Al Ikhlas( The Purity)

International Sufi Festival India

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12 Stages of Ascension...

1. First level :

when the body drops density it commonly displays mutational symptoms of flu, headaches, diarrhea, rashes, muscle and joint aches

Most flu epidemics are actually Light epidemics!

Brain chemistry changes, right and left brain functions blend and the pituitary and pineal glands begin to change in size.

The DNA structure and chemical components begin to change and pick up extra hydrogen atoms and chemicals that the cells need to take undifferentiated higher Light and break it down into useable Light encodements for the DNA.

2. Second level - the etheric blueprint floods with light and releases karmic experiences, individuals may feel disoriented as well as experience of 'bouts of flu'. Â Many begin to question "why am I here".

Light in the etheric blueprint releases 4th dimensional structure and causes spins in the geometries of the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Â Change is rapid and many feel tired.

3. Third level - physical senses become much stronger. Your bodies not only absorb Light for its own change but also acts as a transducer - decoder of higher light energies to the planet as a whole.

The process of the in-breath is now irreversible, like an elastic band that has been stretched to maximum capacity, been let go of and will return to its natural state.

4. Fourth level - major changes are in the brain and its chemistry and electromagnetic energies - symptoms are often headaches, blurry vision, loss of hearing and sometimes chest pains.

Crystal regulators in the etheric body keep lines of light within the 5th dimensional blueprint from connecting again until you are ready.

Chest pains are due to the expanding energies of the heart as it opens to deeper levels.

Vision and hearing are being realigned to function differently. The mental body begins to wonder if it really is in charge and individuals get strong unexplainable and undeniable urges to follow spirit without hesitation.

Individuals may get lashes of telepathy, clairvoyance and nearly all begin to experience empathy. Â This is a time of feeling, of honoring and accepting and validating the emotional body and learning to control it.

5. Fifth level - the mental body decides to tune to spirit, dreams change and may become more 'lucid', you get feelings of de ja vu. Thought processes become non linear. Â Being's oscillate between knowing and doubt.

We realize the habitual nature of thinking and behavior and look at de-programming and re-programming to create the "I" we wish to be, not the "I" we thought we were from our interaction with parents, peers and society etc.

Change seems to be constant and we consciously begin to discern from our heart rather than judge from 'conditioned responses'.

6. Sixth level - we draw to us others for mutual support and stimulation of growth. Â We question what is real, our mental process and how we identify with others and ourselves changes rapidly.

Re-evaluation may be uncomfortable but we feel it must be done - we look at our relationships, jobs, home environment, living styles, it is a time of letting go, of moving on.
We change our friends, everything feels to be in a state of flux but we feel lighter, vaster, freer somehow. Â By this stage the Light quotient in our being is 33% - we feel as though we are opening up our inner senses and clairvoyance, clairaudience etc. seem normal and natural to us.

7. Seventh level - the heart chakra opens more, we become more 'real' with other emotions, we just have to be ourselves! We release blocks and old patterns - it is a time of great emotional clearing and great intensity as we seek to rid ourselves of emotional baggage.

We feel more in tune with each moment, feeling very present and flowing with life. Â Often old relationships end or change rapidly as Being's dig deep and honour their feelings - there is simply no room for denial on any level. We begin to lose emotional attachment to others.

Chest pains (angina) are more common as the heart continues to open its energy fields.

(Doing the Unified chakra meditation will assist in the heart opening).

Fear at this time is released as the energy fields of all the bodies are realigned through the heart and when aligned, fear drops away.

Pressure at the forehead or back or the head is due to the opening of the pituitary and pineal glands as they absorb more light, when these glands are fully open, activated and functioning at the highest level, aging and death cease.

When the pineal gland is fully open we experience multi-dimensionality yet duality seems to increase as we leave it behind.

Some days we feel connected and joyous, others we are in fear and caught up in survival issues.

Many wish to 'ascend' and leave the planet as we sense the very real possibility of ascension through our deepening connection with spirit.

As we learn to follow our joy, we may then want to 'save the planet' and have everyone follow their joy.

ALL are stages of progression and reflect our changing perception. Â Dietary wise, you feel to eat less, more light, live food -
many at this stage have ceased to eat meat, sugar and drink alcohol as they 'feel' the effects of these substances on the vibrational fields of the body.

8. Eighth level - we see the Master in all and purely wish to be of service - we leave the 'saving and rescuing' mode behind in favour of the desire to serve Divine Will.

The pineal and pituitary glands change shape, if headaches persist ask the Being's who are working with you to simply 'tone it down' for they don't feel pain, or ask them to release endorphin's - the brains natural opiate.

The brain is being activated - particularly the cerebrum, the 'sleeping giant'. Â Cranial expansion is common; triangular 'seed crystals' in the brow and recorder crystals in the right side of the brain are activated along with the 8th, 9th and 10th chakras.

We begin to be hooked into the languages of Light.

The pituitary and pineal glands are opened fully and work together to create the 'Arc of the Covenant', a rainbow light that arcs over the top of the head to the third eye that is a decoding mechanism for higher dimensional language.

You may find it hard to find words to express yourself as you may think in geometries and tones.

If confused do the unified chakra meditation and ask for messages to be decoded and translated.

Again you become much more aware of the vastness and multi-dimensionality of your nature, that you can be anything that you want to be, you cease to operate from obligation and relationships become transpersonal. You share words from your heart and soul and others may feel disorientated when dealing with you as they no longer have 'hooks' into you to link with.

You operate from a deep level of serenity with heightened sensitivity and awareness yet feel grounded and transformed. By this stage, it is possible to be sustained purely by Light and prana, to take no nourishment from the atmospheric realms and to be healthily sustained by the etheric.

9. Ninth level - decoding geometries and toning is easier, spirit is using the languages of light which shift the 6th dimensional blueprint into a new template for your 5th dimensional Lightbody.

Your body may change shape as the energy fields shift. Â You feel interconnected to all Being's everywhere and less connected to the opinions of others.

You release the desire for and the energy to sustain the 'game of separation and limitation' and feel truly free.

The 9th level sees a mass descension of the Lightbody into physical form.

As with the 3rd and 6th, this level sees a strong re-evaluation as we begin the final surrender to Spirit and we truly become the Divine instrument.

Here Spirit determines our income, our work, other being's in our lives, everything. Â This is the dissolution of the ego-self and while ecstatic, it can be most painful. Â Making the leap can be fearful even though we have evolved through eons of time to reach this point.

We may go back and forth, clinging to old comfort zones before completely letting go - there is no turning back and all must be released.

9th level is surrender and then ecstasy; the letting go of the "I" - we realize that while free will is real it is also an illusion as it only there to guide us and to empower us to be One with Spirit.

Survival fears leave - focus in on the Now at one-at-ment. Â Though fears may surface, they seem unreal and are easily put aside.

We tend to disconnect from consensus reality and our choices and reality seem unreal to others. From the 7th, 8th and 9th the inner light noticeably radiates out and by now you feel unbelievably grounded, connected, centered, filled with purpose and desiring only to serve.

For awhile you may slip between the 8th & 9th, from feeling complete at-one-ment to being ' a limited human being' again, this settles down by the end of the 9th level.

You then continually feel connected and operate from your final union and your intention and motivation is always for the highest, although others, due to their own inner triggers and issues, may not always choose to see that.

The 9th is where we begin to hook up to our I AM.

The last three levels unify all energy fields, all chakras are unified and you become totally connected to your I AM.

10. Tenth level - you are one with Source consciousness and know all is possible. Â DNA is no longer 2 strand but 12 strand; teleportation, manifestation etc. are instantaneous.

The Merkabah (another name for our Lightbody) has been built and allows you to pass through space, time and dimensions complete in your totality.

It has its own consciousness to be directed by you.

11. Eleventh level - all levels of the lightbody have been constructed and activated and are connected to your physical body via 'spin points'.

These light matrix's lie along the physical acupuncture meridians and are lines of light intersecting in beautiful geometries
- a new 5th dimensional circulatory system of Light.

Cellular regeneration has been accomplished.

Time is no longer linear but simultaneous - past, present and future co-exist - all exist in parallels.

There is no separation and you will fully manifest your vision of Heaven on Earth and express the ecstasy of Spirit.

In this 'frame' of conscious awareness many now access and create new types of Light based technologies, new community living, new systems of government and equitable food and resource distribution systems.

All have received specialist training and skills to help create and manifest the New World - the 'Golden Age'.

12. Twelfth level - the continuation of the Creation and implementation of the New World systems - hook up with other 12th level initiates who bring into existence new governments, new financial and educational systems, better system of food and resource allocation etc. as all will be redefined in the final stages of Earth's ascension so that all may exist in joy, equality and harmony.

By this time the planet and her inhabitants will have been 'rewoven' into Light to shine in their full glory as the final stages of this Divine Plan unfolds.

The planet goes to Light, shifts out of this dimension and is brought into a multi-star system where everyone is a lightbody and follows Spirit in total Mastery.

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The Word "Mystic"

The mystic finds the eye of the needle and enters into the realization of the Kingdom of Heaven within.

What Is Mysticism?

More and more people have been asking me lately "What do you mean by the word mystic?" There seems to be quite a lot of blurry, confused notions and outright misconceptions about the word. And yet, it is perhaps one of the most important words pointing toward a fundamental truth about who we are at the soul of matter. Mysticism is about how we can come to live within the fullness of our true nature.

In a very real sense, because mysticism concerns the essence of life, it is audacious to even try and define it. Words are insufficient, often in the way of understanding. That to which the word "mysticism" refers, is a quality of presence that is quite literally beyond and before any words. Still, and like others, I feel compelled to try and come as close as I can to pointing toward something that speaks of our original nature. I beg pardon in advance for the terrible insufficiency of language and the limits of my own mere glimpses into these realms of an endless sacred mystery. Still, let me try.

A mystic is one who, above all else in life, desires to know, not in the intellectual sense of knowing, the deepest Truth of existence. A mystic is one who senses more to life than making a living or being of service in the world although these things are both necessary and good. The mystic, however, is looking beyond an exclusive or preoccupied focus on these survival or self-actualization to something more. He is looking to discover the deepest truth of our being as incarnate souls; to understand our greatest potential as reflections of God; to realize our wholeness within the ground of all. The primary interest in life for the mystic is to discover truth, to know God, to see into mans whole nature. The mystic sees all of life as an abundant opportunity to discover, realize, and express the Divine.

Mysticism springs from an insatiable curiosity for understanding the essential questions of life: matters of God, creation, the infinite and the human potential for knowing truth. The mystic is in reality the ultimate scientist who, looking beyond the apparent or obvious in all matters, asks, "Is this that I am seeing reality or the illusions that stem from fear?" "What existed before this sense of reality?" "What existed before my mental constructs, my beliefs, my self identity?" "Who is this that observes and is self-reflecting?" "What is at life's very source?"

Mysticism: Why it’s so often misunderstood

Mysticism is terrifically misunderstood by mainstream culture. It always has been. Many people incorrectly think mysticism is some kind of odd occult or a mystic someone who studies magic or renounces life and goes off to live in a cave. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The reason this has often been confused though is not so surprising. The mystic is one who undergoes a radical shift in conscious understanding and that often looks, sounds, or seems very mysterious to our accustomed ways of thinking and being.

The mystic consciously enters into the sacred journey that all the world's great religions speak of in various ways. Some call it becoming awakened, enlightened, or born again. It is an inner journey that requires a deconstruction of the conditioned illusions of separation so that the true freedom of living can emerge. It is the true meaning of being born anew. It is the process and realization of letting die our stale and conditioned habits and beliefs so that we may live in the fullness of each new moment of creation. It is the understanding that conditioned patterns, belief systems, and memory are not living, but dead moments already. It is the realization that true living can only be lived in a freedom that moves with the current of creation, forever open to each moment teaming with new potential.

To let go the illusions of ego identity and stand naked before our true original nature, often requires a removing of oneself from typical ways of living and thinking at least for a time. In the sacred literature, this is often referred to as entering the wilderness, facing the dark night of the soul, annihilation of the ego, or dying to oneself to be born again. It is a process of fundamental transformation of conscious understanding that the mystic takes on. The journey it takes to successfully deconstruct the layers of conditioning that block true awareness, and what emerges from this inner journey of realization or awakening can often look and sound very mysterious, if not down right confusing, to the uninitiated and linear mind. But in truth it is the deepest meaning upon which all the world's great religions have their original foundation. It is the journey to discovering and experiencing direct relationship with/as God or the source of all creation. It is each individual soul coming to directly know itself within the divine. It is the fulfillment of our purpose, "I and my father are one."

Great Mystical Teachers of the Present and Past

Throughout all of history, mystics have been our way showers, those who go before, those who see beyond, those who seem to so often speak in riddles. They are those who have "lifted the veil" of worldly illusion to experience a deeper truth and wisdom of Being. The mystic is not so much concerned with survival as with coming to realize the full potential of being. The mystic is seeking direct realization of truth even within a dynamic of evolving mystery. The mystic finds the eye of the needle and enters into the realization of the kingdom of heaven within.

Every religion the world over, both of the east and west, orthodox and liberal has at its origin the way-showing wisdom of one or more great mystics. Indeed, all the men and women throughout recorded history who have had the greatest spiritual integrity and direct authority are rightly called mystics: Jesus of Nazareth was a true mystic, as was Gandhi, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, William James, Thomas Merton, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrisna, Lao-tse, Shankara, Vivikananda, Abraham, Job, Carl Jung to name a mere few. There are scores more of men and women poets and artists.

Commonality amongst the World’s Mystics

If you study the life of past mystics you'll find they share several things in common:

First, they all speak of an induction or of a need to learn/realize a new level of understanding. They all speak of a fundamental shift in consciousness be it called awakening, realization, divination, or being born again.

Second they all tell of making a journey into and through a despair process of being "undone" as the precursor to this fundamental shift in consciousness, be it through experiencing 40 days and nights in the wilderness, starving under the boddhi tree, facing the dark night of the soul, or the hero’s journey. There is a journey of metamorphosis that all mystics have undergone in some way.

Third, it is an inner journey that must be taken up and navigated alone. This is a hallmark of the mystic’s realization: The reason the journey must be alone is because that which must be faced, seen, and surrendered in order that something new can emerge, is only possible through sustaining the fear and despair process of being alone and meeting the ultimate and fundamental fear of "non-being" and annihilation.

Fourth, they all seem to realize the frustration of being misunderstood by those who have not yet been through the awakening journey -- "those who have ears to hear, let him hear." A great deal of the mystical writings are devoted almost exclusively to the fact that fundamental spiritual truth cannot be understood by the intellect nor correctly put into words. Forever, the great spiritual teachers have tried through the insufficiency of words to point toward that which can ever and only be experienced and known on a level that is before and beyond the mind. This is something unfathomable to those who have not yet had this breakthrough revelation - and particularly so in our contemporary culture that has become so overly reliant and blinded by the limiting paradigm of the scientific method that forever reduces our understanding of intelligence to that which is sensory, measurable and linear in nature. Life isn't only or always linear. In fact it rarely is, except in man-made constructions and habituated uses of the mind.

The Mysterious Language of God

There is literally a new language/understanding that accompanies spiritual realization. The same old words now have entirely different, deeper layers of meaning and significance within the framework of spiritual realization. In fact no words can encompass that which has been realized. That is why when the words of our world's great mystics are heard through the common language of those who have not yet made the mystic's journey, they are invariably misconstrued and misused. That is why Jesus was crucified. It is why we have "religious wars." And it is why we have so much religious politic and prejudice corrupting a universal truth that one has to enter into alone.

That is why we see so many people, wrongly, trying to "practice" their way into spiritual realization with all sorts of dogma, belief systems, religious structures, postures, and prayers. The reason these things don't work is because the need to grasp something, the very mechanism of the mind that needs to hold on to anything for its salvation, is the very thing that has to be let go of!

It's an odd sort of reverse psychology with a double twist. The path to spiritual realization is completely antithetical to what anyone would call a path at all. It is always the subtle paradoxical opposite of what one tries to see, know, find, understand. That is why so much of it sounds like riddles. That is why I say it is a fundamentally different language. That's as close as I can come to pointing toward finding your way. Realize that we’re talking about developing an ear for a completely foreign language. Start listening into the unfamiliar, the unclear, the uncomfortable, the not-knowing. Start living in not-knowing anything, not any thing! From there, the new language of knowing emerges like one of those 3-d picture puzzles where the image is embedded within and is more than the dots.

Listen in a new way, and not so much for new things…. a key.

The word mystic at its root stands for that which cannot be named, that which is forever before the naming, source. The word also hints at the path to spiritual realization, that is, to become capable of going into a terrain that is beyond the mind before the naming, separate from any belief, any identification or security, and opens through a sense of awe for the great mystery.

The Call to Remember

The mystic is really anybody who seeks to experience above all else, the direct expression of God/Source/Being in one’s life. He or she is anyone with the deep desire and courage necessary to look - and see - beyond the obvious conditioning of our manufactured world view; to see beyond the illusions of our self-created identities, and find what lies forever before and all around us, as the One that is All. The path is one of surrendering all that we currently hold on to as belief, identity and intellect. What emerges is the full expression of being within the language of love.

In my new book called: "Remembering Who You Really Are: The Journey of Awakening to Soul," I provide a very exposed and intimate account of the process of undoing that is the precursor to realization. My hope is that by offering such a close look at the confusing process of giving up identity and belief to a larger wholeness, that I may provide others with a tool for hearing and seeing the language of paradox that opens the gate to spiritual realization. That is the mystic's way. It is the way for anyone who truly and deeply sees all of life as an abundant opportunity to discover, realize, and express the Divine.

Forever is the dance of awakening to find Love, here, in the eternal moment of living.

Author:Ronda LaRue

 

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Results of consistent giving

When you see a person who has constant problems of ill health,
financial difficulties, family disharmony general confusion and
dissatisfaction in his life, not only is he not thinking right, but
neither is he giving right. Where there is no voluntary giving,
something is taken from them!

You cannot cheat the basic law of the universe, which is giving and
receiving. It works regardless of your attitude towards it. You can
only cheat yourself out of much health, wealth and happiness by trying
to foolishly bypass it.

This is a giving universe. You have to give because the universe is
constantly giving to you. If you do not balance the act of receiving
by giving voluntarily in some good and happy way, the universe will
force you to give in some unhappy way. However, give you must!

Giving in order to make room to receive is a scientific method that
always works to prosper from those who use it consistently. It can
work for you too!

Giving can make you rich in when you systematically give; you open the
way. However, when you do not give, you stagnate, dam up, and close
many channels to your prosperity.

People who think they cannot afford to give constructively and freely
have to give anyway, destructively and involuntarily – to doctors and
hospitals for their ill health; to solicitor fir their accidents,
legal and business problems; to accountants and to the Internal
Revenue Service for their income tax problems; Problematic sentence
structure in other undesirable ways. If you do not give voluntarily of
your financial resources, you can expect that body ailments, financial
entanglements, human relations problems, and general confusion in your
affairs will follow.

When you ask the Universe for something, you will receive it – unless
you are denying it on deeper levels of your being. Let it all come to
you, easily and effortlessly. You deserve it. You deserve to have it
all. And now you are holding in your own hands the tools to create
whatever you want; whatever your heart desires.

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DIVINE ABODE IN COLLABORATION WITH TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING - INDIA PRESENTS THE INTERNATIONAL SUFI FESTIVAL - INDIA 2011

International Sufi Festival India 2011 - Presentation Transcript

Divine Abode in Collaboration with Temple of Understanding

Presents

INTERNATIONAL SUFI FESTIVAL INDIA 2011

a project by Divine Abode (NPO).

Towards International Peace, Harmony and oneness through the Sufi Culture

Date: 21-10-2011 to 27-10-2011

Venue: Picholia, Ajmer (Raj).

Event Partner/ Media Partner / Venue partner 

Divine Abode: Divine Abode, is a nonprofit organization which is currently promoting International Peace & Oneness.

The Founder/ Chairperson Begum Gulsha Fawzia, is from the blessed lineage of a Sufi saint Hazrath Sultan Gul Shah Qadri Chishti, from the Northern Frontiers of Afghanistan, who traveled across the Indian sub- continent and later settled down in Southern Indian Coastal Region, and the Dargah of the saint is situated in Byndur, South Kanara. 

Gulsha Fawzia Begum, a Sufi mystic, was blessed to experience a spiritual awakening which opened up her experience of God's reality. This profoundly transformed her life, and after this experience she has come to understand from within the meaning of the teachings that had so eluded her earlier. The difference between religion and spirituality allowed her to discover her own experience of God's reality, and from this inner experience, to understand and embrace not only her own religious background, but all religions.

Divine Abode is now actively aiming at conducting Experiential and Academic Programs for the youth, Lectures and Workshops in schools and colleges, Cultural Performances and Interfaith Events.

DIVINE ABODE - collaboration with THE TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING- INDIA for the International Sufi Festival India 2011

THE TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING has led the way in interfaith education and advocacy for 50 years. The organization is been educating youth and adults both cross culturally and inter-religiously for global citizenship and peaceful coexistence; advocate for acceptance and respect for religious pluralism by the worlds governing bodies; and actively continue to promote justice and tolerance. The organization was founded in 1960 by a pioneering visionary, Juliet Hollister, with the support of a distinguished group of “Founding Friends,” which included Eleanor Roosevelt, Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sir Zafrula Khan, H.H. Pope John XXIII, Anwar al-Sadat and H.H. the XIVth Dalai Lama, among others.

International Sufi Festival India 2011– An Introduction

The International Sufi Festival India 2011 is a yearly festival that will take place in Picholia, near Pushkar & Ajmer, Rajasthan. It brings together performers and artists from around the world.

Divine Abode, is a nonprofit organization which is currently organizing the event to promote International Peace & Oneness.

The festival features a bazaar, food samples, art, craft, Sufi music, and poetry, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme. Sufi arts, culture and heritage are at the heart of the programme. Workshops and presentations are also given with discussions of Sufi themes. The festival aims to capture and project the messages and spirit of Sufism.

The festival promises to be an entertaining and enchanting week with events inside and outside. It’s from 21st Oct 2011 to Oct 27th 2011 with lead up events including workshops for the community. The festival itself will showcase performers, artists, crafts, fashion, poetry, from the local area, the India and abroad, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme.

Pushkar: Pushkar is a sacred town for the Hindus, situated 11 kms. to the North-West of Ajmer. Evidence points to its having existed during the fourth century B.C. lake in the inhospitable surroundings of a desert is no less than a miracle. Brahma is supposed to have performed sacrifice at this lake on Kartik Purnima (the full moon day of the Kartik month), hallowing the place. Sacred to Brahma, Pushkar boasts of its temple dedicated to him, which is the only one of its kind in the world. A dip in the waters of Pushkar and worship at his temple ensure salvation. So thousands flock to Pushkar to observe the ritual on kartik Purnima, or on any of the four days preceding it.
     
Ajmer: Ajmer the city where the Dargah of the Great Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti stands, is a sacred centre of pilgrimage. Hallowed by the memories of the great seer, Ajmer has earned the epithet of “ Madinatul Hind or the Madina of India”. Devotees of all sects and faiths come here as the saint’s blessings are infallible for all. Each year, the followers of the master congregate here from all parts of the world on the occasion of the annual festival of Urs to pay their obeisance to seek the Saint’s blessings for fulfillment of wishes.

 Venue Partner: A Property of Divine Abode, the venue is spread over 7 acres of Land in the desert city with beautiful mountain and lush green breathtaking scenic location, 10 Kms away from Pushkar and 24 Kms from Ajmer City, towards the Motisar - Ghanera Link Road heading to Bhagwanpura, Picholia, Ajmer (Raj).

 Estimated Invitees:

The estimated guest per day will be around 500 invitees apart from the general public. There will be an estimated 3000 foreigners in Pushkar during this period as the Pushkar Fair begins within the next 10 days of our end time.

There will be advertising on the venue, Banners, Posters, Brochures and Hoardings, Newspaper / Radio / Television.

 Esteemed Patrons of ISFI 2011 

·         Syed Zadgan Anjuman Committee Board- Ajmer Dargah

·         Temple of Understanding India - New Delhi

·         National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) - New Delhi

·         Interfaith Foundation, New Delhi

·         Kashmir Sufism Society, Srinagar, Kashmir

·         Judah Hyam Synagogue - New Delhi

·         Rai Foundation, New Delhi

·         Air sonic Travels - Bangalore

·         India World Cultural Forum - (IWCF) New Delhi

·         Bangladesh Guest House - Ajmer Rajasthan

·         Ajmer Property & Builders - Ajmer, Rajasthan

·         Thinking Space, Real Estate & Investment

·         Movement of the Triangle - Sacred Art Gallery

·         Wizetron Designing, Pune, India

·         Golden Divine Creations Pvt. Ltd

·         Falcon & Falcon Books Limited- United Kingdom 

·         Pi Thai Holidays Co., Ltd., Bangkok –Thailand

Evening Concert:

o    Kashmiri Folk Dance – Kashmir Sufism Society, Srinagar.

o    Sufi Sama - Kashmir Sufism Society, Srinagar.

o    Shahi Qawwals - Ajmer Shariff Dargah.

o    Mangaliar Qawwals By Gungar Khan And Team – International Folk Artist.

o    Whirling Sama By Whirling Dervishes -Turkey

o    Singing By Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar -

o    Honorary Secretary Judah Hyam Synagogue - New Delhi

o    Ghazals / Sufi Songs By Deepika, Winner Of Karmaveer Puraskar – Artist For Change In The Year 2010. Presently Singing For Films And All Over The World.

o    Rajasthan Folk - Rai Foundation

o    Fashion Show On Sufi Clothing, School Of Fashion Technology, Rai Foundation, Behr or, Rajasthan

o    Bharathnatyam By Navodita, Rai Foundation.

o    Rajasthan Mandana Art By Artist Sanjay Sethi – Lok Kala Sanstha.

o    Workshop Of Rajasthan Mandana Art.

o    Sufi On Wheel By Ability Unlimited, New Delhi

o    Durga On Wheel By Ability Unlimited , New Delhi

o    Sufi Kathak / Sufi Qawwali - IWCF

(Divine Abode, A nonprofit organization)

Regd office: 48 Wellington Street, Richmond Town, Bangalore 560025, India.

Tel: +91-080 – 41253998/ 98450 47027 / 0145- 2640386

Mrs. Gulsha Fawzia begum (Chairperson) 

Mob: +91-9845047027/ 7665555758, E-Mail: fawziagulsha@gmail.com

 Mr. Atul Agarwal (General Secretary)

Mob: +91-9351728335, E-Mail: festivals@live.in

 Mrs. A. kamal (Treasurer) 

E-Mail: festivals@live.in

Copyright for this concept and presentation is the property of Divine Abode.

International Sufi Festival India

REGD. 

TM

 Promotion: The event will be extensively covered by our Media & online partner.

All the planning, conceptualization and execution will be taken care of and promotions will be done by Divine Abode and the official approved Event Partner.

Cost Sheet: To be discussed 

Event Management Fee 20% of total cost

Official Host: Divine Abode

Collaboration: Temple of Understanding- India

Main Sponsor would be highlighted as official partner in meeting announcements and promotional materials.

·         Sponsorship noted in the chairperson’s introduction .

·         An opportunity to introduce the program and the speaker.

·         Free booth space and table to showcase products or services.

·         Signage recognizing contribution at event.

·         Acknowledgement on program printing materials like brochures, television advertising, media, online, banners, hoardings, brochures, t shirts etc...

Hospitality Partner: Bangladesh Guest House, Pannigram Chowk, Ajmer Dargah, Ajmer (Raj)

Web / Print design: Wizetron Designing

Local Transport: Rai Foundation

Press/ Media partner:

Online partner:

Event Partner:

Airline Partner:

For Booking of Hotel:

Bangladesh Guest House

Pannigram Chowk

Ajmer Dargah

Ajmer

Rajasthan

Ph: +91- 9829279118

Blog: www.bangladeshguesthouse.blogspot.com

Contact person: Peerzada Ashik Ali

Natasha G Singh

Pi Thai Holidays Co., Ltd.

New Fuji Hotel

299-301 Surawongse Road

Bangkok 10500

Phone: +66 834 201 689

Email: nat.singh@pithaitravels.com

Ms. Saba Kerin

Pi Pakistan (Pvt) Limited

1-C, 1st Floor, 1st Zamzama Commercial Lane

Phase V, D.H.A., 

Karachi

Pakistan

Air sonic Travels Pvt Ltd
No. 912 and 913 B Wing
Mittal Towers   M. G Road
Bangalore-560 001
Phone: 080-25326072, 25326073, 41134260, 41134261
Fax: 25326074
Cell: 98450-29979

Divine Abode, Al Ikhlas (The Purity)

#56-57 Foysagar Road

Ajmer, Rajasthan – 305001

Tel: 0145 2640382/ 080-41253998

Mobile: +91 7665555758/ 9845047027

The Venue Layout Plan

How to reach Ajmer:

By Air  
The nearest airport from Ajmer is Jaipur. Jaipur is well connected to all the major cities which includes Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Jodhpur, Udaipur. Recently, flights to Dubai has also started from Ajmer by Indian Airlines.

By Road
Rajasthan Roadways run very comfortable deluxe buses from Jaipur. There are buses from Jaipur to Ajmer every 15 minutes, some nonstop. The roads are very good, and it takes around 2 hrs from Jaipur. You can also come by taxi.

By Train
Ajmer is on the Broad Gauge and hence connected to all the metro cities of India. There are daily trains from Delhi in morning (Shatabdhi Exp) and evening (Intercity Exp).

General Information of Ajmer

Must Visit
Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra, Ana Sagar, Brahma Temple Pushkar

Climate
The average temperature in summers is quite high (from April to June), the maximum is around 45 deg C. The winters in Ajmer
stretch from November to February and are quite chilly.

Ideal Time
October to March is the ideal time to visit Ajmer

Languages
Hindi, Rajasthani, Urdu and Sindhi

Festival
Id, Muharram, Urs Festival, Pushkar Camel Fair

Ajmer STD Code     
00-91-145

Weather in Ajmer
In Summer: 45 C (Max) - 25 C (Min)
In winter: 18 C (Max) - 4C (Min)
Rainy Season : July to Mid Sept, and very humid (up to 90%)
Our suggestion: Best time to come: Oct to March

The Annual Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty R.A at Ajmer Shariff - 2011

I'm happy to inform u that The Annual Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty R.A at Ajmer Shariff is going to start from 4th June 2011 until 13th June 2011.

Also Kindly Book your stay in advance for a comfortable atmosphere for the International Sufi Festival India 2011 too which begins on the 21st Oct 2011 until 27th Oct 2011. 

For Reservations call : Bangladesh Guest House, Ajmer, Rajasthan. Mobile : +91 - 9829279118

ALSO FOR ADVANCE BOOKING OF PASSES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SUFI FESTIVAL INDIA 2011 CONTACT : +91 - 9829279118 

(Hospitality Sponsor for International Sufi Festival India 2011 by Bangladesh Guest House)

Peace & Blessings

 Begum Gulsha Fawzia

Founder- President

 

Divine Abode

Al Ikhlas ( The Purity)

International Sufi Festival India

Ajmer Rajasthan – 305001

Mobile:+91 9414259240

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Quote for Today

"Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con." - Carolyn Hax 

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My Visit to Rai Foundation at Behror, New Delhi

My visit to the Rai Foundation was of immense satisfaction. Meeting the children and the faculty was truly a joy. Rai Foundation is setup with the premise that without the uplift of society our nation's dream of being a leading nation in the world will remain unfulfilled. To realize this conviction Rai Foundation was founded as an NGO with an objective to address various socio-cultural concerns of India and its people.

See the full gallery on posterous

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International Sufi Festival India 2011

To Reserve your passes, Booking of Stalls for the International Sufi Festival India 2011 Kindly contact +91 9351728335. The Festival will be held in Ajmer from 21-10-2011 until 27-10-2011 . To Participate/ Sponsor Kindly write to festivals@live.in.

Regards

Gulsha Fawzia Begum
Founder/ ChairPerson

Divine Abode ( NPO)
Bangalore, Karnataka - 560025 /
Ajmer, Rajastan - 305001
Website: http://divineabode.info/
Mobile: 91- 7665555758

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International Sufi Festival India 2011

We are looking for sponsors for the International Sufi Festival India 2011. Kindly contact Divine Abode at +91- 7665555758.

Be a part of the Mega Event to be held at Ajmer, Rajasthan.

Light, Peace & Blessings

 

 Gulsha Fawzia Begum
       
 Divine Abode ( NPO)
 Ajmer, Rajastan - 305001
Website: http://divineabode.info
Mobile: 91- 7665555758

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International Sufi Festival India 2011

To Reserve your passes, Booking of Stalls for the International Sufi Festival India 2011 Kindly contact +91 9351728335. The Festival will be held in Ajmer from 21-10-2011 until 27-10-2011 . To Participate Kindly write to festivals@live.in.

Regards
 

Gulsha Fawzia Begum

Founder/ ChairPerson
       
Divine Abode ( NPO)
Bangalore, Karnataka - 560025 /
Ajmer, Rajastan - 305001
Website: http://divineabode.info
Mobile: 91- 7665555758

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International Sufi Festival India 2011

In October , Ajmer will be hosting Ajmer’s first World Sufi Festival, with the aim of capturing positive messages about peace and love that have been around for centuries and recognised in the east and west. These messages are often conveyed through arts and culture.

The International Sufi Festival India 2011 is a yearly festival that will take place in Picholia, Ajmer, Rajasthan. It brings together performers and artists from around the world.
 
The festival features a bazaar, food samples, art, craft, film, music, and poetry, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme. Sufi arts, culture and heritage are at the heart of the programme. Workshops and presentations are also given with discussions of Sufi themes.
 
The festival aims to capture and project the messages and spirit of Sufism.

Sufism is a mystical way of life, which emphasises the unity of all religions. It plays a part in the lives of people of all religions and the festival will greatly promote this by helping to better understand where we have come from and what we have in common. It will highlight the importance of treating all countries with fairness and respect and bring to all people more understanding of our heritage and history.

The festival promises to be an entertaining and enchanting week with events inside and outside. It’s from 21st Oct 2011 to Oct 27th 2011 with lead up events including workshops for the community. The festival itself will showcase performers, artists, crafts, fashion, poetry, from the local area, the India and abroad, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme.

Be a Part of The Prestigious Event.

For Booking of your Passes: Contact Showfest Productions - Event & Entertainment - Atul Agarwal - +91 9351728335/ 9414259240

For Booking of the Stalls: +91 9351728335/ 9414259240

Participation: Call Divine Abode: +91- 7665555758/ 9166679893 0r Email : festivals@live.in / gulshafawzia@hotmail.com

 

WEBSITE: www.thesufifestivals.com

 

 

 

 

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International Sufi Festival India 2011

In October , Ajmer will be hosting Ajmer’s first World Sufi Festival, with the aim of capturing positive messages about peace and love that have been around for centuries and recognised in the east and west.

These messages are often conveyed through arts and culture. 

The International Sufi Festival India 2011 is a yearly festival that will take place in Picholia, Ajmer, Rajasthan. It brings together performers and artists from around the world. The festival features a bazaar, food samples, art, craft, film, music, and poetry, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme. Sufi arts, culture and heritage are at the heart of the programme. Workshops and presentations are also given with discussions of Sufi themes. The festival aims to capture and project the messages and spirit of Sufism. 

Sufism is a mystical way of life, which emphasises the unity of all religions. It plays a part in the lives of people of all religions and the festival will greatly promote this by helping to better understand where we have come from and what we have in common. It will highlight the importance of treating all countries with fairness and respect and bring to all people more understanding of our heritage and history. 

The festival promises to be an entertaining and enchanting week with events inside and outside. It’s from 21st Oct 2011 to Oct 27th 2011 with lead up events including workshops for the community. The festival itself will showcase performers, artists, crafts, fashion, poetry, from the local area, the India and abroad, encompassing both the traditional and modern around the Sufi theme. Be a Part of The Prestigious Event. 

Email : festivals@live.in WEBSITE: www.thesufifestivals.com

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Recreate Yourself

To be a survivor–first you must bleed. You bleed all that was inside of you: the pain, the memories, the fear, the wounds fusing together, the ties to what was in, all its forms. You bleed not once but several times.. And when you are empty, you either fade into a shadow or find the strength, and courage to live. When you stand up again, you are for a time, hollow–empty, like a bottle of beer lying on the street, cracked and reeking of its bitter contents. Then you fill yourself up with the new, your recreate yourself–you reform. You don’t have the same heart or mind. The way you see the world is forever changed.