Category: Letters to mureeds

The post of wise counsel from Hazrat Inayat Khan that our practice should touch every moment of our life might make us think of the story of the two monks, Continue Reading →

In a recent post, Hazrat Inayat Khan gave a brief but clear insight into the source of inspiration, which, he tells us, arises out of an interaction between the Divine Continue Reading →

The miracle of Creation is that out of profound, formless unity has come a cascade of diversity, and the human race is a good illustration of this, not only in Continue Reading →

Good poetry rises out of the heart of the poet like a flame and throws light upon our life–but through the ages our ways of thinking and expression change, so Continue Reading →

The recent post from al Ghazali’s Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment puts a very simple problem in front of us, and perhaps because of its simplicity, it is Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan was working in the west to spread the wisdom of Sufism, he noted that he was often asked a certain kind of question, usually put like Continue Reading →

In the autumn of northern India, when the monsoons have finished and the weather is becoming moderate, it has been a custom for some years now to hold a retreat Continue Reading →

In the recent post from The Book of Love, after describing the manner in which a certain Sufi intentionally destroyed his reputation for goodness, Al Ghazali explains why this would Continue Reading →

The group had been working for some weeks with a phrase from the Copper Rules in the Vadan: Do nothing which will make your conscience feel guilty. As they talked Continue Reading →

At the end of his talk aboard the SS Volendam on the deeper side of life, Hazrat Inayat Khan was asked a question about finding common ground between Buddhism and Continue Reading →