Category: Letters to mureeds

It is Spring now, at least north of the equator, when increasing light and warmth encourages the earth to open herself in generous abundance.  Blossoms and leaves begin to unfold, Continue Reading →

Near the conclusion of the prayer Saum, we find two lines full of movement : Use us for the purpose that Thy wisdom chooseth; guide us on the path of Thine Continue Reading →

The recent post about politics produced an interesting question: the Message unites; it looks for unity because everything comes from God–whereas politics divides, one has to take sides; to gain Continue Reading →

A question came recently from someone wondering how to be more patient–and who has not wished for that?  Nevertheless such a question is like standing on one bank of a Continue Reading →

In our internet meeting the communication with the other side of the world was playfully unreliable, sometimes distinct and sometimes stretched and wavering as if it were being carried on rubber-bands around the far Continue Reading →

Some days ago a poem by Kabir, called Trap, was posted here, and if one reads it carefully, one may discover that the poem itself is a sort of trap. Continue Reading →

Dear friends, recently some people have been unable to post comments on the site, receiving error messages about cookies and javascript, although others appear to be unaffected by the issue. Continue Reading →

A question has come about the recently posted text of Hazrat Inayat Khan on Belief and Disbelief, which says that the mind gives disbelief; but are we not also told elsewhere Continue Reading →

It is a question that has recently come–in one form or another–from more than one country: There is a difficult political situation here; our society has become very divided–what can the Sufi Continue Reading →

A few days ago a few verses of a poem by Ibn al-Farid were posted, and it might be helpful to say something abut the imagery and symbolism. Central to Continue Reading →