Pilgrimage to the KONYA

of SHAMS & RUMI

 

 

 

 

 

17th DECEMBER 2003, 730th MEMORIAL

of

HAZRAT MEVLANA JELALUDDIN RUMI

 

Also this year we will be on pilgrimage to commemorate the reunion

of Rumi with God and his soul-beloved Shams and with all his lovers.

It is a real privilege to participate in this wonderful spiritual feast of

friendship and union by the grace and blessing of the All-Beloved.

                See for program further on!

 

SUFI LOVEHOOD

ALL-BELOVED

 

 

Questions and answers:

What is Sufism and who is a Sufi?

 

Sufism is the Unity, a Sufi is the proof of its Existence.

Sufism is the Master, a Sufi follows its Light.

Sufism is the Word, a Sufi speaks its Language.

Sufism is the Spirit, a Sufi becomes its Life.

Sufism is the Law of Nature, a Sufi is its Compassion.

Sufism is the Brotherhood, a Sufi lives it Worldwide and Human.

Sufism is the Love, a Sufi wakens it Alive.

Sufism is the Beauty, a Sufi is its boundless Lover.

Sufism is the Truth, a Sufi embodies its Wisdom.

Sufism is the Way, a Sufi is fracture stone and dust on its Road.

 

Mysticism is the heart of all religion and the very centre of Life itself.

Sufi Lovehood is the trusted home of soul memory of lovers and seekers.

Clear the mirror of your heart and call the Beloved in the temple of your soul

by wholesome singing and dancing! Nothing exist save the All-Beloved!

Never forget to look to your human self that needs no authorisation to become One!

Lovers and seekers do transform themselves and others as well,

and are rebellious against pretension, falsehood and conceit.

 

Follow your inspiration with the Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan:

    

     Enter unhesitatingly, Beloved,

     for in this abode there is only my longing for Thee!

 

Every Saturday night at 20hr. Sama, Zikar and Sema in the Sufi Serai,

till 29 Nov. 03 and from 3 January till 24 April 04. Soup meal at 18.30hr.

A contribution in the beggars bowl is helpful.

All devoted searchers after truth are always welcome to participate.

For information on the programmes please always first contact:

 

Sufi Serai, Alim Vosteen               tel.00 31 70- 346 1625;

Groot Hertoginnelaan 148            fax.00 31 70- 427 2043;

2517 EM den Haag                     Rabobank 35 76 31 846;

Nederland                                   E-mail: sufilab@xs4all.nl;

                               Website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~sufilab

               Search for more Sufism around!

                                                                         

 

Pilgrimage to the Konya of Shams and Rumi, December 2003.

      Attention: Pilgrimage is dangerous and strictly forbidden for tourists, beware side-effects!

Two main options: 1. two weeks Istanbul and Konya, 2. one week Konya.

Flight:

1. Friday 5th Dec. flight OHY 298 to Istanbul; Schiphol dep. 11.00 arr. Ist.15.15;

   Flights Onur Air to Istanbul on Tuesday 11u., Friday 11u. and Sunday 18.40u.;

   To travel by night-train (or bus) to Konya on Tuesdaynight 9th Dec.

2. Friday 12th Dec. flight OHY 632 to Ankara; Schiphol dep.21.20u. arr.~01.30u.

   Flights Onur Air to Ankara on Tuesday and Friday;  

   Check-in 2 hours in advance, flight 3 hours +- 1 hour time difference Turkey.

1-2.Friday 19th Dec. return flight OHY 631via Ankara to Schiph.dep.06.50 ar.09.50;

    Check-in 2 hours in advance, return flight is to acknowledge.

Tickets: cheapest flight Onur-Air to Istanbul and back Ankara Eu.200.- (Ist.Eu.160.-);

  Is  two way ticket incl.app.tax. For each reservation Eu.20., so better combine.

Do enroll soon and pay me after consultation. Or arrange flights yourself via:

   Travel agency Midas Bilderdijkstraat 11 Amsterdam, tel. 020/685 5704.

Stay:

Stay in Istanbul will be booked combined with flight,simple hotel in Sultanachmed.

Stay in Konya preferably in friendly Ani Oteli, Sems Caddesi 10 /42050 Konya,

(or Hotel of your choice after consultation)

Expenses: estimated for (hotel+food)pp.pd.+(flight+ap.tax)+visa+transfers/travel.

2 weeks: 12 nights x (20+15)+200+10+80+60  =  ~Eu. 770.-;

1 week :    5 nights x (20+15)+200+10+50+25  =  ~Eu. 460.-;

   minimal expenses pp.double room, no extra s;

   Rate Turkish Lira: 1 million T.L.= ~Eu. 0,70; 1 Eu. = ~1.500.000,- Turkish Lira;

Devotional day-program idee: by your own wish and longing and endurance:

5-12 Fri.1.incheck 9hr.,arr.~16.30 Hotel Istanbul, night Yaya Efendi for blessing;

6-12 Sa.  morning Eyup Sultan, afternoon Ummi Sinan?, n. Jerrahi Halveti-Illahir/Zikr;

7-12 Su.  m. KarachaAchmed or Shakulu-Bektashi,aft. Galata Mevlevi Sema? Yaya?;

8-12 Mo.  Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia, night Jerrari Halveti Zikr and Sema.

9-12 Tu.   Kucuck Aya Sofia, Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Grand-Bazaar,

     night train 19.00 or 21.15 hour or night bus to Konya, ~9.30 Hotel Konya;

10-12 We. a. visit Turbe Shams, Rumi, Haci Baba and stay Tekke Ali Baba-meal/zikr.

11-12 Thu. town, one of these days Sema in sporting hall, night Tekke (surprise?)

12-12 Fri.   meetings and more visits, every night in Tekke Sama, Sema and Zikr.

       for 2, one week Konya: incheck A’dam 19.20u. dep.21.20u. arr. Ankara 01.30u.

13-12 Sa.   transfer&bus arr.Konya ~9.30u afternoon Shams-Rumi, night Tekke;

14-12 Su.   Town, Sema in sporting Hall one of these days, night Tekke (surprise?);

15-12 Mo.  Karaman, Turbe Mumine Hatun,Yunus Emre, weather permitted-Tekke.

16-12 Tu.   Meram, Turbes and Ali Baba home tea, night vuslat evening in Tekke.

17-12 We.  aft. Dua at Maulana’s Turbe, night Sama meeting and Vuslat in Tekke;

18-12 Tu.   free day for goodbye, evening in Tekke, night bus Konya-Ankara ~ 00.hr

19-12 Fri. 1+2, flight 6.50 Ankara-Amsterdam arr. 9.30 hr. goodbye, farewell home.

                  Program to be set after consultation and according the situation.

                  See also useful addresses in Istanbul and Konya for Sufi Seekers, SufiLab.

 

 

                        

 

Every step in Thy Path draws me nearer and nearer to Thee!

 

                                                           

 

Some Sufi Poetry for travellers of the path!

           

Go and seek spiritual reality, o worshipper of form,

For spiritual reality are the wings of the body of form.

 

Become companion of the people of spiritual reality, o traveller of the path,

So that you will both receive the gift of Heaven and become Chivalrous.

 

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit,

don't give your heart to anything else

          but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

 

          Don't go to the neighborhood of despair:

                   there is hope.

 

          Don't go in the direction of darkness:

                   suns exist.

                                               

Oh you who have gone on pilgrimage - where are you, where, oh where?

Here, here is the Beloved! Oh come now, come, oh come!

Our friend, he is your neighbour, he is next to your wall -

You, erring in the dessert - what air of love is this?

If you should see the beloved s form without any form -

You are the house, you are the master, you are the Ka aba, you!...

Where is a bunch of roses, if you would be this garden?

Where, one soul’s pearly essence when you are the Sea of God?

That is true, and yet your troubles may turn to treasures rich.

How sad that you yourself veil the treasure that is your own!

 

 

 

                           

 

 

 

 

 

Today I will do an intoxicating samaa

And out of my skull I will form a cup.

Today I am walking about drunk in this town

Seeking an intellectual, so I can turn him mad.     

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the day I die, when I am being                             

carried toward the grave, do not weep

 

Don’t say, He is gone! He is gone!

death has nothing to do with going away.

 

The sun sets and the moon sets,                            

but they are not gone.

Death is a coming together.                  

 

The tomb looks like a prison,

but it is really release

                   into Union.

 

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi.