Category: Letters to mureeds

The word ‘mindfulness’ gave rise to a recent post [The Being of Here and Now] that examined the work of controlling the focus of consciousness, and how the development of Continue Reading →

Recently the practice of ‘mindfulness’ came up in a conversation; the word is widely associated with a particular technique taught  in a secular context to deal with stress, chronic pain Continue Reading →

In the mystical sense, intelligence is light, the divine light of consciousness; where there is much light, there is clarity, and where there is less light (‘less’ since there is Continue Reading →

The beginning of this post considered three of the five aspects Hazrat Inayat Khan describes as constituting the heart: thought, memory and reason.  The remaining two aspects are will and ego, Continue Reading →

The recent post of Hazrat Inayat’s ‘What Every Moment Demands of Us’ produced an interesting comment-thread, touching on the application of firm principles, the impossibility of drawing a border around Truth, Continue Reading →

In a chapter of the series of lectures called ‘Cosmic Language,’ and in other lectures as well, Hazrat Inayat talks about the aspects of the heart, and the relationship of Continue Reading →

“Well, what is the difference between a spiritual person and a non-spiritual person?” Pause. “From the point of view of the spiritual person?  No difference.” “Then, from the point of Continue Reading →

People spend a great deal of energy, although never enough, it seems, on trying to solve the problem of God.  Is there a God?  Or perhaps there is no such Continue Reading →

A recent, much appreciated comment on one of the posts here mentioned the ‘pearl’ of wisdom, a thought that opens the door to a consideration of the metaphor of the pearl, and further, to Continue Reading →

A recent post from the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan underlined the importance of responsiveness, telling us that the person who is not responsive will be disappointed in all affairs Continue Reading →