Discovering the Spirit of Guidance

Discovering the Spirit of Guidance

A Retreat in Bad Bevensen, Germany
Week 1, July 27 – August 02, 2025

This seminar is already booked out. However, there is still a good chance to join via the waiting list. For a place on the waiting list, please send us a short email to info@zenithinstitute.com. You can also join this seminar online, or have a look at our other offerings this summer.

Just as our bodies are particles of the universe in which we live, our minds are particles of the universal mind and our souls are particles of the universal soul. And just as each cell contains the code of the whole body, each configuration of body, mind, and soul contains the imprint of the universal being and lives in ongoing communion with it, if only unconsciously.

When the human being makes this communion conscious, marvelous transformations occur. One then becomes part of the universe’s awakening to itself. In its function as the source of illumination in the life of individuals, communities, and species, the universal being is called the Spirit of Guidance.

In this retreat we will contemplatively explore the nature of the Spirit of the Guidance and the meaning it holds for the unfoldment of the purpose of our lives.

Pir Zia teaches in English, he’ll be translated consecutively into German. Simultaneous translation into French and Polish will also be available. This program is furthermore live-streamed to Zoom. For information about the online event, take a look at this site.

Pir Zia Inayat Khan PH.D., is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. He is editor of Caravan of Souls: An Introduction to the Sufi Path of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. (inayatiyya.org)

Schedule, Central European Time:

6:30 – 7:30: Morning meditation with Saki Lee
7:45 – 8:45: Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15: Morning session 1 with Pir Zia
10:45 – 12:00: Morning session 2 with Pir Zia
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:45 – 14:45: Midday Session: Qi Gong with Saki Lee
15:00 – 16:15: Afternoon session 1 with Pir Zia
16:45 – 18:00: Afternoon session 2 with Pir Zia
18:30 – 19:45: Dinner
~20:00 – 21:30: Evening program