Category: Letters to mureeds

People often feel dissatisfied with the unevenness of life. While some folk seem to stroll along easily in the sunshine, others stumble over one hard stone after another; a few Continue Reading →

During the first week of May, we may remember Amina Begum, the wife of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat and the mother of their four children, for she was born in Albuquerque on Continue Reading →

Readers of the Inner Call are kindly reminded of the possibility of an eight day retreat at Dargah Sufi Inayat in New Delhi. For details about the retreat, see https://innercall.towardthe1.com/dargah-retreat-october-2025/ Continue Reading →

On the 7th of May, 1921, the first first Universal Worship service was performed in a house in London. It was conceived as a gift to the world so that Continue Reading →

In one stream of Zen Buddhism, it is customary for the teacher to offer the student a koan – a seemingly unanswerable question, like “Show me your face before your Continue Reading →

Recently, a friend asked, “What quality could we cultivate that would be most pleasing to God?” It is a worthwhile question; any believer should want to gladden the heart of Continue Reading →

Recently the Inner Call posted an exchange between the 18th c. Japanese Zen master Seisetsu and a merchant who had come to offer a substantial donation to the project to Continue Reading →

In the story of Aladdin – or at least in one version of the tale, for like all well loved stories it is told by different tellers in different ways Continue Reading →

In the Silver Rules, found in the Vadan, there is the stern injunction, “Meet your shortcomings with a sword of self-respect.” The words are like a cold shower, waking us Continue Reading →

When a creature is as large as an elephant – large on the human scale – it is easy for us to ascribe symbolic meanings to it. The ‘elephant in Continue Reading →