"The purpose of this University is to bring healing in the way of Allah through the teachings of the Prophets."
Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal
Founder of USHS
Head of Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem
About USHS
The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism is a non-profit religious organization that envisions a world where the flag of God's love, peace, mercy, freedom, justice and beauty flies above every home.
Founded in 1990 as the School of Energy Mastery, founder Dr. Robert Ibrahim Jaffe, MD, began providing heart-centered energy healing instruction to thousands of students. In 2000, Dr. Jaffe formed The Jaffe Institute, a nonprofit church, and began teaching spiritual healing and transformation based on the teachings of Shadhiliyya Sufism as brought to our organization by Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rafa'i ash-Shaduli, affectionately known to us as Sidi.
In 2005, The Jaffe Institute gained religious exemption status through the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, and became The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism through the Religion of Unity in the Way of God – we call it The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism or USHS for short. We now offer Masters degrees in Spiritual Ministry & Sufi Studies, Spiritual Peacemaking in the Sufi Way, Spiritual Leadership in the Sufi Way and in Spiritual Healing & Counseling. These degrees are grounded in the teachings of Shadhiliyya Sufism, helping our students to discover their personal missions and take the teachings into the world to live a life of service to others.
For more information about Shadhiliyya Sufism, visit our mother center in the US at www.suficenter.org.
Our healing practices are based on the 1500-year-old spiritual tradition of Sufism. The word “Sufi” literally means “wool”. The student of Sufism strives to be like the wool in the hands of God, living in complete trust of God and surrender to what God will make with him/her in any moment.
Sufis, mystics who serve God, have long been known as world servers, helpers, and healers. The Sufi message is one of peace, love, mercy, justice, and freedom for all the people of the world.
At The University of Spiritual Healing & Sufism, we understand that each of us holds tremendous potential in our hearts. We teach our students life-changing skills and spiritual practices in order to heal themselves and others through the light of divine love. Guided by our experienced faculty, you will gain tools that teach you how to guide others to cleanse their hearts quickly and effectively of fear, pain, anger, sadness, anxiety, and other draining emotions, leading to physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Our faculty members are all followers of the Sufi Way.
