Peacemaker Circles UK

I was invited last night to open an interfaith evening with a little Buddhist meditation, in the Belgrave Community Centre in the predominantly Asian area of Leicester. The evening was arranged and hosted by the local Baha'i community, and included readings from different religious traditions and Hindu music. They plan to hold two further evenings in the next couple of months, hoping to attract people from the local community to attend. Especially beautiful I found were two pieces of live singing/reciting - one in Arabic, one in Farsi, by Baha'i women from Egypt and Iran. from Zang

Last Thursday we held our monthly Great Heart Circle in Leicester, once again in the Garden Room of the Unitarian Chapel in the city centre. We did relaxed silent sitting meditation, some walking meditation in the garden, and finished with a meal and coffee. The next meeting will be on the first Thursday in August...

There was a day meeting of the Manchester Circle this saturday, 4th July, held once again in Howard`s house in Withington, South Manchester, and facilitated this time by Steve Suleyman Hart. In the morning they went together to a Bach recital performed in a local church by someone Howard knows. Then in the afternoon there was first a talk given by Steve on the Andalusian Sufi Ibn al-Arabi, in response to a book Steve read written about him by the orientalist scholar Henri Corbin. Steve explored overlaps with Buddhism, the the heart and with Western artistic imagination. Following this, each person talked for a time about the roots of their personal and spiritual inspiration- what in their life has brought them to feeling there is a more creative and compassioante way of living and exploring life. There was also a discussion of what the Manchester Circle can hope to achieve when it re-opens to new members and public events at the end of this year of practice together, looking at ide...