Beshara Trust(the)

A Unifying Perspective in the Contemporary WorldBeshara emerged out of the heady and experimental days of Great Britain in the 1960s. Amidst myriad attempts to expand consciousness and find freedom, truth and meaning in life, a loose-knit group of people began to meet more or less regularly to meditate, study and talk about spiritual texts, particularly those from Sufi traditions. It was during this time that Bulent Rauf [/] appeared, a man of remarkable clarity and insight, steeped in the spiritual traditions of his native Turkey, yet very much a man of the world. Bulent envisaged an education for these Western seekers, not tied to any one form of belief, religious or otherwise, dedicated to a direct engagement with Reality. He called it Beshara.