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Killing Zen Story
Killing is a Zen story that confronts the mind’s fixation on literal meaning and moral shock. Through an Internal Family Systems lens, this story reveals how parts react strongly to words and concepts, while Self perceives beyond surface interpretation, meeting the deeper teaching without collapse, fear, or moral panic.
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99 As-Ṣabūr (ٱلصَّبُورُ) - The Most Patient
As-Ṣabūr, The Most Patient, names patience as profound steadiness rather than passive waiting. In Sufi understanding, this patience holds time open, allowing truth, healing, and growth to unfold without pressure or force. Through an Internal Family Systems lens, As-Ṣabūr reflects the Self’s capacity to remain present with parts over time, trusting their pace and readiness without rushing, fixing, or abandoning them.
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99 Ar‑Rashīd (ٱلرَّشِيدُ)The Guide to the Right Path
Ar-Rashīd, The Guide to the Right Path, names guidance that aligns rather than commands. In Sufi understanding, this is rightness that unfolds through harmony, not obedience, a clarity that emerges as distortion falls away. Through an Internal Family Systems lens, Ar-Rashīd reflects the Self’s ability to orient the inner system toward coherence, helping parts move in a life-giving direction without force or moral pressure.
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99 Al-Wārith (ٱلْوَارِثُ) - The Inheritor of All Things
Al-Wārith, The Inheritor of All Things, names what remains after all forms pass away. In Sufi understanding, this inheritance is not possession but continuity, the reality that holds everything when ownership dissolves. Through an Internal Family Systems lens, Al-Wārith reflects the Self as the enduring presence that receives every experience, memory, and part, holding them without loss or erasure.
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Free IFS Enneagram Course
This free course explores the Enneagram as a system for understanding motivation rather than behavior. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded approach to the nine types without simplification or pressure to type.
Free IFS Ray Course
This free course explores the Seven Rays as fundamental streams of consciousness shaping psychology, spirituality, and human development. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded way to understand these forces without turning them into labels.
Japji Sahib Pauree 17
Japji Sahib Pauree 17 points toward the boundlessness of the Divine, naming countless forms, names, qualities, and expressions that can never be fully captured or contained. Guru Nanak emphasizes humility before the infinite, reminding the seeker that language and intellect fall short. Through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, this pauree softens parts that crave certainty or mastery and invites Self-led presence with mystery rather than control.
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