Category: Letters to mureeds

In the recently posted talk about mastery in the world, Hazrat Inayat Khan quoted a very insightful piece of advice from ‘a friend of his murshid,’ that when a thousand Continue Reading →

Amongst the aphorisms of Hazrat Inayat Khan, we find this beautiful thought: Subtlety produces beauty; it is subtlety which is the curl of the Beloved. In the great treasury of Continue Reading →

In much of the world the year is marked by four distinct seasons, and each season has its own particular work, outwardly and inwardly as well.  Spring is a time Continue Reading →

It was a question arising from a saying in the Gayan.  Very often, if one simply opens this book at random, with a willing attitude, one finds a phrase perched on Continue Reading →

The question came in the course of a very interesting discussion about sacrifice and discipline, the theme of the recent post from Hazrat Inayat Khan. “People get terrible shocks in Continue Reading →

Someone once came to Hazrat Inayat Khan with what they were sure would be a great treat for the master: a recording of some music.  Remember that in those days, Continue Reading →

The prayers of the Confraternity include Saum, Salat and Khatum, also found in the Universal Worship service, and which could therefore be considered as ‘public,’ and the three devotional attunements, Pir, Nabi Continue Reading →

Dear followers of the ‘Inner Call,’ for the next three weeks or so there will be only occasional posts here.  I am travelling to retreats in the Netherlands and in Continue Reading →

The recent post of a text by Hazrat Inayat Khan about the kingly character of God tried to put into human terms a certain aspect of the Divine Presence, although Continue Reading →

Several weeks ago in a post about the need of the world today, Hazrat Inayat Khan said that the Movement is ‘the answer to the cry of humanity.’  As almost all of Continue Reading →