Category: Letters to mureeds

This time of year, it is easy to remember the cycles of nature in which we live. In the north, (setting aside for the moment, with apologies, readers in the Continue Reading →

When Bullhe Shah tells us that the divine is found by those of pure heart, it might make us think of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s explanation of purity, expressed in several Continue Reading →

It is possible that some readers of the Inner Call ‘swiped left,’ as the saying is, when they saw the recently posted lecture from Hazrat Inayat Khan on conventionality. Many Continue Reading →

Our conversation turned around this saying from the Gayan Suras : Blessed are they who cover the scars of others even from their own sight. Like many pieces of Sufi Continue Reading →

Very young children believe that bigger must equal heavier. If you show them a large empty box and a brick, they will be sure that the box must be heavier Continue Reading →

How shall we receive the words of mystics such as those of Ruzbihan Baqli in this post? We might think, “Well, some people are lucky – or blessed – aren’t Continue Reading →

The tale about the yogi Ramakrishna rescuing the scorpion from the river is deeply instructive. We sometimes see this level of compassion in children, who live closer to the ground Continue Reading →

We were contemplating a visit to purgatory, perhaps a long one, and it was evident that some members of the group were not looking forward to it. As they themselves Continue Reading →

One important aspect of the Sufi path is that we live in the world while we do our inner work, and this means that just as others have an effect Continue Reading →