Category: Letters to mureeds

“The soul is eternal – so we have been taught, and so I believe. What can Hazrat Inayat Khan mean by ‘the birth of the soul’?” The discussion was turning Continue Reading →

Still scattered through the green valleys of Norway are a number of old churches from the time when the Christian religion first became established here – the earliest dating from Continue Reading →

It may happen at any time – a lifting dawn in the heart, a sense of light somewhere behind the eyes, a recognition that for an uncountable number of heartbeats Continue Reading →

The prayer Salat gives us a number of practical examples in which we may recognise the Spirit of Guidance. It begins with the mother, the father, the child and the Continue Reading →

All parents know that there are moments when even the most happy child is fretful for no apparent reason. On such occasions, it may be possible to distract the little Continue Reading →

The prayer Salat, by which we may attune to the Spirit of Guidance in all its forms, addresses the Messenger as ‘Thou, whose heart constantly reaches upward.” If we have Continue Reading →

Viladat means nativity or birth, and in the Sufi Movement the 5th of July is called Viladat Day, the birthday of Hazrat Inayat Khan – he was born on this Continue Reading →

All around the world, people find novelty and complexity to be intoxicating – this is true of experiences, of goods and possessions, and of people, whether we tag them as Continue Reading →

Life in the world can be confusing. We are constantly forced to choose between conflicting options; what appeared to be reliable proves to be illusory; the unexpected tests us in Continue Reading →

There is an often quoted saying, perhaps from China, that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: even something that seems impossible can be conquered if Continue Reading →