SoulWork History
by Murshida Mariam Baker
SoulWork, as developed by Moineddin Carl Jablonski is a way of freeing the body, heart and soul into greater presence and embodied spirituality. It is not a way of imagination, rather a way of experience. It follows the Sufi principle that each human being is here with the ultimate and primal impulse of the fulfillment of the Soul's purpose on the earth in the now. It is both an approach to spiritual practice, applicable to many paths, as well as a method of psycho-spiritual counseling.
It is different than traditional psychotherapy in that sessions occur significantly less frequently. There is the need for absorption time between each session to allow for integration of supraconscious, subconscious and conscious reality. Sessions may occur bi-weekly for several months, or the participant may work on a monthly or even annual basis to receive the benefit of this work.
Sessions last approximately one to one and a half hours and carry deep interior communion with the inner family at the “Table of Holy Wisdom,” (see Desert Wisdom and other books by Neil Douglas-Klotz). The basic template of seven selves is used as a starting point, although some sessions very quickly move into their own unique model. The basic template includes High Self, Male, Female, Child, Doctor, Mental Judge and Astral Judge. Personal ancestors may also appear and participate in this dialogue and healing.
The participant is guided by the skilled practitioner into dialogue and communion with each member of the inner family. From a place of deep listening and stillness, established through breathwork, a framework of safety and guidance is focused and held by the practitioner. The inner family has opportunity for communion and dialogue within this framework of safety and guidance.
Why is this so? Through the assistance of the trained facilitator, the participant is guided into the place between the two worlds, between sleeping and waking, conscious and unconscious, which allows access to both subconscious and supraconscious. The participant can then dialogue within this larger perspective of reality. From a place of deep relaxed breath and grounding, there is access to inner guidance and the wisdom that lives within each human being. On the group level, meditation, walking, art, movement, dance, breath writing and poetry all become expressive components of this work.
Moineddin Carl Jablonski (January 1, 1942 - February 27, 2001) was a post modern shaman. Successor to Murshid Samuel Lewis, he served as Pir of the Sufi Ruhaniat International for thirty years. An honest and humble man, he was faced with extreme physical challenge in this lifetime. The last twenty years of his life focused on integration and understanding of human nature. His life is his teaching. Judged and condemned by some, embraced and honored by others, he followed a path of inner listening and integrity. Moineddin lived the principles that he received from his teacher Murshid Samuel L. Lewis. He worked within the lnayati Chistia lineage. He touched a secret yearning within the heart, nurturing others on a path of inner discovery and guidance, and a broader experience of human and divine existence. He devoted his life to the simplicity of Breath and Walk as the science of liberation. His breadth of vision traversed the galaxies.
SoulWork, as developed by Moineddin Carl Jablonski is a way of freeing the body, heart and soul into greater presence and embodied spirituality. It is not a way of imagination, rather a way of experience. It follows the Sufi principle that each human being is here with the ultimate and primal impulse of the fulfillment of the Soul's purpose on the earth in the now. It is both an approach to spiritual practice, applicable to many paths, as well as a method of psycho-spiritual counseling.
It is different than traditional psychotherapy in that sessions occur significantly less frequently. There is the need for absorption time between each session to allow for integration of supraconscious, subconscious and conscious reality. Sessions may occur bi-weekly for several months, or the participant may work on a monthly or even annual basis to receive the benefit of this work.
Sessions last approximately one to one and a half hours and carry deep interior communion with the inner family at the “Table of Holy Wisdom,” (see Desert Wisdom and other books by Neil Douglas-Klotz). The basic template of seven selves is used as a starting point, although some sessions very quickly move into their own unique model. The basic template includes High Self, Male, Female, Child, Doctor, Mental Judge and Astral Judge. Personal ancestors may also appear and participate in this dialogue and healing.
The participant is guided by the skilled practitioner into dialogue and communion with each member of the inner family. From a place of deep listening and stillness, established through breathwork, a framework of safety and guidance is focused and held by the practitioner. The inner family has opportunity for communion and dialogue within this framework of safety and guidance.
Why is this so? Through the assistance of the trained facilitator, the participant is guided into the place between the two worlds, between sleeping and waking, conscious and unconscious, which allows access to both subconscious and supraconscious. The participant can then dialogue within this larger perspective of reality. From a place of deep relaxed breath and grounding, there is access to inner guidance and the wisdom that lives within each human being. On the group level, meditation, walking, art, movement, dance, breath writing and poetry all become expressive components of this work.
Moineddin Carl Jablonski (January 1, 1942 - February 27, 2001) was a post modern shaman. Successor to Murshid Samuel Lewis, he served as Pir of the Sufi Ruhaniat International for thirty years. An honest and humble man, he was faced with extreme physical challenge in this lifetime. The last twenty years of his life focused on integration and understanding of human nature. His life is his teaching. Judged and condemned by some, embraced and honored by others, he followed a path of inner listening and integrity. Moineddin lived the principles that he received from his teacher Murshid Samuel L. Lewis. He worked within the lnayati Chistia lineage. He touched a secret yearning within the heart, nurturing others on a path of inner discovery and guidance, and a broader experience of human and divine existence. He devoted his life to the simplicity of Breath and Walk as the science of liberation. His breadth of vision traversed the galaxies.
