Common Practices
- Prayer - The Confraternity Prayers are normally read daily at sunrise, midday and sunset. Universal sufis can also pray at any time, in any state, place, aloud or silent, communally or privately.
- Universal Worship - Interfaith prayer and meditation service.
- Zikr - Remembrance of the spiritual in daily life.
- Wazifa - Evocation of qualities of the divine.
- Muraqaba - Sufi Meditation.
- Dances of Universal Peace - Spiritual dance.
- Prayer for Peace - Daily prayer for peace for a particular country.
- Ryazat - Universal Sufi mindfulness of breath technique.
- Attunement - Meditation on beings of a highly development spirituality such as prophets and avatars.
- Ziraat - Initiatic meditation tool using the symbolism of agriculture.
- Fasting - There is no set period of fasting, but the act of fasting is utilised as a spiritual tool during times of war.
- Urs - The celebration of the passing of a Pir including Zikr, meditation and the singing of spiritual songs.
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