Category: Letters to mureeds

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

When we make a plan, whether a simple shopping list before we go to the market, or something as serious as charting a multi-year course of study, we take into Continue Reading →

A group of friends recently spent some time together, seeking to tune themselves to the fine vibrations of the Sufi path, keeping silence for part of the day in addition Continue Reading →

We assume that we are independent beings, self governing (except for all the aspects of life we don’t know how to control), and we jealously guard ourselves against any perceived Continue Reading →

It seems that every day our world is more disordered. People suffer from storms and floods, droughts, epidemics, famine, political oppression, civil unrest and warfare. The list could easily be Continue Reading →

In India, musicians often observe a very beautiful custom: after all the practical arrangements have been dealt with, such as the placement of microphones and cables and checking the sound, Continue Reading →