1. To foster a spiritual community that promotes the ideals of love, harmony and beauty.
2. To recognise that wisdom is not the exclusive property of any one people or religion but the heritage of humanity.
3. To recognise unity in diversity and one community formed by all the religions and all the prophets.
4. To foster a global ethic, a global nationalism that leads to a peaceful society and reduces interracial and cultural conflict.
5. To urge the community forward toward greater growth and fulfillment while embracing the divine feminine ideals of wisdom, compassion and creativity.
6. To meet together weekly on Sunday mornings and have a time of sharing the wisdom of the many different prophets, mystics and spiritual leaders. This meeting would be conducted by different leaders on spiritual themes designed for the upliftment and edification of the community of souls
7. To have weekly meditations, prayer time, healing sessions and devotional singing and dancing that honours the One Being, and the Divine Presence that dwells in each of us.
8. To be involved in charitable acts that help the poor and disadvantaged in the community.
9. To network the different functions of the Sophia Wisdom Centre to the public at large, creating an open space for devotion and worship.
10. To have annual spiritual retreats that would nurture the body, soul and spirit.
11. To encourage creative arts and projects that sustain and nurture the soul, and that are also environmentally friendly and sustainable.
12. To empower people to follow their heart and to find their life purpose .
13. To provide guidance and counseling in the times of turmoil and confusion.
14. The Sophia Wisdom Centre is to be a place of community ritual and celebration, cultivating joy, happiness and a sense of belonging.
15. To build a Temple Universal, a place of public worship that would be non-denominational yet inclusive of all the different faiths and cultures, raising the community beyond the distinctions and differences that divide.
16. This Temple Universal would be a beautiful space with devotional gardens, and a resting place which honours all the different spiritual traditions.
17. The Temple would have a chapel where namings, marriages and funerals could be conducted in a spiritual context.
18. To promote a culture of peace based on co-operation, respect and open communication.
19. To collect membership donations to support the work of networking.
20. To support other charities that help the underprivileged and needy in society.
~From: "Like This" versions of Rumi by Coleman Barks
There is some kiss we want
with our whole lives,
the touch of Spirit on the body.
Seawater begs the pearl
to break its shell.
And the lily, how passionately
it needs some wild Darling!
At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.
Close the language-door,
and open the love-window
The moon won't use the door,
only the window.
Directors of The Sophia Wisdom Centre
~ Zebunissa Anna Parker and Andrew Mignot ~
The SophiaWisdom Center is based in Byron Bay NSW Australia
When Zebunissa and Andrew are not leading Dances of Universal Peace ...
Andrew owns and manages Earth Car Rentals
and can cater to your transportation needs if you are in the area. He is also a distributor for Norfolk Punch , a delicious herbal and fruit drink based on a medieval monastic recipe For more information see www.norfolkpunch.com.au
Zebunissa is a Mentor for the Dances of Universal Peace, an ordained Metaphysical Minister, Sufi Healing Conductor and soon to be Sufi Cheraga (minister).
Zebunissa is also a civil celebrant and conducts marriages and funerals : see her celebrants page here
For her healing work and life coaching more details can be found on www.mpowerlife.com
To contact the Sophia Wisdom Centre or Zebunissa or Andrew use the link on the contact page
Sophia, comes from the Greek and means “ wisdom”. As a feminine aspect of God representing wisdom (Proverbs 8), she is found in the hellenistic traditions, in Christian mysticism, in the Hebrew Torah, in Gnosticism and in Platonism.
Sophia introduces feminine insightfulness to partner with the Logos of God. Her voice has been suppressed through the ages, as she is the voice that expresses our wild, intuitive and creative nature, the voice that sees the interconnection of all things and honours the sacredness of all of life.
By honouring the Divine qualities that belong to Sophia, those of wisdom, compassion and creativity, we balance our head, heart and souls thus moving us toward Oneness and the uplifting of human consciousness.
~ Membership for the Sophia Wisdom Centre ~
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Here's a lovely presentation of a poem by Jalalludin Rumi -
a sufi master who 700 years after he taught is now the best selling poet in America.
