Category: Letters to mureeds

Recently a question was posted about the term so central to the teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan: the Message.  Sometimes it is spoken of as  ‘the Message of God,’ sometimes ‘the Continue Reading →

Recently, in a retreat surrounded by noble mountains and green nature, blessed by a brilliant sun, we worked with a phrase from the Gayan: Beauty is the object that every Continue Reading →

In a recent post, Hazrat Inayat Khan said that the inner work is a process of melting: the personality of the student is first put to melt by the Murshid Continue Reading →

Life extends so far beyond the horizon of our personal view that we often rely on metaphors to explain the mystery to ourselves.   We must be careful in their use, though; to study Continue Reading →

A question came, once, from someone who was engaged in learning the prayer Saum.  That is not surprising; to learn the prayers is more than committing to memory a string Continue Reading →

A recent post discussing the cultivation of the heart mentioned the example of paleo-farmers adapting to their purpose when learning to grow crops; the rhythm of life of a wandering hunter-gatherer Continue Reading →

The recent post about devotion (Devoted? To Whom?) mentioned that an aspect of the Sufi path is the cultivation of the heart.  How does one do that? We certainly know from Continue Reading →

A question arose recently about devotion, saying — more or less — ‘If all is One, does not devotion encourage duality, inasmuch as it describes a relationship between the devotee Continue Reading →

A few days ago, with celebrations, tears, laughter and many Sufi hugs, the thirteenth annual Spanish language ‘PanLatino retreat’ concluded.  It was held this year in Quito, on the theme Continue Reading →

A recent post offered three poems by the Kashmiri Sufi Nuruddin Rishi, poems about the experience of coming face to face with Reality.  With profound simplicity and humility, the poet writes that Continue Reading →