Dervish Healing Order

Photo  taken at a Jamiat in Eugene

Oregon  1996, by Ayesha Barnes

"To each of you I offer these words of counsel:
Deepen your compassion.
Love the wounded places in you that need healing.
Open yourself to the grace of illumination.
Give freely of your joy.
Share your neighbor's burden.
Through all these avenues, discover your soul."
                                                                                                                                                            Moineddin

January 1, 1942 - February 27, 2001

Beloved ones of God,

Early Tuesday morning (February 27, 2001) our Pir, Moineddin Jablonski, returned to God and Murshid.  Alhamdulliah! When I heard the news, I was struck by a 30 year old memory: When Murshid SAM left us, I was inconsolable, until Shirin Cave  gave me a great teaching, which I would like to share with you all. She reminded me, that....

"When the Prophet Mohammed died, the believers were addressed by Abu Bakr who told the multitudes - "If you loved the Prophet, when grief is appropriate as he is dead.  But, if you love Allah, than Rejoice.  For he has returned to Allah, and shall dwell there forever." 

Thank you Moineddin for holding the post for these past 30 plus years.  Amidst personal pain and uncertainty, and the never ending challenges of his personal life and health, he held aloft the vision of the Sufi Message, and was always available for inspiration and support. What a raucous and outrageous bunch we were and are. Yet Moineddin found ways, and means, and heart to accommodate all of our blessings and failings, and to include us all in his vision. 

Under his stewardship Murshid Sam's transmission has spread far and wide, and yet maintained its unique flavor. Mureeds are spread all over the world: From Europe to Asia, and everywhere in between.  And his dances are everywhere. The landed community is a living success, and our joining the Federation of the Sufi Message has opened the greater Sufi world to Murshid Sam's Barrakka. Plans are being discussed to make a unified presentation of Murshid Sam's writings, much in common with the Sufi Message Volumes.  More on this later. 

Ya Allah Moineddin.  Ya Shakur Allah!  Ya Salammo!  God speed and may Allah give you the rest you deserve.  And may Gods light and life and Peace indwell within your family, your loved ones, and your spiritual community. 

Yours in Service,
Hakim Saul

Moineddin

Memories of Moineddin.

It was during my preparation for this past Sunday's Healing Service (March 4, 2001), which we had dedicated to Moineddin Jablonski, when (once again) I remembered that I was doing the healing ritual because of him.

It was 1970, during the time when he was in hospital with an infection (at that time undiagnosed) that Murshid Sam (still in the body) gave me an order.  "Inayat Khan had this healing service and I guess its time for you to do it
for Moineddin," he said.  "You'll have to extract it from my commentaries," he continued.  "But I am sure it will help him get back on his feet."  

So, Moineddin was the outer cause of my doing the Absent Healing Ritual, and he has been on the healing lists around the world for more than 30 years.  I would also like to include a short reminiscence of one day when Moineddin visited our healing service in San Francisco.

It was just after Murshid SAM had passed, and I was living on Ripley Street (above the Mentorgarden).  Moineddin was visiting the Mentorgarden and decided to visit our Sunday service.  Please remember that he was an earth
type Capricorn, and in mid 1971 or 1972 was fairly well grounded.

He arrived a few minutes before we started, and made himself comfortable:  He removed his belt, his wallet, his shoes and keys and change and settled down for the meeting.  At the conclusion of the meeting, he said to me, "Well, I can certainly feel the presence of Hazrat Inayat Khan in the room.  Keep up the good work,"  And he left.  

After a while, as we were cleaning up, we noticed that he had left behind his belt, and shoes and wallet, and keys etc. It seems he had walked (floated) down the hill to the Mentorgarden in his stocking feet.

What a wonderful giggle we all had afterwards. I feel it was his humanity (and humility) which most endeared him to me.

Till we meet again Bodhisatva.

All love and blessings
Hakim Saul
Charlottesville, Virginia
March 5, 2001

DHO

Dervish Healing Order
Text Box: Hazrat Pir Moineddin Jablonski

January 1, 1942—February 27, 2001

Darshan at Noor Mahal, CA: 1979

 

It was during the time a group of us lived at the Khankah Noor Mahal in Petaluma, CA during the late 1970's. He would regularly give Darshan there in the large sunny meditation room, and on one of those days this photo was taken.... ~heather

PRESS RELEASE, Eugene OR 3/1/01

The Sufi Islamia Ruhaniat Society announces the passing of its beloved Leader, Moineddin Carl Jablonski, who died on Maui early Tuesday morning February 27 following an acute two-week illness. He was 59.

Pir Moineddin assumed leadership of the Ruhaniat Society in 1971 upon the death of his teacher, Murshid Samuel Lewis, who began the Dances of Universal Peace (sometimes called "Sufi Dancing") in San Francisco in the 1960's. Continuing his teacher's vision and expanding it worldwide, Pir Moineddin oversaw the spread of the Sufi Message through the Dances of Universal Peace, the Healing work, and the Ruhaniat Society. The organization during this time grew from some thirty people to a worldwide network, working closely with other Sufi Orders. Many Sufi communities in our lineage are now located throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Canada, Kansas, New Mexico, Idaho, Virginia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawai'i.

Pir Moineddin was a great uniter, a man of tremendous heart (and atrocious puns) who worked steadfastly on behalf of the greater good of all, even in the face of his own health concerns. One of his great contributions was the emphasis on Soulwork, a psychospiritual counseling approach which sought the healing and uniting of the struggling forces within the individual. He studied soulwork with the late Frida Waterhouse.

Sufism is the spiritual tradition known to many Westerners through the mystical poetry of Rumi and Hafiz. Sufism is a spiritual and mystical tradition dating back two millennia. Moineddin's Sufi training came through the eclectic Sufi and Zen master, Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, who studied with Zen master, Nyogen Senzaki, and Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan of India.

During the last five years of his life, Moineddin founded a land-based spiritual community, "Voice of the Turtle" located outside Silver City, New Mexico on 1900 acres of land. He described this community with the following statement:

"As we prepare to come together for this experience in wholistic living, remember that we are living in a time of rapid change and intensive growth-a process which brings out the worst and best in each one of us. Everywhere people are challenged to stick to their ideals in a world of fearful emotions which too often lead to abusive words and violent acts, even in our own homes. Our work is to root out these imbalances in ourselves, so that our hearts can become havens of safety, peace and refuge for each other. Practicing thus, we develop individual spiritual capacities which, when transposed to the level of intentional community, create greater potential for harmlessness, compassion and loving-kindness to arise planet-wide."

Moineddin is survived by his wife, Rae Mei-Ling Chang and his four children, 'Iolani and Kawana'ao of Maui, Noria of Amherst, Mass. and Noah of San Diego, California.