Category: Letters to mureeds

There are a pair of words often used in Sufi conversations that most would find very difficult to define: one is ‘beauty,’ and the other is ‘soul.’ No doubt everyone Continue Reading →

Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan once told his students the story of a ruler in India, perhaps a Maharajah of one of the princely states, who used to stay awake in the Continue Reading →

Mevlana Rumi said there are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Each individual will have their personal approach to the sacred, a way for that person and Continue Reading →

Human beings long to have a purpose, something that gives meaning to life, a goal toward which we can focus our energies, for when we lack a direction we lose Continue Reading →

Most people, including, unfortunately, the majority of students on the Sufi path, do not live in the realisation of Unity, but in duality. In other words, there is a wall Continue Reading →

According to both the Book of Genesis and the Koran, God said, “Be!” and the world became. Now we gaze at the stars and plains and seas and marvel, but Continue Reading →

Students of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan are probably familiar with the book called “The Bowl of Saki,” a collection of 366 sayings – thus, one for each day of the year, Continue Reading →

When he gave his sermon upon the mountain, Jesus declared, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” Some people understand this to mean that Continue Reading →

As the world’s culture becomes more materialistic, people probably do not give much thought to heaven, the supposed destination for those who obey religious teaching, nor reflect a great deal Continue Reading →

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 →