Category: Letters to mureeds
Letters to mureeds on the Sufi path
The nobility of human nature
There are certain predictable themes that arise in conversations with any group of spiritual seekers. In such a gathering, there is usually some sensitivity and a longing for change, and Continue Reading →
Harmony
Hazrat Inayat Khan taught a message that he described as one of love, harmony and beauty. We respond easily to the word ‘love’ and we may light up at an Continue Reading →
Praying for the New Year
For a century or more, it has been a custom in the Sufi Movement for the members of a center to gather as the New Year approaches, and pray for Continue Reading →
How is it possible that we are imperfect?
Here is a question that was expressed recently : God created us in His own image. Then how can we be imperfect? It is a question that touches our own Continue Reading →
Indifference and Independence
Here is a question that was recently sent by a seeker : How can a person be “indifferent” and “independent” when we have career, family, children, social obligations to cater Continue Reading →
The Light of Christ – Sermon
As we move toward the end of the year, and as many prepare to celebrate the birth. of the baby Jesus, the International Sufi Movement recently held an online Universal Continue Reading →
Water and Rock
A group of friends recently had an interesting conversation about one of the Aphorisms of Hazrat Inayat Khan: In order to acquire spiritual knowledge, in order to receive inspiration, in Continue Reading →
The answer to every question
Perhaps we can all recognize something familiar in this scenario. Two people meet; one begins to complain about something; the other person suggests a way to fix the problem; the Continue Reading →