Category: Letters to mureeds

In a recent post Hazrat Inayat Khan offers us some wisdom in connection with the attainment of our goals in life, urging us to focus our desires strongly and hold Continue Reading →

In his description of the heart as a mirror, Hazrat Inayat Khan says that the reflective quality is destroyed by the dense ‘outcome’ or product of our own mind.  In Continue Reading →

A few days ago this post gave Hazrat Inayat Khan’s answer to two questions about the Lord’s Prayer, and some readers then commented on the forgiving of ‘trespasses’.  To follow Continue Reading →

Physical form is limited, but still it is possible to discern a reflection of our inner nature in the shape of the human body.  Some aspects of our structure are Continue Reading →

When someone asked Hazrat Inayat Khan about people who have no desire for beauty, his response, posted here, takes us to the very heart of spirituality.  He tells us the Continue Reading →

In Hazrat Inayat Khan’s address recently posted here, he calls upon Cherags (those ordained to serve in the activity of the Universal Worship) to awaken more and more each day Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan talked to a group of Cherags about the Hindu religion in this recently posted address, he demonstrated several important points.  One is that, if we wish Continue Reading →

Our life seems to place before us an endless series of decisions.  Some of them look to be trivial–will it really matter if I cross the street here or a Continue Reading →

A number of recent posts have touched on the word ‘rhythm’.  As Hazrat Inayat Khan explains here and here,  it is an important theme for those travelling the Sufi path. Continue Reading →

In his lengthy and subtle talk about the Divine impulse, posted in instalments here, here and here, Hazrat Inayat Khan tells us that all we think, say and do arises Continue Reading →