Events
Silent Hermit Retreat
May 28 - June 5, 2022
A unique opportunity for silence and reflection at The Dervish Center, in the Finger lakes region of upstate New York
Led by Khadija Radin
Schedule
Saturday, May 28
Sunday through Saturday
Sunday
This is an opportunity to study with one of the finest whirling teachers in the world and avail yourself of contemplating and practicing subtleties of the Sufi tradition.
This is a silent retreat. All classes are optional. You can make this your own hermit retreat in any way you wish as long as it does not disturb others and does not exceed sauna times.
Vegetarian meals will be deliciously prepared.
Daily saunas with a dip in spring fed ponds, and walks on the exquisite grounds, will round off the retreat experience
This program is open to all persons over fifteen years of age and those of all levels of experience (or new) in these teachings are welcome.
Spaces in the retreat are very limited so please register early (details below).
Tuition & Accommodations
Accommodations are comfortable with private bathrooms and no more than two people per room.
With the Covid - 19 situation, guests who wish to share an accommodation must make that arrangement on their own. We will not put roommates together.
Tuition is as follows:
People traveling by plane who cannot arrive 5pm may arrive after 7pm the night by before for an additional $99.
Pickups will be made at the Ithaca (ITH) airport and Ithaca bus stop.
Registration must be accompanied by a 50% deposit which is refundable until May 20 less a $99 fee.
Please make checks payable to Dervish Center or you may send tuition via PayPal (khadija@whirling-dervish.org) with a 3% processing fee
Once registered you will receive an email with details of the daily schedule and things to bring.
For questions please email khadija@whirling-dervish.org
Dervish Center
56 Lieb Road
Spencer, NY 14883
Exuberant is existence, time a husk.
When the moment cracks open, ecstasy leaps out and devours space;
love goes mad with the blessings, like my words give.
Why lay yourself on the torturer's rack of the past and future?
The mind that tries to shape tomorrow beyond its capacities
will find no rest.
Be kind to yourself, dear--to our innocent follies.
Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance.
You will come to see that all evolves us.
~ Rumi
There is a way between voice and presence
where information flows.
In disciplined silence it opens.
With wandering talk it closes
-- Rumi
A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.
-- Mevlana Rumi
Wisdom is attained in solitude.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
This aloneness is worth more than a thousand lives.
This freedom is worth more than all the lands on earth.
To be one with the truth for just a moment,
Is worth more than the world and life itself.
-- Rumi
