Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, aka Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad), was the founder of the Sufi Ruhaniat. Deeply inspired by Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, Swami Papa Ramdas, Mataji Krishnabai, Sensei Nyogen Senzaki, and other illuminated souls, he shared spiritual teachings and practices, as well as his own awakened presence with a small group of San Francisco seekers and birthed a vision of "body prayers", The Dances of Universal Peace, which have spread around the world.

The great work of the initiates henceforth will be to spread baraka (blessing). By so doing they will purify the general atmosphere, and by that the Message of God which belongs to the sphere itself will gradually touch the hearts and minds of all who pass through it, who breathe the air or go to the places where the seeds of baraka have been sown. Thus is the selfless propagation of the Message.

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Murshid Samuel Lewis click on: http://www.ruhaniat.org/lineage/SAMBio.php

Hazrat Pir Moineddin Jablonski, the spiritual successor of Murshid Samuel Lewis, guided the Ruhaniat from 1971 until his death in 2001.

Pir Moineddin oversaw the spread of the Sufi Message of Love, Harmony, and Beauty through spiritual practice, the Dances of Universal Peace, the Healing work, Soulwork counselling, and conscious community involvement

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.

For a sketch of the life of
Hazrat Pir Moineddin Jablonski click on: http://www.ruhaniat.org/lineage/MoineddinBio.php