Category: Letters to mureeds

Dear friends of the Inner Call,  last night word came of the passing on of Aziza Lusansky-Inayat-Khan.  It was certainly expected, for she was close to 96 years of age, Continue Reading →

Yesterday two poems by the Indian mystic Akka Mahadevi were posted here, and in response a very reasonable question came about the imagery used in one of them.  The poem Continue Reading →

A dear friend forwarded a video on the theme of peace: panoramic aerial shots, uplifting music, smiling faces. ‘It could be so simple,’ it seems to say, ‘just put your Continue Reading →

Eyes closed, preparing for sleep:  does your mind drift toward some particular thought?  Where does it go? If we have some worry or anxiety that is bothering us, we will Continue Reading →

Some subjects seem to provoke us to express an opinion: politics is one example. (There is a saying that describes this human fascination: “Two people, three political parties.”) The education Continue Reading →

We find ourselves once again in Barcelona, visiting members of our Sufi family here, the second visit in less than two months.  When we came the last time, the political Continue Reading →

When people hear the term ‘spiritual retreat,’ they often have a romantic vision of some picturesque location, perhaps a tropical island with palm trees and soft sand beaches, or a Continue Reading →

In a recent post of some of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a number of disturbances that prevent the clarity of the mind were given, such as doubt, misapprehension, lack Continue Reading →

A recent post here offered a portion of a prayer from the Sufi master Ibn Arabi that asks for spiritual elevation and protection.  As Hazrat Inayat Khan points out in Continue Reading →

There is a very common pattern of experience in group retreats: after spending some days away from our usual environment, and focusing on the spiritual side of life, tuning ourselves Continue Reading →