Esoteric materialism
Anyone wanting to train their body has within reach an endless choice of different exercises and techniques. If one simply determines the desired result – better cardio-vascular health, for example, Continue Reading →
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Shams-i-Tabrizi : Love unbinds
This subtle thought about self-awareness is taken from the Maqalat or Conversations of Shams of Tabriz, the spiritual catalyst of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. The mind constricts; love unbinds.The mind says, Continue Reading →
Tales : Who is the devotee?
It is said that Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna always greeted each other with the greatest respect, each declaring himself the devotee of the other and never omitting to call Continue Reading →
Lalleshwari : Drifter, on your feet, get moving!
Lalleshwari or Lal Ded was a 14th c. Kashmiri yogini in the Shaivite tradition. She is deeply loved in Kashmir, both by Hindus and Muslims, and it is said that Continue Reading →
Hejirat Day 2024
On September 13th, 1910 Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan set sail from Bombay, bound for an unknown future in the West. That long sea voyage was the beginning of his work for the Message. Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt VII – My interest in Sufism
In the previous post, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to describe his experience watching a group of dervishes. He continues his observations and then begins to reflect upon what he has Continue Reading →
Shams-i-Tabirzi : Don’t blame the mirror
This subtle thought about self-awareness is taken from the Maqalat or Conversations of Shams of Tabriz, the spiritual catalyst of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. Now, O friend, you say, “Place the Continue Reading →
Tales : The Messenger and the Key
Once upon a time a certain father heard that his children, living in another land, were hungry. This news made the father very sad, but he knew there was a storeroom Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt VI – My interest in Sufism
Although there was Sufi influence in his own family, Hazrat Inayat Khan here begins to describe several events during his tour of India that opened the way to his Sufi Continue Reading →
New Podcast released
Recently Debbie Ison of Tranquil Awakenings interviewed Nawab Pasnak about various aspects of Sufism and spirituality, and the resulting podcast is now available here :