Category: Letters to mureeds

A recent post about evolution quoted the earnest entreaty of Mevlana Rumi to consider how precious we are, and not to sell ourselves for little price.  The post concluded with this question: To Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan spoke to an audience in Chicago in 1926 about the soul, a lecture posted in instalments here, here and here, one of his first points was Continue Reading →

The recent post about not judging provoked some interesting correspondence, both online and in private messages.  It appears that Jesus recognised a very human tendency when he gave his counsel Continue Reading →

Judge not, or you will be judged, said Jesus.  What does that mean?  Did the Master want to tell us there is some divine ‘filter’ system, an algorithm perhaps, that Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan sometimes told the story of a westerner coming to a sage of China and asking to be taught the occult laws.  The sage, puzzled perhaps, or perhaps Continue Reading →

In a recent post from The Hundred Letters, Sharafuddin Maneri described the spiritual process as having three steps, the first being the path of Law; by observation of the law, Continue Reading →

A few days ago this short post talked about the finding of one’s keynote, a discovery that enables harmony in oneself, and permits the possibility of harmonising with all one’s Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan came to the west, among the many cultural differences he encountered was a misunderstanding about the presence of harmony in eastern and western music.  Western music Continue Reading →

The text by Hazrat Inayat Khan about the flute of Krishna posted recently throws abundant light upon a phrase from the Gayan that was not long ago the subject of Continue Reading →

When this blog, The Inner Call, began over two years ago, it was not a clearly defined project – it was more of an experiment, to see if this method Continue Reading →