Category: Letters to mureeds

In the verses of Omar Khayyam posted yesterday, there was one that spoke briefly and vividly about the importance of the breath.  Some academics have suggested that it was only Continue Reading →

The prayer Salat begins with the salutation, ‘Most gracious Lord, Master, Messiah and Saviour of humanity.’  Although a number of figures are named –Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Buddha, Zarathustra, and so on–the prayer Continue Reading →

What is the heart?  It seems very central to our life; some would even say it rules us. Its condition makes our existence a sunlit landscape or a storm, a paradise Continue Reading →

The retreat that has just concluded at the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan worked with the theme, ‘Regarding the Pleasure and Displeasure of God.’  Before coming to India, participants were Continue Reading →

The retreat at the Dargah continues, and the following is part of the work for today. As man comes from the unmanifested, it is evident that he comes alone, no one Continue Reading →

For our retreat at the Dargah, the theme is ‘Regarding the Pleasure and Displeasure of God.’ It is based on the saying from the Gayan, “Do not fear God, but regard Continue Reading →

Just now we are engaged in a retreat at the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat, in Delhi, and the following formed part of a day’s assignment for the participants. For what Continue Reading →

The short passage from the Song of the Dervish by Abdullah Ansari that was posted yesterday points energetically, with an uncompromising finger, toward the One, the perfection of Love.  But it Continue Reading →

Some days ago, a question was posted asking how, in a very practical way, we can work to awaken the God ideal in our life.  This was an essential theme for Hazrat Continue Reading →

The recent post in which Hazrat Inayat talked about the difficulties encountered by some mureeds on the spiritual path provoked interesting reactions, both in comments here and in private communication. Continue Reading →