Faisal is the originator of the DiamondLogos Teachings and the co-originator and co-developer (with A.H. Almaas) of the "Diamond Approach" to liberation. He is a psycho-spiritual teacher and has been teaching in the Middle East and USA for the last 25 years, and has recently begun to offer retreats in Germany, Italy and Denmark.
Born in Kuwait in 1946, a trained Reichan Therapist with Dr. Phillip Curcuruto. Faisal has also studied different systems of growth with esteemed teachers such as Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Dr. Claudio Naranjo and Middle Eastern sufi teachers. Currently he is practicing and teaching in California, Colorado and Hawaii.

CV of Spiritual Work

1969-73 Bio-energetics and Gestalt work with Dr. Earl Crammer

1970-73 Studies with Dr. Claudio Naranjo in his SAT Groups, including Sufism, Buddhism, Psychology and the Enneagram.
Different group work such as dream work, gestalt, psychodrama, Aikido etc.

1972-73 The Fischer/Hoffman process

1974-79 Meetings and studies with different Sufi teachers in the Middle East and vipassana with Dhiravamsa

1976 Crowning of the first stage of the work by realizing the absolute nature of Buddhahood through the grace and guidance of my friend Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche

1979-83 Training with Dr. Phillip Curcurruto in Reichean Therapy in assiciation with the International college in L.A., Calif.

1979-86 Intensive and in depth friendship/work , exploration and formulation of the Diamond Approach with A.H Almaas. the formulation of Ridhwan School (I assumed the role of the vice-president, and was chairman of the Ridhwan Foundation for a while)

1987-.... Continuing the development of the Diamond Approach by integrating the Enneagram with Essence and in-depth psychology - which is still continuing.

1979-.... Practicing the work/teaching in California, with emphasis on training teachers in my view of the Diamond work.

Faisal joined the work with Almaas in 1979.
Almaas says of Faisal,
"... Shortly after my discovery of the nature of Essence, and its initial unfoldment, I shared my experience with two friends, who became important supports for both my personal unfoldment and the development of the Diamond Approach. When I discussed my experience with Karen Johnson, who was living at the time in Colorado, she was able to perceive the essential presence in me, and this made it possible for her to begin experiencing it. As I shared my experience with my then old friend Faisal Muqaddam, who had just come from Kuwait to California. he was also able to connect to and begin experiencing the essential presence. My exploration of Essence intensified and accelerated through the participation of these two friends. It helped a great deal that each of them already had a capacity for inner seeing, more developed than my own. My exploration expanded into intense collaboration and joint exploration with both Karen and Faisal. We spent several years intensely exploring Essence and its development, both jointly and separately. The collaboration with Faisal and Karen continued for about eight years, until Faisal decided to go his own way, about nine years ago, for personal reasons and because he felt it important to be on his own. I will always be grateful and indebted to him for his part in my personal unfoldment and his contribution to the development of the Diamond Approach. ...."

(segment taken out of Intro. of Luminous Night's Journey)