INlighten Community

10/01/2023

From sound healer Scott Von Heldt (Sikander) 📿🙏🏼📿 enjoy!

Sikander Scott Von Heldt (aka: SVH) shares The Centennial Edition of The Mysticism of Sound by Hazrat Inayat Khan. In this reading, Sikander shares the books...

08/17/2023

Beloved INlighten Family, I need to start up active in-person Sufi classes again in Los Angeles and revive/restart our center here. We are in need of a location to hold our classes once a month. If anyone knows of a good yoga studio, temple, church, ashram, nature center, loft, studio, or other space that may be open to letting us fill the space with love, light, and higher vibes for roughly two hours a month, please let me know! Feel free to share and pass this along if you know of anyone that may have some ideas of places we should consider.

I also intend to launch an online component that will include streaming portions of these classes live, weekly podcasts, additional online classes and retreats, as well as daily devotional posts like the Bowl of Saki, Alchemical Wisdom, etc.

My intention is to transition full-time into my spiritual teaching work while creating music and content to inspire and enrich the lives of others. So keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I align the energies to manifest this, as I feel it is my true purpose in life that I must honor! It's my hope that sharing all that I have learned about sound, frequency, vibration, healing, and the spiritual journey, will uplift and inspire others to find their own note within the symphony of the Universe and fine tune that note so that it can ring out in perfect harmony for the rest of our existence!

Blessings,
Sikander (aka: SVH)
caravanofsouls@gmail.com

06/28/2023

There are experiences such as failure in business, or misfortune, or illness, or a certain blow in one's life, whether an affair of the heart or of money or a social affair, whatever it may be -- there are blows which fall upon a person and a shell breaks, a new consciousness is produced. ... The deeper the experience touches us, the greater the unfoldment. In this way we unfold gradually towards that which is called perfection. Spiritual unfoldment is the ultimate goal of every person. It comes at a moment when a man begins to be more thoughtful, when he begins to remember or to realize this yearning of the soul. Then consciously or unconsciously a feeling comes, 'Is this all I have to do in my life: to earn money? Whether I have a high rank or a position, it is all a play. I have become tired of this play. I should think of something else. There is something else I have to attain'. This is the beginning; it is the first step on the spiritual path. As soon as a person has taken this first step his outlook has changed, the value of things becomes different and things to which he had attached great importance become of less importance; things with which he concerned himself so much he no longer concerns himself with. ... Once the eyes of the heart are open, man begins to read every leaf of the tree as a page of the sacred Book. Hazrat Inayat Khan

06/16/2023

This Saturday from noon to 3pm we will be honoring the life of Jennifer Lakhmi Chand Kelly, our beloved teacher and friend who passed from her physical body on Feb. 14, 2023. For complete details, please refer to the link in this post.

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/4Wp9Z9t/jenncelebration

06/06/2023

Dear Community,

We are gratefully accepting support to host Jenn's Celebration of Life on June 17 in Burbank. We have heard from many of you who would like to participate and some of you who are unable to attend due to prior obligations or distance. We hope that the following options will give everyone, regardless of circumstances, an opportunity to honor Jenn's beautiful spirit.

DONATIONS OF TIME
We need your help to ensure the event runs smoothly with tasks ranging from assisting with set-up and take down to supervising the children's play area or holding space for people in the reflection tent. We have divided up these roles/needs in hopes that it will provide everyone in attendance the opportunity to take time for themselves during the ceremony. Please review the list and sign up for service here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b49afa729aaf94-celebration #/

DONATIONS OF MONEY
If you are able to make a financial contribution, we will be most grateful. No amount is too small. Jenn served so many people that if each person who knew her gives only $5, we will have enough for a beautiful event, plus a generous amount left over to donate to one of her favorite causes.
https://gofund.me/3a7d4ac5

Most of all, we hope you will contribute your heart to the gathering. Jenn believed wholeheartedly in community. She devoted her life to cultivating connection and support among people. Nothing would make her happier than having all of us connected energetically to share stories, song, meditation, and healing.

06/01/2023

Dear Community,

We are accepting contributions for Jenn's Celebration of Life that will be held June 17 at Johnny Carson Park in Burbank. Your donation will help pay for the park rental, decorations, the sound system, and other expenses. Our goal is to host this celebration of Jenn at no cost to her family.

If you are able to make a contribution, we will be most grateful. No amount is too small. Jenn served so many people that if each person who knew her gives only $5, we will have enough for a beautiful event, plus a generous amount left over to donate to one of her favorite causes.

Most of all, we hope you will contribute your presence at the gathering. Jenn believed wholeheartedly in community. She devoted her life to cultivating connection and support among people. Nothing would make her happier than having all of us together to share stories, song, meditation, and healing.

https://gofund.me/3a7d4ac5

05/15/2023

Please join us on Saturday, June 17, from noon to 1:30 PM, to honor the very special life of our teacher, friend, colleague, and angel Jennifer Lakhmi Chand Kelly.

Jennifer passed from her physical body on February 14 with her family by her side after she was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer last summer. She kept her diagnosis quiet while continuing to meet as many of her teaching, work, & family obligations as possible. In October 2022, Jennifer closed down INlighten Community, For Land & People, and all business operations to focus on her care. She was optimistic about her healing but, unfortunately, the cancer spread aggressively.

In keeping with Jenn's spirit and to honor her tremendous impact on so many lives, the celebration will include speakers who knew Jenn, music, a soundbath, meditation, a Reflection Area, food trucks, and space for children to play.

We will gather at Johnny Carson Park beginning at 11 AM with the Remembrance Service to begin at noon. Please feel free to come and go as you wish and visit with the community before and after the service. Bring blankets, chairs, food, and whatever would make you comfortable for a casual day-at-the-park atmosphere. There will be a limited number of seats in front of the stage provided for those who need them for the Remembrance Service. We are also inviting attendees to wear white clothing if they are moved to do so, in keeping with kundalini yoga tradition.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE SCHEDULE
11am Community Gathering Begins
Noon to 1:30pm Remembrance Service
1:30pm Meditation & Soundbath
3pm Community Gathering Closes

This is a community event and your participation will make this gathering the special, joyful event it is intended to be to truly celebrate Jennifer's life. Please contact Debbie Hawksworth by text at 818-749-7123 or email at debhawksworth@hotmail.com to help with any of the following areas:

Set up (9am arrival)
Play Area supervision
Technical (sound & video) support
Reflection Area support
Soundbath
Take down (until 6pm)

10/08/2022

As we move through the month, we hope to see as many of your beautiful faces as possible for our last few events.

Join us for a Full Hunter's Moon Soundbath, either in person, or virtually, this Sunday October 9th from 6-8:30pm.

10/04/2022

Join us for our final Red Tent, this Friday at 7:30pm - This Red Tent will be virtual, and we hope to see you all there.

This Red Tent is a special one, as we celebrate the journey of womanhood and every red tent we have shared with one another to date 💕✨