Seven Pillars House of Wisdom

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Detail of Interconnectedness by Beverly DeckerLooking BackA RetrospectiveWith many emotions, we are closing the doors to the Seven Pillars House of Wisdom. Here is an ending and a legacy story to be told.Seven Pillars began as a collaborative effort led by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, the spiritual leader of what was then called the Sufi Order and is now known as the Inayatiyya. These were his words at the time:What is needed now is a new house of wisdom, one for all of the great traditions of the world, as well as the burgeoning wisdom in science, in the arts, in all that comes from the heart of human experience.read more Announcing Journeys and AwakeningsA new anthology from Seven Pillars House of WisdomGreetings dear readers, We re excited to announce our new book: Journeys and Awakenings: Wisdom for Spiritual Travelers. Order it now from your local bookseller, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble, or outside the US, sites like amazon.co.uk and amazon.fr. Journeys and Awakenings is a curated collection of thoughtful stories by living luminaries including David Spangler, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Winona LaDuke, Jane Goodall, Llevellyn Vaughan-Lee, Robin Becker, William Irwin Thompson, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Adam Bucko, Charles Eisensten, Satish Kumar, Sister read more An Invitation from the Board of TrusteesDarakshan, Shahana, Halima and RobertGreetings dear friends -- Every day we hear in the news that we are a country and culture riddled with division. We are admonished that we are living in a time of unfettered and historic divisiveness. We are told that we are separated by politics, religion, race, gender, nation and generation. Yet, how can we recognize divisiveness ifwe have not known and experienced its counterpoint - unity? With every story of hate, we can find one of love, kindness and compassion. read more Liberation MetaphysicsZachary Markwith Liberation Metaphysics is an unpublished volume of prose and poetry that I sent to a few colleagues and friends, including Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, who kindly expressed interest and encouraged me to share a few excerpts with readers of Seven Pillars. It is hardly a systematic expression of liberation or metaphysics, but it came from the heart in moments of reflection and inspiration. read more Detail of Interconnectedness by Beverly DeckerThe Heart of ViolenceShams KairysSeven Pillars submission guidelines say: We especially welcome pieces that address issues of the day (environment, terrorism/war/violence, inequality, religion and tolerance, etc.) from a wisdom perspective. The articles and poem included in this update are amongst the grittiest we have yet published, each touching on the anguish at the core of violence with heartbreaking yet uplifting insight and beauty. read more Excerpt from American Icarus: A Memoir of Father and Country Chapter IV: Love and War in South AmericaPythia PeayThe following excerpt describes my research into my father s service during World War II as an airman for the Army Air Force Air Transport Command a massive operation that supplied the troops abroad with ammunition, medicine, bombs, and money, and that ferried German prisoners and wounded soldiers and how learning about this period in his life changed my perception of him and his wartime service. read more A Poem from Monsoon Blues Elijah ImlayI located a close friend, Jim Birdsall, nicknamed Bird, 25 years after the end of the war in Vietnam. He had the same nightmare every night until we reconnected. He wrote about them and asked me to turn them into a poem, out of which came healing and forgiveness. Here is the poem... read more Excerpts from The Alchemy of Combat Larry DeckerOur goal, as therapists, is to help veterans expand their belief systems, through the construction of an ideal self, to integrate the traumatic information of combat and discover new inspiration. Combat changed how veterans perceive the world. As a result of combat, veterans have new information regarding life s possibilities and actualities. However, their belief systems often aren t able to integrate the information. The new knowledge is too big; it won t fit into their existing ways of understanding. read more In Celebration of TreesJ. Ruth GendlerI am drawn to the way trees hold light and air and qualities that seem invisible, their generosity, wisdom and silent, soulful eloquence. Making art about trees which I have done all my life but am doing with much greater focus now inspires me to look more deeply at the world around me and also the world inside, to draw closer to nature, and find new ways to root and take nourishment from light.Printmaking is a wonderful practice to investigate and celebrate my love of trees. see the gallery Happy Holidays Your FREE GiftLike you, we at Seven Pillars House of Wisdom share a deep concern for the future of humanity and the life forms of this planet. As we approach the end of 2015, we see signs of progress in the agreement in Paris on climate change. Yet acts of terrorism, racism, fear and calls for exclusion continue, challenging us to act from wisdom. Our hearts are moved. The issues that speak to us most deeply invite us to respond, to take one step toward new possibilities. read more Spiritual Inquiry, Part TwoSirr al-Basir/Lee IrwinIn my first reflections on this subject, I explored the aspects of spiritual inquiry that are most immediately of concern, primarily in our relationship with others in the context of our developing global world. Now I want to explore those aspects of inquiry that are perhaps less obvious but equally important. In our encounters with others, we discover our differences and learn to negotiate those differences in mutually respectful ways. However, self-inquiry requires us to turn inward toward unexplored depths where certainty is less clear, and at times, painfully absent. There is a very profound reason for this absence, which will be revealed if we are courageous enough to fully acknowledge our own lack of insight or understanding, and to recognize our own limits. read more Parliament of the World s Religions 2015Reclaiming the Heart of Our HumanityAlmost 10,000 people of different faiths gathered for five days in Salt Lake City, Utah to join in the spirit of fellowship and service. Three of Seven Pillars board members, Darakshan Farber, Halima Lefkovitz and Rabia Povich, were among the attendees. The range of offerings was huge almost 1,800 people gave presentations. More than 15 faith services were offered each morning, plenary sessions with keynote speakers occurred two times a day, and over 40 workshops were offered at any given time. Participants prayed, danced, sang, chanted, meditated, dialogued, walked in silence, or just listened. ~Rabia Povich see the gallery

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Seven Pillars House of Wisdom brings together a diverse community of people devoted to cultivating a living wisdom for our time. We draw on the intelligence of the natural world, humanity's sacred heritage, and contemplative insight to inform and inspire this pursuit. Through gatherings, media and the arts, we explore ways to respond with integrity and beauty to the needs of the world.

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